diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/MatchString.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/MatchString.cs
index 09536ea00f..110dea324d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/MatchString.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/MatchString.cs
@@ -289,10 +289,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
     /// <summary>
     /// A cmdlet to search through strings and files for particular patterns.
     /// </summary>
-    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommon.Select, "String", DefaultParameterSetName = "File", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113388")]
-    [OutputType(typeof(MatchInfo), typeof(bool))]
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommon.Select, "String", DefaultParameterSetName = ParameterSetFile, HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113388")]
+    [OutputType(typeof(bool), typeof(MatchInfo), ParameterSetName = new[] { ParameterSetFile, ParameterSetObject, ParameterSetLiteralFile })]
+    [OutputType(typeof(string), ParameterSetName = new[] { ParameterSetFileRaw, ParameterSetObjectRaw, ParameterSetLiteralFileRaw })]
     public sealed class SelectStringCommand : PSCmdlet
     {
+        private const string ParameterSetFile = "File";
+        private const string ParameterSetFileRaw = "FileRaw";
+        private const string ParameterSetObject = "Object";
+        private const string ParameterSetObjectRaw = "ObjectRaw";
+        private const string ParameterSetLiteralFile = "LiteralFile";
+        private const string ParameterSetLiteralFileRaw = "LiteralFileRaw";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// A generic circular buffer.
         /// </summary>
@@ -965,7 +973,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the current pipeline object.
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = true, Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = "Object")]
+        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = true, Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetObject)]
+        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = true, Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetObjectRaw)]
         [AllowNull]
         [AllowEmptyString]
         public PSObject InputObject
@@ -988,7 +997,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// Gets or sets files to read from.
         /// Globbing is done on these.
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = "File")]
+        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetFile)]
+        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetFileRaw)]
         [FileinfoToString]
         public string[] Path { get; set; }
 
@@ -996,7 +1006,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// Gets or sets literal files to read from.
         /// Globbing is not done on these.
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = "LiteralFile")]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetLiteralFile)]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetLiteralFileRaw)]
         [FileinfoToString]
         [Alias("PSPath", "LP")]
         public string[] LiteralPath
@@ -1011,6 +1022,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
 
         private bool _isLiteralPath;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating if only string values containing matched lines should be returned.
+        /// If not (default) return MatchInfo (or bool objects, when Quiet is passed).
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetObjectRaw)]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetFileRaw)]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetLiteralFileRaw)]
+        public SwitchParameter Raw { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating if a pattern string should be matched literally.
         /// If not (default) search using pattern as a Regular Expression.
@@ -1028,7 +1048,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating if the cmdlet will stop processing at the first successful match and
         /// return true.  If both List and Quiet parameters are given, an exception is thrown.
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter]
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = ParameterSetObject)]
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = ParameterSetFile)]
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = ParameterSetLiteralFile)]
         public SwitchParameter Quiet { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -1160,7 +1182,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
 
         private int _postContext = 0;
 
-        private IContextTracker GetContextTracker() => (_preContext == 0 && _postContext == 0) ? _noContextTracker : new ContextTracker(_preContext, _postContext);
+        // When we are in Raw mode or pre- and postcontext are zero, use the _noContextTracker, since we will not be needing trackedLines.
+        private IContextTracker GetContextTracker() => (Raw || (_preContext == 0 && _postContext == 0)) 
+            ? _noContextTracker 
+            : new ContextTracker(_preContext, _postContext);
 
         // This context tracker is only used for strings which are piped
         // directly into the cmdlet. File processing doesn't need
@@ -1425,8 +1450,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
                 return false;
             }
 
