diff --git a/lua/wire/wireshared.lua b/lua/wire/wireshared.lua
index 474298bc54..e4be4a0d92 100644
--- a/lua/wire/wireshared.lua
+++ b/lua/wire/wireshared.lua
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ function string.GetNormalizedFilepath( path ) -- luacheck: ignore
 	return table.concat(tbl, "/")
 end
 
--- Cheaper string.Trim* functions
-function WireLib.Trim(line)
+-- Cheaper string.Trim* functions (when pattern is not used)
+function WireLib.Trim(line, char)
+	if char then
+		return string.Trim(line, char)
+	end
+
 	local length = #line
 	local first
 
@@ -109,7 +113,11 @@ function WireLib.Trim(line)
 	return string_sub(line, first, last)
 end
 
-function WireLib.TrimLeft(line)
+function WireLib.TrimLeft(line, char)
+	if char then
+		return string.TrimLeft(line, char)
+	end
+
 	for i = 1, #line do
 		local b = string_byte(line, i)
 
@@ -121,7 +129,11 @@ function WireLib.TrimLeft(line)
 	return ""
 end
 
-function WireLib.TrimRight(line)
+function WireLib.TrimRight(line, char)
+	if char then
+		return string.TrimRight(line, char)
+	end
+
 	for i = #line, 1, -1 do
 		local b = string_byte(line, i)