diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorReader.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorReader.java
index 1ba5add11a..ad2e9814ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorReader.java
@@ -44,9 +44,15 @@ public class StringSubstitutorReader extends FilterReader {
     /** The end-of-stream character marker. */
     private static final int EOS = -1;
 
+    /** Maximum size of the buffer used to skip substituted characters. */
+    private static final int MAX_SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
+
     /** Our internal buffer. */
     private final TextStringBuilder buffer = new TextStringBuilder();
 
+    /** Whether this reader has been closed. */
+    private boolean closed;
+
     /** End-of-Stream flag. */
     private boolean eos;
 
@@ -77,6 +83,15 @@ public StringSubstitutorReader(final Reader reader, final StringSubstitutor stri
             .andThen(stringSubstitutor.getVariablePrefixMatcher());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        try {
+            super.close();
+        } finally {
+            closed = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Buffers the requested number of characters if available.
      */
@@ -312,4 +327,32 @@ private int readCount(final int count, final int pos) {
         return avail >= count ? 0 : count - avail;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Skips characters in the substituted output.
+     *
+     * @param count The number of characters to skip.
+     * @return The number of characters actually skipped.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count} is negative.
+     * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public long skip(final long count) throws IOException {
+        if (count < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Skip count must not be negative");
+        }
+        if (closed) {
+            throw new IOException("Stream closed");
+        }
+        final char[] skipBuffer = new char[(int) Math.min(count, MAX_SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE)];
+        long remaining = count;
+        while (remaining > 0) {
+            final int readCount = read(skipBuffer, 0, (int) Math.min(remaining, skipBuffer.length));
+            if (readCount == EOS) {
+                break;
+            }
+            remaining -= readCount;
+        }
+        return count - remaining;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorReaderSkipTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorReaderSkipTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b6eb8135f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorReaderSkipTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.text.io;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringSubstitutor;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
+/**
+ * Tests skipping characters in the substituted stream.
+ */
+class StringSubstitutorReaderSkipTest {
+
+    private Reader createReader(final String template, final String value) {
+        return new StringSubstitutorReader(new StringReader(template),
+                new StringSubstitutor(Collections.singletonMap("v", value)));
+    }
+
+    private Reader createReader(final Reader input) {
+        return new StringSubstitutorReader(input,
+                new StringSubstitutor(Collections.singletonMap("v", "abc")));
+    }
+
+    private Reader createNoSkipInput() {
+        return new Reader() {
+            private final StringReader input = new StringReader("${v}Z");
+
+            @Override
+            public int read(final char[] target, final int offset, final int length) throws IOException {
+                return input.read(target, offset, length);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public long skip(final long count) throws IOException {
+                throw new IOException("skip unsupported");
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void close() throws IOException {
+                input.close();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private Reader createInheritedSkipInput() {
+        return new Reader() {
+            private final StringReader input = new StringReader("${v}Z");
+
+            @Override
+            public int read(final char[] target, final int offset, final int length) throws IOException {
+                return input.read(target, offset, length);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void close() throws IOException {
+                input.close();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @CsvSource({
+        "${v}Z, abc, 1, 1, bcZ",
+        "A${v}Z, bc, 2, 2, cZ",
+        "${v}Z, abcdef, 5, 5, fZ",
+        "${v}Z, x, 5, 2, ''",
+        "${v}Z, '', 1, 1, ''",
+        "$${v}Z, abc, 2, 2, v}Z",
+        "plain, abc, 2, 2, ain"
+    })
+    void testSkip(final String template, final String value, final long count, final long expectedCount,
+            final String remaining) throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader(template, value)) {
+            assertEquals(expectedCount, reader.skip(count));
+            assertEquals(remaining, IOUtils.toString(reader));
+            assertEquals(0, reader.skip(1));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSkipAfterRead() throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader("${v}Z", "abcd")) {
+            assertEquals('a', reader.read());
+            assertEquals(2, reader.skip(2));
+            assertEquals("dZ", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSkipDoesNotCallWrappedSkip() throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader(createNoSkipInput())) {
+            assertEquals('a', reader.read());
+            assertEquals(1, reader.skip(1));
+            assertEquals("cZ", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSkipZeroDoesNotCallWrappedSkip() throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader(createNoSkipInput())) {
+            assertEquals(0, reader.skip(0));
+            assertEquals("abcZ", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(longs = {0, 1})
+    void testSkipClosedWithInheritedSkip(final long count) throws IOException {
+        final Reader reader = createReader(createInheritedSkipInput());
+        assertEquals("abcZ", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        reader.close();
+        assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> reader.skip(count));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(longs = {0, 1})
+    void testSkipClosed(final long count) throws IOException {
+        final Reader reader = createReader("${v}Z", "abc");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("abcZ", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        } finally {
+            reader.close();
+        }
+        assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> reader.skip(count));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSkipLargeReplacement() throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader("${v}Z", StringUtils.repeat('a', 4096))) {
+            assertEquals(4096, reader.skip(4096));
+            assertEquals("Z", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSkipLongMaxValue() throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader("${v}Z", "x")) {
+            assertEquals(2, reader.skip(Long.MAX_VALUE));
+            assertEquals(-1, reader.read());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSkipNegative() throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader("${v}Z", "abc")) {
+            assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> reader.skip(-1));
+            assertEquals("abcZ", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSkipZero() throws IOException {
+        try (Reader reader = createReader("${v}Z", "abc")) {
+            assertEquals(0, reader.skip(0));
+            assertEquals("abcZ", IOUtils.toString(reader));
+        }
+    }
+}