diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
index 1c3b4ce..7302fce 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
@@ -449,6 +449,10 @@ namespace chaiscript
       m->add(fun(find_func(boost::mem_fn(static_cast<find_func_ptr>(&String::find_first_not_of)))), "find_first_not_of");
       m->add(fun(find_func(boost::mem_fn(static_cast<find_func_ptr>(&String::find_last_not_of)))), "find_last_not_of");
 
+      m->add(fun(&String::c_str), "c_str");
+      m->add(fun(&String::data), "data");
+
+
       return m;
     }
   }
diff --git a/unittests/string_charptr.chai b/unittests/string_charptr.chai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3065ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/string_charptr.chai
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+assert_equal(true, "hello".c_str().is_var_const())
+assert_equal("char", "hello".c_str().type_name())
+
+assert_equal(true, "hello".data().is_var_const())
+assert_equal("char", "hello".data().type_name())
+