diff --git a/include/EASTL/string.h b/include/EASTL/string.h
index 5f8d7d09..435a049c 100644
--- a/include/EASTL/string.h
+++ b/include/EASTL/string.h
@@ -3542,6 +3542,8 @@ namespace eastl
 	template <typename T, typename Allocator>
 	inline bool operator==(const typename basic_string<T, Allocator>::value_type* p, const basic_string<T, Allocator>& b)
 	{
+		if (p == nullptr)
+			return false;
 		typedef typename basic_string<T, Allocator>::size_type string_size_type;
 		const string_size_type n = (string_size_type)CharStrlen(p);
 		return ((n == b.size()) && (Compare(p, b.data(), (size_t)n) == 0));
@@ -3551,6 +3553,8 @@ namespace eastl
 	template <typename T, typename Allocator>
 	inline bool operator==(const basic_string<T, Allocator>& a, const typename basic_string<T, Allocator>::value_type* p)
 	{
+		if (p == nullptr)
+			return false;
 		typedef typename basic_string<T, Allocator>::size_type string_size_type;
 		const string_size_type n = (string_size_type)CharStrlen(p);
 		return ((a.size() == n) && (Compare(a.data(), p, (size_t)n) == 0));
diff --git a/test/source/TestString.inl b/test/source/TestString.inl
index 193a9291..db29079c 100644
--- a/test/source/TestString.inl
+++ b/test/source/TestString.inl
@@ -2155,6 +2155,34 @@ int TEST_STRING_NAME()
 		VERIFY(LocalHash(sw2) == LocalHash(sw3));
 	}
 
+	// test == and != operators
+	{
+		StringType str1(LITERAL("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"));
+		StringType str2(LITERAL("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"));
+		StringType str3(LITERAL("Hello, world"));
+		typename StringType::value_type *nullChar{nullptr};
+		{
+			
+			VERIFY(!(str1 == nullptr));
+			VERIFY(!(nullptr == str1));
+			VERIFY(!(str1 == nullChar));
+			VERIFY(!(nullChar == str1));
+
+			VERIFY(str1 != nullptr);
+			VERIFY(nullptr != str1);
+			VERIFY(str1 != nullChar);
+			VERIFY(nullChar != str1);
+		}
+		{
+			VERIFY(str1 == str2);
+			VERIFY(str1 != str3);
+			VERIFY(str1 == str2.c_str());
+			VERIFY(str1 != str3.c_str());
+			VERIFY(str1.c_str() == str2);
+			VERIFY(str1.c_str() != str3);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// test <=> operator
 	#if defined(EA_COMPILER_HAS_THREE_WAY_COMPARISON)
 	{