diff --git a/include/tvm/runtime/container.h b/include/tvm/runtime/container.h
index 92d3e7149463f..2c264cc557962 100644
--- a/include/tvm/runtime/container.h
+++ b/include/tvm/runtime/container.h
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 #include <tvm/runtime/memory.h>
 #include <tvm/runtime/object.h>
 
+#include <cstring>
 #include <initializer_list>
+#include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
@@ -274,7 +276,181 @@ class ADT : public ObjectRef {
   TVM_DEFINE_OBJECT_REF_METHODS(ADT, ObjectRef, ADTObj);
 };
 
+/*! \brief An object representing string. It's POD type. */
+class StringObj : public Object {
+ public:
+  /*! \brief The length of the string object. */
+  uint32_t size;
+
+  /*! \brief The pointer to string data. */
+  const char* data;
+
+  static constexpr const uint32_t _type_index = TypeIndex::kDynamic;
+  static constexpr const char* _type_key = "String";
+  TVM_DECLARE_FINAL_OBJECT_INFO(StringObj, Object);
+
+ private:
+  /*! \brief String object which is moved from std::string container. */
+  class FromStd;
+
+  friend class String;
+};
+
+/*! \brief reference to string objects. */
+class String : public ObjectRef {
+ public:
+  /*!
+   * \brief Construct a new String object
+   *
+   * \param other The moved/copied std::string object
+   *
+   * \note If user passes const reference, it will trigger copy. If it's rvalue,
+   * it will be moved into other.
+   */
+  inline explicit String(std::string other);
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Compare is equal to other std::string
+   *
+   * \param other The other string
+   */
+  bool operator==(const std::string& other) const {
+    return size() == other.size() &&
+           other.compare(0, other.size(), get()->data, size()) == 0;
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Compare is not equal to other std::string
+   *
+   * \param other The other string
+   */
+  bool operator!=(const std::string& other) const { return !operator==(other); }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Compare is equal to other char string
+   *
+   * \param other The other char string
+   */
+  inline bool operator==(const char* other) const;
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Compare is not equal to other char string
+   *
+   * \param other The other char string
+   */
+  inline bool operator!=(const char* other) const;
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Compares this to other for at most len chars
+   *
+   * \return zero if both char sequences compare equal. negative if this appear
+   * before other, positive otherwise.
+   */
+  int compare(const String& other, size_t len) const {
+    return compare(other.data(), len);
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Compares this to other for at most len chars
+   *
+   * \return zero if both char sequences compare equal. negative if this appear
+   * before other, positive otherwise.
+   */
+  int compare(const std::string& other, size_t len) const {
+    return compare(other.data(), len);
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Compares this to other for at most len chars
+   *
+   * \return zero if both char sequences compare equal. negative if this appear
+   * before other, positive otherwise.
+   */
+  int compare(const char* other, size_t len) const {
+    return std::strncmp(get()->data, other, len);
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Returns a pointer to the char array in the string.
+   *
+   * \return const char*
+   */
+  inline const char* c_str() const { return get()->data; }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Return the length of the string
+   *
+   * \return size_t string length
+   */
+  inline size_t size() const {
+    const auto* ptr = get();
+    if (ptr == nullptr) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    return ptr->size;
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Return the length of the string
+   *
+   * \return size_t string length
+   */
+  inline size_t length() const { return size(); }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Return the data pointer
+   *
+   * \return const char* data pointer
+   */
+  inline const char* data() const { return get()->data; }
+
+  /*! \return the internal StringObj pointer */
+  const StringObj* get() const { return operator->(); }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Convert String to an std::sting object
+   *
+   * \return std::string
+   */
+  operator std::string() const { return std::string{get()->data, size()}; }
+
+  TVM_DEFINE_OBJECT_REF_METHODS(String, ObjectRef, StringObj);
+};
+
+/*! \brief An object representing string moved from std::string. */
+class StringObj::FromStd : public StringObj {
+ public:
+  /*! \brief Container that holds the memory. */
+  std::string data_container;
+};
+
+inline String::String(std::string other) {
+  auto ptr = make_object<StringObj::FromStd>();
+  ptr->data_container.swap(other);
+  ptr->size = ptr->data_container.size();
+  ptr->data = ptr->data_container.data();
+  data_ = std::move(ptr);
+}
+
+inline bool String::operator==(const char* other) const {
+  return !operator!=(other);
+}
+
+inline bool String::operator!=(const char* other) const {
+  return size() != std::strlen(other) || compare(other, size()) != 0;
+}
+
 }  // namespace runtime
 }  // namespace tvm
 
+namespace std {
+
+template <>
+struct hash<::tvm::runtime::String> {
+  std::size_t operator()(const ::tvm::runtime::String& str) const {
+    return std::hash<std::string>()((std::string)str);
+  }
+};
+}  // namespace std
+
 #endif  // TVM_RUNTIME_CONTAINER_H_
diff --git a/tests/cpp/container_test.cc b/tests/cpp/container_test.cc
index 3e6ef21386250..b6f66a8838235 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/container_test.cc
+++ b/tests/cpp/container_test.cc
@@ -226,6 +226,63 @@ TEST(Map, Iterator) {
   CHECK(map2[a].as<IntImmNode>()->value == 2);
 }
 
+TEST(String, MoveFromStd) {
+  using namespace std;
+  std::string source = "this is a string";
+  std::string expect = source;
+  String s(std::move(source));
+  std::string copy = (std::string)s;
+  CHECK_EQ(copy, expect);
+  CHECK_EQ(source.size(), 0);
+}
+
+TEST(String, CopyFromStd) {
+  using namespace std;
+  std::string source = "this is a string";
+  std::string expect = source;
+  String s{source};
+  std::string copy = (std::string)s;
+  CHECK_EQ(copy, expect);
+  CHECK_EQ(source.size(), expect.size());
+}
+
+TEST(String, Comparisons) {
+  using namespace std;
+  std::string source = "a string";
+  std::string mismatch = "a string but longer";
+  String s{source};
+
+  CHECK_EQ(s == source, true);
+  CHECK_EQ(s == mismatch, false);
+  CHECK_EQ(s == source.data(), true);
+  CHECK_EQ(s == mismatch.data(), false);
+}
+
+TEST(String, c_str) {
+  using namespace std;
+  std::string source = "this is a string";
+  std::string mismatch = "mismatch";
+  String s{source};
+
+  CHECK_EQ(std::strcmp(s.c_str(), source.data()), 0);
+  CHECK_NE(std::strcmp(s.c_str(), mismatch.data()), 0);
+}
+
+TEST(String, hash) {
+  using namespace std;
+  std::string source = "this is a string";
+  String s{source};
+  std::hash<String>()(s);
+}
+
+TEST(String, Cast) {
+  using namespace std;
+  std::string source = "this is a string";
+  String s{source};
+  ObjectRef r = s;
+  String s2 = Downcast<String>(r);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
   testing::FLAGS_gtest_death_test_style = "threadsafe";