diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc b/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc
index 3a21a9a7e..9159922fb 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc
@@ -272,6 +272,40 @@ TEST(StringViewMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromStringView) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("cats"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("dogs"));
 }
+
+// Tests that a StringView object can be implicitly converted to a
+// Matcher<std::string> or Matcher<const std::string&>. This is the symmetric
+// counterpart of CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromString above; without these
+// constructors, a StringView falls through to a polymorphic Eq matcher that
+// stores the view by value and dangles past the constructing call.
+TEST(StringMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromStringView) {
+  Matcher<std::string> m1 = internal::StringView("cats");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m1.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m1.Matches("dogs"));
+
+  Matcher<const std::string&> m2 = internal::StringView("cats");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("dogs"));
+}
+
+// Tests that the matcher copies the string data and is safe to use after the
+// underlying buffer the StringView was constructed from is destroyed.
+TEST(StringMatcherTest, StringViewCtorIsLifetimeSafe) {
+  Matcher<std::string> m1;
+  Matcher<const std::string&> m2;
+  {
+    std::string buffer = "cats";
+    m1 = internal::StringView(buffer);
+    m2 = internal::StringView(buffer);
+    // Mutate buffer and let it go out of scope to ensure the matcher does not
+    // alias |buffer|'s storage.
+    buffer = "dogs";
+  }
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m1.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m1.Matches("dogs"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("dogs"));
+}
 #endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 // Tests that a std::reference_wrapper<std::string> object can be implicitly
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h
index 6d2ab14d2..a60df9aa4 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h
@@ -520,6 +520,13 @@ Matcher<const std::string&> : public internal::MatcherBase<const std::string&> {
 
   // Allows the user to write "foo" instead of Eq("foo") sometimes.
   Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
+
+#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+  // Allows the user to pass absl::string_views or std::string_views directly.
+  // Copies into a std::string so the matcher owns its data and does not alias
+  // a (possibly temporary) buffer in the caller.
+  Matcher(internal::StringView s);  // NOLINT
+#endif
 };
 
 template <>
@@ -544,6 +551,13 @@ Matcher<std::string> : public internal::MatcherBase<std::string> {
 
   // Allows the user to write "foo" instead of Eq("foo") sometimes.
   Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
+
+#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+  // Allows the user to pass absl::string_views or std::string_views directly.
+  // Copies into a std::string so the matcher owns its data and does not alias
+  // a (possibly temporary) buffer in the caller.
+  Matcher(internal::StringView s);  // NOLINT
+#endif
 };
 
 #if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc
index 7e3bcc0cf..0e27f7309 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ Matcher<internal::StringView>::Matcher(const char* s) {
 Matcher<internal::StringView>::Matcher(internal::StringView s) {
   *this = Eq(std::string(s));
 }
+
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a const std::string& whose value is
+// equal to s. Copies into a std::string so the matcher owns its data.
+Matcher<const std::string&>::Matcher(internal::StringView s) {
+  *this = Eq(std::string(s));
+}
+
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a std::string whose value is equal to s.
+// Copies into a std::string so the matcher owns its data.
+Matcher<std::string>::Matcher(internal::StringView s) {
+  *this = Eq(std::string(s));
+}
 #endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 }  // namespace testing