diff --git a/include/etl/string.h b/include/etl/string.h
index a1415e2e..a84c4d3a 100644
--- a/include/etl/string.h
+++ b/include/etl/string.h
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 namespace etl
 {
+#if ETL_USING_CPP11
+  inline namespace literals
+  {
+    inline namespace string_literals
+    {
+      constexpr etl::string_view operator ""_sv(const char* str, size_t length) noexcept
+      {
+        return etl::string_view{ str, length };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   typedef etl::ibasic_string<char> istring;
 
   //***************************************************************************
diff --git a/include/etl/u16string.h b/include/etl/u16string.h
index 88f5303b..9be06986 100644
--- a/include/etl/u16string.h
+++ b/include/etl/u16string.h
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 namespace etl
 {
+#if ETL_USING_CPP11
+  inline namespace literals
+  {
+    inline namespace string_literals
+    {
+      constexpr etl::u16string_view operator ""_sv(const char16_t* str, size_t length) noexcept
+      {
+        return etl::u16string_view{ str, length };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   typedef ibasic_string<char16_t> iu16string;
 
   //***************************************************************************
diff --git a/include/etl/u32string.h b/include/etl/u32string.h
index 1dda3291..783f4901 100644
--- a/include/etl/u32string.h
+++ b/include/etl/u32string.h
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 namespace etl
 {
+#if ETL_USING_CPP11
+  inline namespace literals
+  {
+    inline namespace string_literals
+    {
+      constexpr etl::u32string_view operator ""_sv(const char32_t* str, size_t length) noexcept
+      {
+        return etl::u32string_view{ str, length };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   typedef ibasic_string<char32_t> iu32string;
 
   //***************************************************************************
diff --git a/include/etl/wstring.h b/include/etl/wstring.h
index cde74be3..22caaae6 100644
--- a/include/etl/wstring.h
+++ b/include/etl/wstring.h
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 namespace etl
 {
+#if ETL_USING_CPP11
+  inline namespace literals
+  {
+    inline namespace string_literals
+    {
+      constexpr etl::wstring_view operator ""_sv(const wchar_t* str, size_t length) noexcept
+      {
+        return etl::wstring_view{ str, length };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   typedef ibasic_string<wchar_t> iwstring;
 
   //***************************************************************************
diff --git a/test/test_string_view.cpp b/test/test_string_view.cpp
index 86c9eefc..9cf0e1e7 100644
--- a/test/test_string_view.cpp
+++ b/test/test_string_view.cpp
@@ -1013,5 +1013,26 @@ namespace
       CHECK(etl::hash<U16Text>()(u16text) == etl::hash<U16View>()(u16view));
       CHECK(etl::hash<U32Text>()(u32text) == etl::hash<U32View>()(u32view));
     }
+
+    //*************************************************************************
+    TEST(string_view_literal)
+    {
+      typedef etl::string_view    View;
+      typedef etl::wstring_view   WView;
+      typedef etl::u16string_view U16View;
+      typedef etl::u32string_view U32View;
+
+      using namespace etl::literals::string_literals;
+
+      View    view    =  "Hello World"_sv;
+      WView   wview   = L"Hello World"_sv;
+      U16View u16view = u"Hello World"_sv;
+      U32View u32view = U"Hello World"_sv;
+
+      CHECK_TRUE((view    == View{ "Hello World",     etl::strlen("Hello World") }));
+      CHECK_TRUE((wview   == WView{ L"Hello World",   etl::strlen(L"Hello World") }));
+      CHECK_TRUE((u16view == U16View{ u"Hello World", etl::strlen(u"Hello World") }));
+      CHECK_TRUE((u32view == U32View{ U"Hello World", etl::strlen(U"Hello World") }));
+    }
   };
 }