diff --git a/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h b/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h
index fedb2846a57..6c815c7ebfb 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
+    template<typename Type,
+             typename = typename std::enable_if<std::is_pointer<Type>::value>::type
+             >
+    SmallString(Type characterPointer) noexcept
+        : SmallString(characterPointer, std::strlen(characterPointer))
+    {
+        static_assert(!std::is_array<Type>::value, "Input type is array and not char pointer!");
+    }
+
     SmallString(const QString &qString)
         : SmallString(SmallString::fromQString(qString))
     {}
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/smallstringtest.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/smallstringtest.cpp
index b0d465e1629..cbdcf1cdac5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/smallstringtest.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/smallstringtest.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ TEST(SmallString, ShortSmallStringIsReference)
     ASSERT_TRUE(longText.isReadOnlyReference());
 }
 
+TEST(SmallString, SmallStringContructorIsNotReference)
+{
+    const char *shortCSmallString = "short string";
+    auto shortText = SmallString(shortCSmallString);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(shortText.isShortString());
+}
+
 TEST(SmallString, ShortSmallStringIsNotReference)
 {
     const char *shortCSmallString = "short string";
@@ -95,6 +103,14 @@ TEST(SmallString, ShortSmallStringIsNotReference)
     ASSERT_FALSE(shortText.isReadOnlyReference());
 }
 
+TEST(SmallString, LongSmallStringConstrutorIsAllocated)
+{
+    const char *longCSmallString = "very very very very very long text";
+    auto longText = SmallString(longCSmallString);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(longText.hasAllocatedMemory());
+}
+
 TEST(SmallString, MaximumShortSmallString)
 {
     SmallString maximumShortText("very very very very short text", 30);