diff --git a/tensorflow/c/BUILD b/tensorflow/c/BUILD
index 954f9dcb303564..cca7a00fbce7f9 100644
--- a/tensorflow/c/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/c/BUILD
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ tf_cuda_library(
         "tf_file_statistics.h",
         "tf_status.h",
         "tf_tensor.h",
+        "tf_tstring.h",
     ],
     copts = tf_copts(),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ tf_cuda_library(
         ":tf_status_internal",
         ":tf_file_statistics",
         ":tf_tensor_internal",
+        ":tf_tstring",
     ] + select({
         "//tensorflow:with_xla_support": [
             "//tensorflow/compiler/tf2xla:xla_compiler",
@@ -313,6 +315,22 @@ cc_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
+cc_library(
+    name = "tf_tstring",
+    srcs = [
+        "tf_tstring.cc",
+        "//tensorflow/core/platform:ctstring",
+    ],
+    hdrs = [
+        "c_api_macros.h",
+        "tf_datatype.h",
+        "tf_status.h",
+        "tf_tensor.h",
+        "tf_tstring.h",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
 cc_library(
     name = "tf_file_statistics",
     hdrs = ["tf_file_statistics.h"],
diff --git a/tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.cc b/tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..15624060add69c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* Copyright 2021 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#include "tensorflow/c/tf_tensor.h"
+#include "tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/platform/ctstring_internal.h"
+
+void TF_StringInit(TF_TString* tstr) { 
+  TF_TString_Init(tstr);
+}
+
+void TF_StringCopy(TF_TString *dst, const char *src, size_t size) {
+  TF_TString_Copy(dst, src, size);
+}
+
+void TF_StringAssignView(TF_TString *dst, const char *src, size_t size) {
+  TF_TString_AssignView(dst, src, size);
+}
+
+const char* TF_StringGetDataPointer(const TF_TString *tstr) {
+  return TF_TString_GetDataPointer(tstr);
+}
+
+TF_TString_Type TF_StringGetType(const TF_TString *str) {
+  return TF_TString_GetType(str);
+}
+
+size_t TF_StringGetSize(const TF_TString* tstr) {
+  return TF_TString_GetSize(tstr);
+}
+
+size_t TF_StringGetCapacity(const TF_TString *str) {
+  return TF_TString_GetCapacity(str);
+}
+
+void TF_StringDealloc(TF_TString* tstr) {
+  TF_TString_Dealloc(tstr);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.h b/tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.h
index 8b576ff8197bc5..12eba52fb6765d 100644
--- a/tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.h
+++ b/tensorflow/c/tf_tstring.h
@@ -15,6 +15,45 @@ limitations under the License.
 #ifndef TENSORFLOW_C_TF_TSTRING_H_
 #define TENSORFLOW_C_TF_TSTRING_H_
 
+#include "tensorflow/c/tf_tensor.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/ctstring.h"
 
+#ifdef SWIG
+#define TF_CAPI_EXPORT
+#else
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#ifdef TF_COMPILE_LIBRARY
+#define TF_CAPI_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+#define TF_CAPI_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
+#endif  // TF_COMPILE_LIBRARY
+#else
+#define TF_CAPI_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+#endif  // _WIN32
+#endif  // SWIG
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_StringInit(TF_TString* t);
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_StringCopy(TF_TString *dst, const char *src, size_t size);
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_StringAssignView(TF_TString *dst, const char *src, size_t size);
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern const char* TF_StringGetDataPointer(const TF_TString *tstr);
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TF_TString_Type TF_StringGetType(const TF_TString *str);
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern size_t TF_StringGetSize(const TF_TString* tstr);
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern size_t TF_StringGetCapacity(const TF_TString *str);
+
+TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_StringDealloc(TF_TString* tstr);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* end extern "C" */
+#endif
+
 #endif  // THIRD_PARTY_TENSORFLOW_C_TF_TSTRING_H_