diff --git a/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c b/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
index d74d8030cea0d..55679f218b307 100644
--- a/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
+++ b/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
@@ -1043,14 +1043,14 @@ value llvm_const_float_of_string(value RealTy, value S) {
 
 /* llcontext -> string -> llvalue */
 value llvm_const_string(value Context, value Str) {
-  return to_val(LLVMConstStringInContext(Context_val(Context), String_val(Str),
-                                         caml_string_length(Str), 1));
+  return to_val(LLVMConstStringInContext2(Context_val(Context), String_val(Str),
+                                          caml_string_length(Str), 1));
 }
 
 /* llcontext -> string -> llvalue */
 value llvm_const_stringz(value Context, value Str) {
-  return to_val(LLVMConstStringInContext(Context_val(Context), String_val(Str),
-                                         caml_string_length(Str), 0));
+  return to_val(LLVMConstStringInContext2(Context_val(Context), String_val(Str),
+                                          caml_string_length(Str), 0));
 }
 
 /* lltype -> llvalue array -> llvalue */
diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 8ce6ee5cebb26..ebd4b4caaeb18 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ Changes to the C API
 * Added ``LLVMGetBlockAddressFunction`` and ``LLVMGetBlockAddressBasicBlock``
   functions for accessing the values in a blockaddress constant.
 
+* Added ``LLVMConstStringInContext2`` function, which better matches the C++
+  API by using ``size_t`` for string length. Deprecated ``LLVMConstStringInContext``. 
+
 Changes to the CodeGen infrastructure
 -------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index 09746bdaf0c94..7cfe4dc4f775f 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -2165,11 +2165,22 @@ double LLVMConstRealGetDouble(LLVMValueRef ConstantVal, LLVMBool *losesInfo);
 /**
  * Create a ConstantDataSequential and initialize it with a string.
  *
+ * @deprecated LLVMConstStringInContext is deprecated in favor of the API
+ * accurate LLVMConstStringInContext2
  * @see llvm::ConstantDataArray::getString()
  */
 LLVMValueRef LLVMConstStringInContext(LLVMContextRef C, const char *Str,
                                       unsigned Length, LLVMBool DontNullTerminate);
 
+/**
+ * Create a ConstantDataSequential and initialize it with a string.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::ConstantDataArray::getString()
+ */
+LLVMValueRef LLVMConstStringInContext2(LLVMContextRef C, const char *Str,
+                                       size_t Length,
+                                       LLVMBool DontNullTerminate);
+
 /**
  * Create a ConstantDataSequential with string content in the global context.
  *
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
index d6d159ab8b9e8..4b804a41a1676 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -1522,6 +1522,15 @@ LLVMValueRef LLVMConstStringInContext(LLVMContextRef C, const char *Str,
                                            DontNullTerminate == 0));
 }
 
+LLVMValueRef LLVMConstStringInContext2(LLVMContextRef C, const char *Str,
+                                       size_t Length,
+                                       LLVMBool DontNullTerminate) {
+  /* Inverted the sense of AddNull because ', 0)' is a
+     better mnemonic for null termination than ', 1)'. */
+  return wrap(ConstantDataArray::getString(*unwrap(C), StringRef(Str, Length),
+                                           DontNullTerminate == 0));
+}
+
 LLVMValueRef LLVMConstString(const char *Str, unsigned Length,
                              LLVMBool DontNullTerminate) {
   return LLVMConstStringInContext(LLVMGetGlobalContext(), Str, Length,