diff --git a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
index b28034f83..e062a6471 100644
--- a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@ void IRGeneratorForStatements::endVisit(FunctionCall const& _functionCall)
 					"))\n";
 				IRVariable selectorVariable(m_context.newYulVariable(), *TypeProvider::fixedBytes(4));
 				define(selectorVariable, hashVariable);
+				selector = selectorVariable.name();
 				m_code << "mstore(" << to_string(CompilerUtils::freeMemoryPointer) << ", " << freeMemoryPre << ")\n";
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/specialFunctions/abi_encode_with_signature_from_string.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/specialFunctions/abi_encode_with_signature_from_string.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7598d382a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/specialFunctions/abi_encode_with_signature_from_string.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+contract C {
+    function f() public pure returns (bytes memory r1, bytes memory r2) {
+        string memory x = "my_signature";
+        r1 = abi.encodeWithSignature("my_signature", 1);
+        r2 = abi.encodeWithSignature(x, 1);
+        assert(r1.length == r2.length);
+        for (uint i = 0; i < r1.length; i++)
+            assert(r1[i] == r2[i]);
+    }
+}
+// ====
+// compileToEwasm: false
+// compileViaYul: also
+// ----
+// f() -> 0x40, 0xa0, 0x24, -813742827273327954027712588510533233455028711326166692885570228492575965184, 26959946667150639794667015087019630673637144422540572481103610249216, 0x24, -813742827273327954027712588510533233455028711326166692885570228492575965184, 26959946667150639794667015087019630673637144422540572481103610249216