diff --git a/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 83311280..ceb73fdd 100644
--- a/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -318,6 +318,51 @@ class GTEST_API_ Matcher<internal::string>
   Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
 };
 
+#if GTEST_HAS_STRING_PIECE_
+// The following two specializations allow the user to write str
+// instead of Eq(str) and "foo" instead of Eq("foo") when a StringPiece
+// matcher is expected.
+template <>
+class GTEST_API_ Matcher<const StringPiece&>
+    : public internal::MatcherBase<const StringPiece&> {
+ public:
+  Matcher() {}
+
+  explicit Matcher(const MatcherInterface<const StringPiece&>* impl)
+      : internal::MatcherBase<const StringPiece&>(impl) {}
+
+  // Allows the user to write str instead of Eq(str) sometimes, where
+  // str is a string object.
+  Matcher(const internal::string& s);  // NOLINT
+
+  // Allows the user to write "foo" instead of Eq("foo") sometimes.
+  Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
+
+  // Allows the user to pass StringPieces directly.
+  Matcher(StringPiece s);  // NOLINT
+};
+
+template <>
+class GTEST_API_ Matcher<StringPiece>
+    : public internal::MatcherBase<StringPiece> {
+ public:
+  Matcher() {}
+
+  explicit Matcher(const MatcherInterface<StringPiece>* impl)
+      : internal::MatcherBase<StringPiece>(impl) {}
+
+  // Allows the user to write str instead of Eq(str) sometimes, where
+  // str is a string object.
+  Matcher(const internal::string& s);  // NOLINT
+
+  // Allows the user to write "foo" instead of Eq("foo") sometimes.
+  Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
+
+  // Allows the user to pass StringPieces directly.
+  Matcher(StringPiece s);  // NOLINT
+};
+#endif  // GTEST_HAS_STRING_PIECE_
+
 // The PolymorphicMatcher class template makes it easy to implement a
 // polymorphic matcher (i.e. a matcher that can match values of more
 // than one type, e.g. Eq(n) and NotNull()).
diff --git a/src/gmock-matchers.cc b/src/gmock-matchers.cc
index 63f3859b..5f746b95 100644
--- a/src/gmock-matchers.cc
+++ b/src/gmock-matchers.cc
@@ -63,6 +63,41 @@ Matcher<internal::string>::Matcher(const char* s) {
   *this = Eq(internal::string(s));
 }
 
+#if GTEST_HAS_STRING_PIECE_
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a const StringPiece& whose value is
+// equal to s.
+Matcher<const StringPiece&>::Matcher(const internal::string& s) {
+  *this = Eq(s);
+}
+
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a const StringPiece& whose value is
+// equal to s.
+Matcher<const StringPiece&>::Matcher(const char* s) {
+  *this = Eq(internal::string(s));
+}
+
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a const StringPiece& whose value is
+// equal to s.
+Matcher<const StringPiece&>::Matcher(StringPiece s) {
+  *this = Eq(s.ToString());
+}
+
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a StringPiece whose value is equal to s.
+Matcher<StringPiece>::Matcher(const internal::string& s) {
+  *this = Eq(s);
+}
+
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a StringPiece whose value is equal to s.
+Matcher<StringPiece>::Matcher(const char* s) {
+  *this = Eq(internal::string(s));
+}
+
+// Constructs a matcher that matches a StringPiece whose value is equal to s.
+Matcher<StringPiece>::Matcher(StringPiece s) {
+  *this = Eq(s.ToString());
+}
+#endif  // GTEST_HAS_STRING_PIECE_
+
 namespace internal {
 
 // Joins a vector of strings as if they are fields of a tuple; returns
diff --git a/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc b/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
index 81460925..3a834a18 100644
--- a/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
+++ b/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
@@ -364,6 +364,44 @@ TEST(StringMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromString) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("hello"));
 }
 
+#if GTEST_HAS_STRING_PIECE_
+// Tests that a C-string literal can be implicitly converted to a
+// Matcher<StringPiece> or Matcher<const StringPiece&>.
+TEST(StringPieceMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromCStringLiteral) {
+  Matcher<StringPiece> m1 = "cats";
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m1.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m1.Matches("dogs"));
+
+  Matcher<const StringPiece&> m2 = "cats";
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("dogs"));
+}
+
+// Tests that a string object can be implicitly converted to a
+// Matcher<StringPiece> or Matcher<const StringPiece&>.
+TEST(StringPieceMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromString) {
+  Matcher<StringPiece> m1 = string("cats");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m1.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m1.Matches("dogs"));
+
+  Matcher<const StringPiece&> m2 = string("cats");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("dogs"));
+}
+
+// Tests that a StringPiece object can be implicitly converted to a
+// Matcher<StringPiece> or Matcher<const StringPiece&>.
+TEST(StringPieceMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromStringPiece) {
+  Matcher<StringPiece> m1 = StringPiece("cats");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m1.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m1.Matches("dogs"));
+
+  Matcher<const StringPiece&> m2 = StringPiece("cats");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("cats"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("dogs"));
+}
+#endif  // GTEST_HAS_STRING_PIECE_
+
 // Tests that MakeMatcher() constructs a Matcher<T> from a
 // MatcherInterface* without requiring the user to explicitly
 // write the type.