diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ac7f24..5260fdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.3.0] - 2021-05-09
+
+### Added
+
+* Allow high level API setting custom endian for `string` address with `ReadRegistersBuilder` and `StringReadRegisterAddress` classes.
+
 ## [2.2.0] - 2021-05-04
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilder.php b/src/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilder.php
index d3d8682..7cab393 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilder.php
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public function fromArray(array $register): ReadRegistersBuilder
                 if ($byteLength === null) {
                     throw new InvalidArgumentException('missing length for string address');
                 }
-                $this->string($address, $byteLength, $register['name'] ?? null, $callback, $errorCallback);
+                $this->string($address, $byteLength, $register['name'] ?? null, $callback, $errorCallback, $endian);
                 break;
         }
         return $this;
@@ -300,12 +300,19 @@ public function float(
         return $this->addAddress($r);
     }
 
-    public function string(int $address, int $byteLength, string $name = null, callable $callback = null, callable $errorCallback = null): ReadRegistersBuilder
+    public function string(
+        int $address,
+        int $byteLength,
+        string $name = null,
+        callable $callback = null,
+        callable $errorCallback = null,
+        int $endian = null
+    ): ReadRegistersBuilder
     {
         if ($byteLength < 1 || $byteLength > 228) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException("Out of range string length for given! length: '{$byteLength}', address: {$address}");
         }
-        return $this->addAddress(new StringReadRegisterAddress($address, $byteLength, $name, $callback, $errorCallback));
+        return $this->addAddress(new StringReadRegisterAddress($address, $byteLength, $name, $callback, $errorCallback, $endian));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddress.php b/src/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddress.php
index 2a6fdd1..33a9069 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddress.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddress.php
@@ -11,16 +11,23 @@ class StringReadRegisterAddress extends ReadRegisterAddress
     /** @var int */
     private $byteLength;
 
-    public function __construct(int $address, int $byteLength, string $name = null, callable $callback = null, callable $errorCallback = null)
+    public function __construct(
+        int $address,
+        int $byteLength,
+        string $name = null,
+        callable $callback = null,
+        callable $errorCallback = null,
+        int $endian = null
+    )
     {
         $type = Address::TYPE_STRING;
-        parent::__construct($address, $type, $name ?: "{$type}_{$address}_{$byteLength}", $callback, $errorCallback);
+        parent::__construct($address, $type, $name ?: "{$type}_{$address}_{$byteLength}", $callback, $errorCallback, $endian);
         $this->byteLength = $byteLength;
     }
 
     protected function extractInternal(ModbusResponse $response)
     {
-        return $response->getAsciiStringAt($this->address, $this->byteLength);
+        return $response->getAsciiStringAt($this->address, $this->byteLength, $this->getEndian());
     }
 
     public function getSize(): int
diff --git a/tests/unit/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilderTest.php b/tests/unit/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilderTest.php
index e650ce0..09c89d2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Composer/Read/ReadRegistersBuilderTest.php
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public function testAddByte()
     public function testAddString()
     {
         $requests = ReadRegistersBuilder::newReadHoldingRegisters('tcp://127.0.0.1:5022')
-            ->string(280, 10, 'username')
+            ->string(280, 10, 'username', null, null, Endian::LITTLE_ENDIAN)
             ->build();
 
         $this->assertCount(1, $requests);
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ public function testAddString()
         $this->assertEquals(280, $address->getAddress());
         $this->assertEquals('username', $address->getName());
         $this->assertEquals(5, $address->getSize());
+        $this->assertEquals(Endian::LITTLE_ENDIAN, $address->getEndian());
     }
 
     public function testStringTooLong()
diff --git a/tests/unit/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddressTest.php b/tests/unit/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddressTest.php
index 763bce6..0953ee3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddressTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Composer/Read/Register/StringReadRegisterAddressTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 use ModbusTcpClient\Composer\Read\Register\StringReadRegisterAddress;
 use ModbusTcpClient\Packet\ModbusFunction\ReadHoldingRegistersResponse;
+use ModbusTcpClient\Utils\Endian;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 class StringReadRegisterAddressTest extends TestCase
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public function testExtract()
 
     public function testExtractWithCallback()
     {
+        //      big endian + low word first                                     | ø | S | e | r | \0| b
         $responsePacket = new ReadHoldingRegistersResponse("\x08\x01\x00\xF8\x53\x65\x72\x00\x6E", 3, 33152);
         $address = new StringReadRegisterAddress(1, 5, 'username', function ($value) {
             return 'prefix_' . $value; // transform value after extraction
@@ -49,4 +51,15 @@ public function testExtractWithCallback()
         $this->assertEquals('prefix_Søren', $value);
     }
 
+    public function testExtractWithEndian()
+    {
+        //      little endian                                                   | S | ø | r | e | b | \0
+        $responsePacket = new ReadHoldingRegistersResponse("\x08\x00\x01\x53\xF8\x72\x65\x6E\x00", 3, 33152);
+        $address = new StringReadRegisterAddress(1, 5, 'username', null, null, Endian::LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+
+        $value = $address->extract($responsePacket);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Søren', $value);
+    }
+
 }