diff --git a/libc/src/__support/CPP/string.h b/libc/src/__support/CPP/string.h
index f050defe498ce..239fa18eac36d 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/CPP/string.h
+++ b/libc/src/__support/CPP/string.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class string {
     resize(count);
     inline_memcpy(buffer_, cstr, count);
   }
+  LIBC_INLINE string(const string_view &view)
+      : string(view.data(), view.size()) {}
   LIBC_INLINE string(const char *cstr)
       : string(cstr, ::__llvm_libc::internal::string_length(cstr)) {}
   LIBC_INLINE string(size_t size_, char value) {
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ class string {
     return *this;
   }
 
+  LIBC_INLINE string &operator=(const string_view &view) {
+    return *this = string(view);
+  }
+
   LIBC_INLINE ~string() {
     if (buffer_ != get_empty_string())
       ::free(buffer_);
diff --git a/libc/test/src/__support/CPP/string_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/__support/CPP/string_test.cpp
index f7a18214eb811..928277fe2e9cc 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/__support/CPP/string_test.cpp
+++ b/libc/test/src/__support/CPP/string_test.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ TEST(LlvmLibcStringTest, InitializeCStringWithSize) {
   ASSERT_EQ(s.back(), 'b');
 }
 
+TEST(LlvmLibcStringTest, InitializeStringView) {
+  const string_view str = "ab";
+  const string s(str);
+  ASSERT_EQ(s.size(), size_t(2));
+  ASSERT_EQ(s[0], 'a');
+  ASSERT_EQ(s[1], 'b');
+  ASSERT_EQ(s.front(), 'a');
+  ASSERT_EQ(s.back(), 'b');
+}
+
 TEST(LlvmLibcStringTest, InitializeRepeatedChar) {
   const string s(4, '1');
   ASSERT_EQ(string_view(s), string_view("1111"));
@@ -114,6 +124,17 @@ TEST(LlvmLibcStringTest, MoveAssign) {
   ASSERT_STREQ(a.c_str(), "");
 }
 
+TEST(LlvmLibcStringTest, StringViewAssign) {
+  const string_view str = "ab";
+  string s;
+  s = str;
+  ASSERT_EQ(s.size(), size_t(2));
+  ASSERT_EQ(s[0], 'a');
+  ASSERT_EQ(s[1], 'b');
+  ASSERT_EQ(s.front(), 'a');
+  ASSERT_EQ(s.back(), 'b');
+}
+
 TEST(LlvmLibcStringTest, Concat) {
   const char *const str = "abc";
   string a(str);