diff --git a/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp b/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
index 9f806347e..113c76a08 100644
--- a/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
@@ -5033,6 +5033,21 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(literal_strings)
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("empty()") == encodeDyn(string()));
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(initialise_string_constant)
+{
+	char const* sourceCode = R"(
+		contract Test {
+			string public short = "abcdef";
+			string public long = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678900123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890";
+		}
+	)";
+	compileAndRun(sourceCode, 0, "Test");
+	string longStr = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678900123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890";
+	string shortStr = "abcdef";
+
+	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("long()") == encodeDyn(longStr));
+	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("short()") == encodeDyn(shortStr));
+}
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()