diff --git a/zulip/tests/test_hash_util_decode.py b/zulip/tests/test_hash_util_decode.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd50399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zulip/tests/test_hash_util_decode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import unittest
+import zulip
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+class TestHashUtilDecode(TestCase):
+    def test_hash_util_decode(self) -> None:
+        tests = [
+            ('topic', 'topic'),
+            ('.2Edot', '.dot'),
+            ('.23stream.20name', '#stream name'),
+            ('(no.20topic)', '(no topic)'),
+            ('.3Cstrong.3Ebold.3C.2Fstrong.3E', '<strong>bold</strong>'),
+            ('.3Asome_emoji.3A', ':some_emoji:'),
+        ]
+        for encoded_string, decoded_string in tests:
+            with self.subTest(encoded_string=encoded_string):
+                self.assertEqual(zulip.hash_util_decode(encoded_string), decoded_string)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/zulip/zulip/__init__.py b/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
index 3ed7168..97bedfc 100644
--- a/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
+++ b/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
@@ -1574,3 +1574,15 @@ class ZulipStream:
 
     def flush(self) -> None:
         pass
+
+def hash_util_decode(string: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Returns a decoded string given a hash_util_encode() [present in zulip/zulip's zerver/lib/url_encoding.py] encoded string.
+
+    Example usage:
+    >>> zulip.hash_util_decode('test.20here')
+    'test here'
+    """
+    # Acknowledge custom string replacements in zulip/zulip's zerver/lib/url_encoding.py before unquoting.
+    # NOTE: urllib.parse.unquote already does .replace('%2E', '.').
+    return urllib.parse.unquote(string.replace('.', '%'))