diff --git a/pretty_assertions/src/lib.rs b/pretty_assertions/src/lib.rs
index beead99..a4c0b91 100644
--- a/pretty_assertions/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pretty_assertions/src/lib.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,43 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// A comparison of two strings.
+///
+/// In contrast to [`Comparison`], which uses the [`core::fmt::Debug`] representaiton,
+/// this will print newlines unescaped, resulting in multi-line output for multiline strings. 
+///
+/// ```
+/// use pretty_assertions::StrComparison;
+///
+/// print!("{}", StrComparison::new("foo\nbar", "foo\nbaz"));
+/// ```
+///
+/// The values may have different types, although in practice they are usually the same.
+pub struct StrComparison<'a>
+{
+    left: &'a str,
+    right: &'a str,
+}
+
+impl<'a> StrComparison<'a>
+{
+    /// Store two values to be compared in future.
+    ///
+    /// Expensive diffing is deferred until calling `Debug::fmt`.
+    pub fn new(left: &'a str, right: &'a str) -> StrComparison<'a> {
+        StrComparison { left: left, right: right }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Display for StrComparison<'a>
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        // And then diff the debug output
+        printer::write_header(f)?;
+        printer::write_lines(f, self.left, self.right)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Asserts that two expressions are equal to each other (using [`PartialEq`]).
 ///
 /// On panic, this macro will print a diff derived from [`Debug`] representation of
@@ -186,6 +223,33 @@ macro_rules! assert_eq {
     });
 }
 
+/// TODO
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! assert_str_eq {
+    ($left:expr, $right:expr$(,)?) => ({
+        $crate::assert_str_eq!(@ $left, $right, "", "");
+    });
+    ($left:expr, $right:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => ({
+        $crate::assert_str_eq!(@ $left, $right, ": ", $($arg)+);
+    });
+    (@ $left:expr, $right:expr, $maybe_semicolon:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => ({
+        match (&($left), &($right)) {
+            (left_val, right_val) => {
+                if !(*left_val == *right_val) {
+                    ::core::panic!("assertion failed: `(left == right)`{}{}\
+                       \n\
+                       \n{}\
+                       \n",
+                       $maybe_semicolon,
+                       format_args!($($arg)*),
+                       $crate::StrComparison::new(left_val, right_val)
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
 /// Asserts that two expressions are not equal to each other (using [`PartialEq`]).
 ///
 /// On panic, this macro will print the values of the expressions with their
diff --git a/pretty_assertions/tests/macros.rs b/pretty_assertions/tests/macros.rs
index 3c34f02..a2fdbf8 100644
--- a/pretty_assertions/tests/macros.rs
+++ b/pretty_assertions/tests/macros.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,46 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 extern crate alloc;
 
+#[allow(clippy::eq_op)]
+mod assert_str_eq {
+    #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+    use ::alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    use ::std::string::{String, ToString};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn passes_str() {
+        let a = "some value";
+        ::pretty_assertions::assert_str_eq!(a, a);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn passes_string() {
+        let a: String = "some value".to_string();
+        ::pretty_assertions::assert_str_eq!(a, a);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn passes_comparable_types() {
+        let s0: &'static str = "foo";
+        let s1: String = "foo".to_string();
+        ::pretty_assertions::assert_str_eq!(s0, s1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic(expected = r#"assertion failed: `(left == right)`
+
+Diff < left / right > :
+ foo
+<bar
+>baz
+
+"#)]
+    fn fails_foo() {
+        ::pretty_assertions::assert_str_eq!("foo\nbar", "foo\nbaz");
+    }
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::eq_op)]
 mod assert_eq {
     #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]