diff --git a/doc/check.texi b/doc/check.texi
index 7391aa98..3af9ada5 100644
--- a/doc/check.texi
+++ b/doc/check.texi
@@ -1204,6 +1204,16 @@ operator is again indicated by last two letters of the function name.
 of the character string @code{a} is less than that of @code{b}.
 If a NULL pointer would be passed to any comparison macro than check would fail.
 
+@item ck_assert_pstr_eq
+@itemx ck_assert_pstr_ne
+
+Similar to @code{ck_assert_str_*} macros, but able to check undefined strings.
+If a NULL pointer would be passed to a comparison macro it would mean that
+a string is undefined. If both strings are undefined @code{ck_assert_pstr_eq}
+would pass, but @code{ck_assert_pstr_ne} would fail. If only one of strings is
+undefined @code{ck_assert_pstr_eq} macro would fail and @code{ck_assert_pstr_ne}
+would pass.
+
 @item ck_assert_ptr_eq
 @itemx ck_assert_ptr_ne
 
diff --git a/src/check.h.in b/src/check.h.in
index 3b85facf..e78d6907 100644
--- a/src/check.h.in
+++ b/src/check.h.in
@@ -1487,6 +1487,46 @@ do { \
  */
 #define ck_assert_str_ge(X, Y) _ck_assert_str(X, >=, Y, 0, 0)
 
+/**
+ * Check two strings to determine if 0==strcmp(X,Y) or if both are undefined 
+ *
+ * If both X and Y are NULL the test passes. However, if only one is NULL
+ * the test fails.
+ * If not ((X==NULL)&&(Y==NULL)) || (0==strcmp(X,Y)), the test fails.
+ *
+ * @param X string
+ * @param Y string to compare against X
+ *
+ * @note If the check fails, the remaining of the test is aborted
+ *
+ * @since 0.11.0
+ */
+#define ck_assert_pstr_eq(X, Y) _ck_assert_str(X, ==, Y, 1, 0)
+
+/**
+ * Check two strings to determine if 0!=strcmp(X,Y) or one of them is undefined
+ *
+ * If either X or Y is NULL the test passes, however if both are NULL
+ * the test fails.
+ * If not (X!=NULL)&&(Y!=NULL)&&(0!=strcmp(X,Y)), the test fails.
+ *
+ * @param X string
+ * @param Y string to compare against X
+ *
+ * @note If the check fails, the remaining of the test is aborted
+ *
+ * @since 0.11.0
+ */
+#define ck_assert_pstr_ne(X, Y) _ck_assert_str(X, !=, Y, 0, 1)
+
+/* Memory location comparison macros with improved output compared to ck_assert() */
+/* OP might be any operator that can be used in '0 OP memcmp(X,Y,L)' comparison */
+/* The x and y parameter swap in memcmp() is needed to handle >, >=, <, <= operators */
+/* Output is limited to CK_MAX_ASSERT_MEM_PRINT_SIZE bytes */
+#ifndef CK_MAX_ASSERT_MEM_PRINT_SIZE
+#define CK_MAX_ASSERT_MEM_PRINT_SIZE 64
+#endif
+
 /* Memory location comparison macros with improved output compared to ck_assert() */
 /* OP might be any operator that can be used in '0 OP memcmp(X,Y,L)' comparison */
 /* The x and y parameter swap in memcmp() is needed to handle >, >=, <, <= operators */
diff --git a/tests/check_check_master.c b/tests/check_check_master.c
index 3373a4b5..5ac5f8ce 100644
--- a/tests/check_check_master.c
+++ b/tests/check_check_master.c
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ static master_test_t master_tests[] = {
   { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_str_ge", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion 's >= t' failed: s == \"test1\", t == \"test2\"" },
   { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_str_ge_with_null", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion 's >= t' failed: s == (null), t == (null)" },
   { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_str_expr", CK_PASS,    "Passed" },
+  { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_pstr_eq", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion '\"test1\" == s' failed: \"test1\" == \"test1\", s == \"test\"" },
+  { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_pstr_eq_with_null", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion 't == s' failed: t == \"test\", s == (null)" },
+  { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_pstr_ne", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion 't != s' failed: t == \"test2\", s == \"test2\"" },
+  { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_pstr_ne_with_null", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion 't != s' failed: t == (null), s == (null)" },
   { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_ptr_eq", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion 'x == y' failed: x == 0x1, y == 0x2" },
   { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_ptr_ne", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion 'x != z' failed: x == 0x1, z == 0x1" },
   { "Simple Tests", "test_ck_assert_mem_eq", CK_FAILURE, "Assertion '\"\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x01\" == s' failed: \"\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x01\" == \"0000000001\", s == \"0000000002\"" },
diff --git a/tests/check_check_sub.c b/tests/check_check_sub.c
index 6c81bd7b..77de05a7 100644
--- a/tests/check_check_sub.c
+++ b/tests/check_check_sub.c
@@ -2057,6 +2057,54 @@ START_TEST(test_ck_assert_str_expr)
 }
 END_TEST
 
+START_TEST(test_ck_assert_pstr_eq)
+{
+  record_test_name(tcase_name());
+
+  const char *s = "test";
+  ck_assert_pstr_eq("test", s);
+  ck_assert_pstr_eq(NULL, NULL);
+  record_failure_line_num(__LINE__);
+  ck_assert_pstr_eq("test1", s);
+}
+END_TEST
+
+START_TEST(test_ck_assert_pstr_eq_with_null)
+{
+  record_test_name(tcase_name());
+
+  const char *t = "test";
+  const char *s = NULL;
+  record_failure_line_num(__LINE__);
+  ck_assert_pstr_eq(t, s);
+}
+END_TEST
+
+START_TEST(test_ck_assert_pstr_ne)
+{
+  record_test_name(tcase_name());
+
+  const char *t = "test1";
+  const char *s = "test2";
+  ck_assert_pstr_ne(t, s);
+  ck_assert_pstr_ne(t, NULL);
+  t = "test2";
+  record_failure_line_num(__LINE__);
+  ck_assert_pstr_ne(t, s);
+}
+END_TEST
+
+START_TEST(test_ck_assert_pstr_ne_with_null)
+{
+  record_test_name(tcase_name());
+
+  const char *s = NULL;
+  const char *t = NULL;
+  record_failure_line_num(__LINE__);
+  ck_assert_pstr_ne(t, s);
+}
+END_TEST
+
 START_TEST(test_ck_assert_ptr_eq)
 {
   int * x = (int*)0x1;
@@ -2863,6 +2911,10 @@ Suite *make_sub_suite(void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_str_ge);
   tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_str_ge_with_null);
   tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_str_expr);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_pstr_eq);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_pstr_eq_with_null);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_pstr_ne);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_pstr_ne_with_null);
   tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_ptr_eq);
   tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_ptr_ne);
   tcase_add_test (tc_simple, test_ck_assert_mem_eq);