-            // If -quiet is specified but not -list return true on first match
-            if (Quiet && !List)
+            if (Raw)
+            {
+                foreach (MatchInfo match in contextTracker.EmitQueue)
+                {
+                    WriteObject(match.Line);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (Quiet && !List)
             {
                 WriteObject(true);
             }
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Select-String.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Select-String.Tests.ps1
index d7b9052453..861d5b1146 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Select-String.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Select-String.Tests.ps1
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Describe "Select-String" -Tags "CI" {
 	}
 
 	it "Should return an array of non matching strings when the switch of NotMatch is used and the string do not match" {
-	    $testinputone | Select-String -Pattern "goodbye" -NotMatch | Should -Be "hello", "hello"
+	    $testinputone | Select-String -Pattern "goodbye" -NotMatch | Should -BeExactly "hello", "Hello"
 	}
 
 	it "Should return the same as NotMatch" {
@@ -76,7 +76,16 @@ Describe "Select-String" -Tags "CI" {
 	    $secondMatch = $testinputone | Select-String -pattern "goodbye" -n
 
 	    $equal = @(Compare-Object $firstMatch $secondMatch).Length -eq 0
-	    $equal | Should -Be True
+	    $equal | Should -BeTrue
+	}
+
+	It "Should return a string type when -Raw is used" {
+		$result = $testinputtwo | Select-String -Pattern "hello" -CaseSensitive -Raw
+		$result | Should -BeOfType "System.String"
+	}
+
+	It "Should return ParameterBindingException when -Raw and -Quiet are used together" {
+		{ $testinputone | Select-String -Pattern "hello" -Raw -Quiet -ErrorAction Stop } | Should -Throw -ExceptionType ([System.Management.Automation.ParameterBindingException])
 	}
     }
 
@@ -106,13 +115,13 @@ Describe "Select-String" -Tags "CI" {
 	It "Should return the name of the file and the string that 'string' is found if there is only one lines that has a match" {
 	    $expected = $testInputFile + ":1:This is a text string, and another string"
 
-	    Select-String $testInputFile -Pattern "string" | Should -Be $expected
+	    Select-String $testInputFile -Pattern "string" | Should -BeExactly $expected
 	}
 
 	It "Should return all strings where 'second' is found in testfile1 if there is only one lines that has a match" {
 	    $expected = $testInputFile + ":2:This is the second line"
 
-	    Select-String $testInputFile  -Pattern "second"| Should -Be $expected
+	    Select-String $testInputFile  -Pattern "second"| Should -BeExactly $expected
 	}
 
 	It "Should return all strings where 'in' is found in testfile1 pattern switch is not required" {
@@ -121,10 +130,10 @@ Describe "Select-String" -Tags "CI" {
 	    $expected3 = "This is the third line"
 	    $expected4 = "This is the fourth line"
 
-	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[0].Line | Should -Be $expected1
-	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[1].Line | Should -Be $expected2
-	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[2].Line | Should -Be $expected3
-	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[3].Line | Should -Be $expected4
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[0].Line | Should -BeExactly $expected1
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[1].Line | Should -BeExactly $expected2
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[2].Line | Should -BeExactly $expected3
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[3].Line | Should -BeExactly $expected4
 	    (Select-String in $testInputFile)[4].Line | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
 	}
 
@@ -175,6 +184,24 @@ Describe "Select-String" -Tags "CI" {
 
 	    Select-String 'matc*' $testInputFile -ca | Should -Match $expected
 	}
+
+	It "Should return all strings where 'in' is found in testfile1, when -Raw is used." {
+	    $expected1 = "This is a text string, and another string"
+	    $expected2 = "This is the second line"
+	    $expected3 = "This is the third line"
+	    $expected4 = "This is the fourth line"
+
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile -Raw)[0] | Should -BeExactly $expected1
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile -Raw)[1] | Should -BeExactly $expected2
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile -Raw)[2] | Should -BeExactly $expected3
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile -Raw)[3] | Should -BeExactly $expected4
+	    (Select-String in $testInputFile -Raw)[4] | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+	}
+
+	It "Should ignore -Context parameter when -Raw is used." {
+		$expected = "This is the second line"
+		Select-String second $testInputFile -Raw -Context 2,2 | Should -BeExactly $expected
+	}
     }
     Push-Location $currentDirectory
 }