diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ea04113..1705f7a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,9 +35,15 @@ name = "arraystring"
 harness = false
 
 [features]
-default = ["std"]
+default = ["std", "u128", "floats"]
+# enable stdlib
 std = []
 
+# enable i128, u128 specific impls
+u128 = []
+# enable f32, f64 specific impls
+floats = []
+
 [profile.bench]
 debug = true
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/src/arrayvec.rs b/src/arrayvec.rs
index e69e60c..37c8d10 100644
--- a/src/arrayvec.rs
+++ b/src/arrayvec.rs
@@ -760,6 +760,51 @@ impl<T, const CAP: usize> From<[T; CAP]> for ArrayVec<T, CAP> {
     }
 }
 
+// Generic version of from_slice_const not possible at this time
+macro_rules! impl_from_const {
+    ($($t:ty)+) => {
+$(
+impl<const CAP: usize> ArrayVec<$t, CAP> {
+    /// Create a new `ArrayVec` from a slice, suitable for const context
+    ///
+    /// Capacity is inferred from the type parameter.
+    ///
+    /// **Panics** if the backing array is not large enough to fit the slice.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
+    ///
+    /// const V: ArrayVec<u8, 3> = ArrayVec::<u8, 3>::from_slice_const(&[1, 2, 3]);
+    /// ```
+    pub const fn from_slice_const(values: &[$t]) -> Self {
+        let len = values.len();
+        if len > CAP {
+            panic!("ArrayVec::from_slice_const: insufficient capacity");
+        }
+
+        let mut vec = Self::new_const();
+        let mut i = 0;
+        while i < len {
+            vec.xs[i] = MaybeUninit::new(values[i]);
+            i += 1;
+        }
+
+        // Safety: we know len <= CAP and elements < len are initialized
+        vec.len = len as u32;
+        vec
+    }
+}
+)+
+
+    };
+}
+
+impl_from_const!(u8 u16 u32 u64 usize i8 i16 i32 i64 isize char);
+#[cfg(feature = "floats")]
+impl_from_const!(f32 f64);
+#[cfg(feature = "u128")]
+impl_from_const!(u128 i128);
+
 
 /// Try to create an `ArrayVec` from a slice. This will return an error if the slice was too big to
 /// fit.
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 2f8a5ef..b1c5be3 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -773,6 +773,19 @@ fn test_arrayvec_const_constructible() {
     assert_eq!(var[..], [vec![3, 5, 8]]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_arrayvec_from_slice_const() {
+    const V: ArrayVec<u8, 10> = ArrayVec::<u8, 10>::from_slice_const(b"0123456789");
+
+    let mut var = V;
+    assert_eq!(&*var, b"0123456789");
+    assert!(var.try_push(0).is_err());
+    var.clear();
+    var.push(1);
+    var.push(2);
+    assert_eq!(&*var, &[1, 2]);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_arraystring_const_constructible() {
     const AS: ArrayString<10> = ArrayString::new_const();
@@ -784,10 +797,23 @@ fn test_arraystring_const_constructible() {
     assert_eq!(var, *"hello");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_arraystring_from_str_const() {
+    const AS: ArrayString<10> = ArrayString::from_str_const("0123456789");
+
+    let mut var = AS;
+    assert_eq!(&*var, "0123456789");
+    assert!(var.try_push_str("1").is_err());
+
+    var.clear();
+    var.push_str("9876543210");
+    assert_eq!(&*var, "9876543210");
+}
+
 
 #[test]
 fn test_arraystring_zero_filled_has_some_sanity_checks() {
     let string = ArrayString::<4>::zero_filled();
     assert_eq!(string.as_str(), "\0\0\0\0");
     assert_eq!(string.len(), 4);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}