2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbindgen/src/clang.rs b/libbindgen/src/clang.rs
index fc5575b3..491aaa07 100644
--- a/libbindgen/src/clang.rs
+++ b/libbindgen/src/clang.rs
@@ -1348,6 +1348,20 @@ impl EvalResult {
             _ => None,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Evaluates the expression as a literal string, that may or may not be
+    /// valid utf-8.
+    pub fn as_literal_string(&self) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+        match self.kind() {
+            CXEval_StrLiteral => {
+                let ret = unsafe {
+                    CStr::from_ptr(clang_EvalResult_getAsStr(self.x))
+                };
+                Some(ret.to_bytes().to_vec())
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for EvalResult {
diff --git a/libbindgen/src/ir/var.rs b/libbindgen/src/ir/var.rs
index d9160eca..e18af91b 100644
--- a/libbindgen/src/ir/var.rs
+++ b/libbindgen/src/ir/var.rs
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ impl ClangSubItemParser for Var {
                         .and_then(|v| v.as_double())
                         .map(VarType::Float)
                 } else {
-                    None
+                    cursor.evaluate()
+                        .and_then(|v| v.as_literal_string())
+                        .map(VarType::String)
                 };
 
                 let mangling = cursor_mangling(&cursor);