diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Abstractions/IStringLocalizer.cs b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Abstractions/IStringLocalizer.cs
index 4dddf75f25..aad6b9bb3e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Abstractions/IStringLocalizer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Abstractions/IStringLocalizer.cs
@@ -25,22 +25,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization
         /// <param name="arguments">The values to format the string with.</param>
         /// <returns>The formatted string resource as a <see cref="LocalizedString"/>.</returns>
         LocalizedString this[string name, params object[] arguments] { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the string resource with the given name.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">The name of the string resource.</param>
-        /// <returns>The string resource as a <see cref="LocalizedString"/>.</returns>
-        LocalizedString GetString(string name);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the string resource with the given name and formatted with the supplied arguments.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">The name of the string resource.</param>
-        /// <param name="arguments">The values to format the string with.</param>
-        /// <returns>The formatted string resource as a <see cref="LocalizedString"/>.</returns>
-        LocalizedString GetString(string name, params object[] arguments);
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new <see cref="ResourceManagerStringLocalizer"/> for a specific <see cref="CultureInfo"/>.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Abstractions/IStringLocalizerExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Abstractions/IStringLocalizerExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f38388a371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Abstractions/IStringLocalizerExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved. 
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information. 
+
+namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization
+{
+    public static class IStringLocalizerExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the string resource with the given name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the string resource.</param>
+        /// <returns>The string resource as a <see cref="LocalizedString"/>.</returns>
+        public static LocalizedString GetString(this IStringLocalizer stringLocalizer, string name)
+        {
+            return stringLocalizer[name];
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the string resource with the given name and formatted with the supplied arguments.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the string resource.</param>
+        /// <param name="arguments">The values to format the string with.</param>
+        /// <returns>The formatted string resource as a <see cref="LocalizedString"/>.</returns>
+        public static LocalizedString GetString(this IStringLocalizer stringLocalizer, string name, params object[] arguments)
+        {
+            return stringLocalizer[name, arguments];
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizer.cs b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizer.cs
index f17517a168..ae0772ac64 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizer.cs
@@ -51,26 +51,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization
         /// The base name of the embedded resource in the <see cref="Assembly"/> that contains the strings.
         /// </summary>
         protected string ResourceBaseName { get; }
-        
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public virtual LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name] => GetString(name);
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public virtual LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name, params object[] arguments] => GetString(name, arguments);
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public virtual LocalizedString GetString([NotNull] string name)
+        public virtual LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name]
         {
-            var value = GetStringSafely(name, null);
-            return new LocalizedString(name, value ?? name, resourceNotFound: value == null);
+            get
+            {
+                var value = GetStringSafely(name, null);
+                return new LocalizedString(name, value ?? name, resourceNotFound: value == null);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public virtual LocalizedString GetString([NotNull] string name, params object[] arguments)
+        public virtual LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name, params object[] arguments]
         {
-            var format = GetStringSafely(name, null);
-            var value = string.Format(format ?? name, arguments);
-            return new LocalizedString(name, value, resourceNotFound: format == null);
+            get
+            {
+                var format = GetStringSafely(name, null);
+                var value = string.Format(format ?? name, arguments);
+                return new LocalizedString(name, value, resourceNotFound: format == null);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerWithCultureStringLocalizer.cs b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerWithCultureStringLocalizer.cs
index 8e9027af76..c8d2f36dbb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerWithCultureStringLocalizer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerWithCultureStringLocalizer.cs
@@ -36,24 +36,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name] => GetString(name);
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name, params object[] arguments] => GetString(name, arguments);
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override LocalizedString GetString([NotNull] string name)
+        public override LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name]
         {
-            var value = GetStringSafely(name, _culture);
-            return new LocalizedString(name, value ?? name);
+            get
+            {
+                var value = GetStringSafely(name, _culture);
+                return new LocalizedString(name, value ?? name);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override LocalizedString GetString([NotNull] string name, params object[] arguments)
+        public override LocalizedString this[[NotNull] string name, params object[] arguments]
         {
-            var format = GetStringSafely(name, _culture);
-            var value = string.Format(_culture, format ?? name, arguments);
-            return new LocalizedString(name, value ?? name, resourceNotFound: format == null);
+            get
+            {
+                var format = GetStringSafely(name, _culture);
+                var value = string.Format(_culture, format ?? name, arguments);
+                return new LocalizedString(name, value ?? name, resourceNotFound: format == null);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />