diff --git a/hilti/runtime/include/types/string.h b/hilti/runtime/include/types/string.h
index 3b0a2a2cbf..45c391fdbb 100644
--- a/hilti/runtime/include/types/string.h
+++ b/hilti/runtime/include/types/string.h
@@ -77,5 +77,13 @@ inline std::string detail::to_string_for_print<std::string_view>(const std::stri
     return escapeUTF8(x, false, false, true);
 }
 
+// Specialization for string literals. Since `to_string_for_print` is not
+// implemented with ADL like e.g., `to_string` provide an overload for string
+// literals. This is needed since we cannot partially specialize
+// `to_string_for_print`.
+template<typename CharT, size_t N>
+inline std::string to_string_for_print(const CharT (&x)[N]) {
+    return x;
+}
 
 } // namespace hilti::rt
diff --git a/hilti/runtime/src/tests/string.cc b/hilti/runtime/src/tests/string.cc
index 5a6a5323fd..c0ad60790f 100644
--- a/hilti/runtime/src/tests/string.cc
+++ b/hilti/runtime/src/tests/string.cc
@@ -61,4 +61,16 @@ TEST_CASE("upper") {
                          "illegal UTF8 sequence in string", const RuntimeError&);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("to_string") {
+    CHECK_EQ(to_string(std::string("abc")), "\"abc\"");
+    CHECK_EQ(to_string(std::string_view("abc")), "\"abc\"");
+    CHECK_EQ(to_string("abc"), "\"abc\"");
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("to_string_for_print") {
+    CHECK_EQ(to_string_for_print(std::string("abc")), "abc");
+    CHECK_EQ(to_string_for_print(std::string_view("abc")), "abc");
+    CHECK_EQ(to_string_for_print("abc"), "abc");
+}
+
 TEST_SUITE_END();