diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08d00c072..ab9ff38a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `LinSpace` is now `LinRange` ([#25896]).
 
+* `isupper`, `islower`, `ucfirst` and `lcfirst` are now `isuppercase`, `islowercase`,
+  `uppercasefirst` and `lowercasefirst` ([#26442]).
+
 ## New macros
 
 * `@__DIR__` has been added ([#18380])
@@ -596,3 +599,4 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#26149]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26149
 [#26156]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26156
 [#26316]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26316
+[#26442]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26442
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diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 2820859a1..35bef8b61 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -1679,6 +1679,14 @@ else
     const indexin = Base.indexin
 end
 
+if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.4585"
+    export isuppercase, islowercase, uppercasefirst, lowercasefirst
+    const isuppercase = isupper
+    const islowercase = islower
+    const uppercasefirst = ucfirst
+    const lowercasefirst = lcfirst
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index b4704f912..d04a1f55b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1491,4 +1491,12 @@ end
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3972
 @test Compat.indexin([1, 2], [1, 0, 1]) == [1, nothing]
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.4585
+@test isuppercase('A')
+@test !isuppercase('a')
+@test islowercase('a')
+@test !islowercase('A')
+@test uppercasefirst("qwerty") == "Qwerty"
+@test lowercasefirst("Qwerty") == "qwerty"
+
 nothing