diff --git a/lib/underscore.string.js b/lib/underscore.string.js
index 5ce1e3f7..224f05e3 100644
--- a/lib/underscore.string.js
+++ b/lib/underscore.string.js
@@ -550,11 +550,15 @@
       else return str;
     },
 
-    exports: function() {
+    exports: function(options) {
       var result = {};
+      var opts = options || {};
+      var regex = opts.strict ?
+        /^(?:include|contains|reverse|join)$/ :
+        /^(?:include|contains|reverse)$/;
 
       for (var prop in this) {
-        if (!this.hasOwnProperty(prop) || prop.match(/^(?:include|contains|reverse)$/)) continue;
+        if (!this.hasOwnProperty(prop) || prop.match(regex)) continue;
         result[prop] = this[prop];
       }
 
diff --git a/test/strings.js b/test/strings.js
index e57ec224..71d2276a 100644
--- a/test/strings.js
+++ b/test/strings.js
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
   module('String extensions');
 
+  test('Strings: exports', function() {
+    equal(_.has(_.str.exports(), 'join'), true);
+    equal(_.has(_.str.exports({ strict: true }), 'join'), false);
+  });
+
   test('Strings: naturalSort', function() {
     var arr =  ['foo2', 'foo1', 'foo10', 'foo30', 'foo100', 'foo10bar'],
       sorted = ['foo1', 'foo2', 'foo10', 'foo10bar', 'foo30', 'foo100'];