diff --git a/Code/JavaWrappers/ExplicitBitVect.i b/Code/JavaWrappers/ExplicitBitVect.i
index 9369366d6..cf3764453 100644
--- a/Code/JavaWrappers/ExplicitBitVect.i
+++ b/Code/JavaWrappers/ExplicitBitVect.i
@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@
     ($self)->getOnBits(*bits);
     return bits;
   }
+
+  void andOperator(const ExplicitBitVect & other) {
+    *($self) &= other;
+  }
+
+  void orOperator(const ExplicitBitVect & other) {
+    *($self) |= other;
+  }
+
+  void xorOperator(const ExplicitBitVect & other) {
+    *($self) ^= other;
+  }
+
+  void copy(const ExplicitBitVect &other) {
+    *($self) = other;
+  }
 }
 
 #ifdef SWIGJAVA
diff --git a/Code/JavaWrappers/csharp_wrapper/RDKitCSharpTest/ExplicitBitVectTest.cs b/Code/JavaWrappers/csharp_wrapper/RDKitCSharpTest/ExplicitBitVectTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f22e56271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Code/JavaWrappers/csharp_wrapper/RDKitCSharpTest/ExplicitBitVectTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GraphMolWrap;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RdkitTests
+{
+    public class ExplicitBitVectTest
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestBitOps()
+        {
+            var mol1 = RWMol.MolFromSmiles("c1ccccc1");
+            var mol2 = RWMol.MolFromSmiles("c1ccccn1");
+            var fp1 = RDKFuncs.getMorganFingerprintAsBitVect(mol1, 2, 1024);
+            var fp2 = RDKFuncs.getMorganFingerprintAsBitVect(mol2, 2, 1024);
+
+            var fp1OnBits = fp1.getOnBits();
+            var fp2OnBits = fp2.getOnBits();
+
+            var nCommon = 0;
+            var n1 = fp1OnBits.Count;
+            var n2 = fp2OnBits.Count;
+            foreach (var bit1 in fp1OnBits)
+            {
+                foreach (var bit2 in fp2OnBits)
+                {
+                    if (bit1 == bit2)
+                    {
+                        nCommon++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            ExplicitBitVect andFp = new();
+            andFp.copy(fp1);
+            Assert.Equal(n1, Convert.ToInt32(andFp.getNumOnBits()));
+            andFp.andOperator(fp2);
+            Assert.Equal(nCommon, Convert.ToInt32(andFp.getNumOnBits()));
+
+            ExplicitBitVect orFp = new();
+            orFp.copy(fp1);
+            Assert.Equal(n1, Convert.ToInt32(orFp.getNumOnBits()));
+            orFp.orOperator(fp2);
+            Assert.Equal(n1 + n2 - nCommon, Convert.ToInt32(orFp.getNumOnBits()));
+
+            ExplicitBitVect xorFp = new();
+            xorFp.copy(fp1);
+            Assert.Equal(n1, Convert.ToInt32(xorFp.getNumOnBits()));
+            xorFp.xorOperator(fp2);
+            Assert.Equal(n1 + n2 - nCommon*2, Convert.ToInt32(xorFp.getNumOnBits()));
+
+
+            
+        }
+    }
+}