diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 95ee14e7..ba52e9cc 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ New features
 
 * `OptimizationLevel::Simple` now eagerly evaluates built-in binary operators of primary types (if not overloaded).
 * Added `is_def_var()` to detect if variable is defined, and `is_def_fn()` to detect if script function is defined.
+* `Dynamic::from(&str)` now constructs a `Dynamic` with a copy of the string as value.
 
 
 Version 0.19.0
diff --git a/src/any.rs b/src/any.rs
index 10133b43..2ef41da6 100644
--- a/src/any.rs
+++ b/src/any.rs
@@ -572,6 +572,12 @@ impl Dynamic {
                 .clone()
                 .into();
         }
+        if TypeId::of::<T>() == TypeId::of::<&str>() {
+            return <dyn Any>::downcast_ref::<&str>(&value)
+                .unwrap()
+                .to_string()
+                .into();
+        }
         if TypeId::of::<T>() == TypeId::of::<()>() {
             return ().into();
         }
diff --git a/tests/string.rs b/tests/string.rs
index 13f78640..cd4aa6cb 100644
--- a/tests/string.rs
+++ b/tests/string.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use rhai::{Engine, EvalAltResult, ImmutableString, RegisterFn, INT};
+use rhai::{Dynamic, Engine, EvalAltResult, ImmutableString, RegisterFn, Scope, INT};
 
 #[test]
 fn test_string() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@ fn test_string() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_string_dynamic() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+    let engine = Engine::new();
+    let mut scope = Scope::new();
+    scope.push("x", Dynamic::from("foo"));
+    scope.push("y", String::from("foo"));
+    scope.push("z", "foo");
+
+    assert!(engine.eval_with_scope::<bool>(&mut scope, r#"x == "foo""#)?);
+    assert!(engine.eval_with_scope::<bool>(&mut scope, r#"y == "foo""#)?);
+    assert!(engine.eval_with_scope::<bool>(&mut scope, r#"z == "foo""#)?);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
 #[test]
 fn test_string_substring() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {