diff --git a/ucl/builtins/strs.go b/ucl/builtins/strs.go
index fb6a3d3..03801d0 100644
--- a/ucl/builtins/strs.go
+++ b/ucl/builtins/strs.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func split(ctx context.Context, args ucl.CallArgs) (any, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return StringSlice(strings.SplitN(s, sep, n)), nil
+	return ucl.StringListObject(strings.SplitN(s, sep, n)), nil
 }
 
 func join(ctx context.Context, args ucl.CallArgs) (any, error) {
@@ -128,5 +128,3 @@ func join(ctx context.Context, args ucl.CallArgs) (any, error) {
 
 	return nil, errors.New("expected listable or iterable as arg 1")
 }
-
-type StringSlice []string
diff --git a/ucl/builtins/strs_test.go b/ucl/builtins/strs_test.go
index 6af7082..9545e0c 100644
--- a/ucl/builtins/strs_test.go
+++ b/ucl/builtins/strs_test.go
@@ -140,17 +140,17 @@ func TestStrs_Split(t *testing.T) {
 		want    any
 		wantErr bool
 	}{
-		{desc: "split 1", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" ","`, want: builtins.StringSlice{"1", "2", "3"}},
-		{desc: "split 2", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" ";"`, want: builtins.StringSlice{"1,2,3"}},
-		{desc: "split 3", eval: `strs:split "" ";"`, want: builtins.StringSlice{""}},
-		{desc: "split 4", eval: `strs:split " " ";"`, want: builtins.StringSlice{" "}},
+		{desc: "split 1", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" ","`, want: ucl.StringListObject{"1", "2", "3"}},
+		{desc: "split 2", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" ";"`, want: ucl.StringListObject{"1,2,3"}},
+		{desc: "split 3", eval: `strs:split "" ";"`, want: ucl.StringListObject{""}},
+		{desc: "split 4", eval: `strs:split " " ";"`, want: ucl.StringListObject{" "}},
 
-		{desc: "split by char 1", eval: `strs:split "123"`, want: builtins.StringSlice{"1", "2", "3"}},
+		{desc: "split by char 1", eval: `strs:split "123"`, want: ucl.StringListObject{"1", "2", "3"}},
 
-		{desc: "split max 1", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" "," -max 2`, want: builtins.StringSlice{"1", "2,3"}},
-		{desc: "split max 2", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" "," -max 5`, want: builtins.StringSlice{"1", "2", "3"}},
+		{desc: "split max 1", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" "," -max 2`, want: ucl.StringListObject{"1", "2,3"}},
+		{desc: "split max 2", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" "," -max 5`, want: ucl.StringListObject{"1", "2", "3"}},
 
-		{desc: "split by char max 1", eval: `strs:split "12345" -max 3`, want: builtins.StringSlice{"1", "2", "345"}},
+		{desc: "split by char max 1", eval: `strs:split "12345" -max 3`, want: ucl.StringListObject{"1", "2", "345"}},
 
 		{desc: "err 1", eval: `strs:split "1,2,3" -max []`, wantErr: true},
 	}
diff --git a/ucl/objs.go b/ucl/objs.go
index c17e246..2ea3cac 100644
--- a/ucl/objs.go
+++ b/ucl/objs.go
@@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ func (s *ListObject) Index(i int) Object {
 	return (*s)[i]
 }
 
+type StringListObject []string
+
+func (ss StringListObject) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[%v]", strings.Join(ss, " "))
+}
+
+func (ss StringListObject) Truthy() bool {
+	return len(ss) > 0
+}
+
+func (ss StringListObject) Len() int {
+	return len(ss)
+}
+
+func (ss StringListObject) Index(i int) Object {
+	return StringObject(ss[i])
+}
+
 type iteratorObject struct {
 	Iterable
 }
@@ -185,6 +203,8 @@ func toGoValue(obj Object) (interface{}, bool) {
 		return string(v), true
 	case IntObject:
 		return int(v), true
+	case StringListObject:
+		return []string(v), true
 	case boolObject:
 		return bool(v), true
 	case timeObject: