diff --git a/GenCpp.fu b/GenCpp.fu
index 772ca0c9..a0c10666 100644
--- a/GenCpp.fu
+++ b/GenCpp.fu
@@ -1160,7 +1160,9 @@ public class GenCpp : GenCCpp
 		case FuId.MatchFindStr:
 		case FuId.MatchFindRegex:
 			Write("std::regex_search(");
-			if (args[0].Type.Id == FuId.StringPtrType && !(args[0] is FuLiteral))
+			if (args[0].Type.Id == FuId.StringStorageType)
+				WritePostfix(args[0], ".c_str()");
+			else if (args[0].Type.Id == FuId.StringPtrType && !(args[0] is FuLiteral))
 				WriteBeginEnd(args[0]);
 			else
 				args[0].Accept(this, FuPriority.Argument);
diff --git a/libfut.cpp b/libfut.cpp
index 116dc52a..b809bf43 100644
--- a/libfut.cpp
+++ b/libfut.cpp
@@ -14052,7 +14052,9 @@ void GenCpp::writeCallExpr(const FuExpr * obj, const FuMethod * method, const st
 	case FuId::matchFindStr:
 	case FuId::matchFindRegex:
 		write("std::regex_search(");
-		if ((*args)[0]->type->id == FuId::stringPtrType && !dynamic_cast<const FuLiteral *>((*args)[0].get()))
+		if ((*args)[0]->type->id == FuId::stringStorageType)
+			writePostfix((*args)[0].get(), ".c_str()");
+		else if ((*args)[0]->type->id == FuId::stringPtrType && !dynamic_cast<const FuLiteral *>((*args)[0].get()))
 			writeBeginEnd((*args)[0].get());
 		else
 			(*args)[0]->accept(this, FuPriority::argument);
diff --git a/libfut.cs b/libfut.cs
index 2f0aea79..082540bb 100644
--- a/libfut.cs
+++ b/libfut.cs
@@ -14420,7 +14420,9 @@ protected override void WriteCallExpr(FuExpr obj, FuMethod method, List<FuExpr>
 			case FuId.MatchFindStr:
 			case FuId.MatchFindRegex:
 				Write("std::regex_search(");
-				if (args[0].Type.Id == FuId.StringPtrType && !(args[0] is FuLiteral))
+				if (args[0].Type.Id == FuId.StringStorageType)
+					WritePostfix(args[0], ".c_str()");
+				else if (args[0].Type.Id == FuId.StringPtrType && !(args[0] is FuLiteral))
 					WriteBeginEnd(args[0]);
 				else
 					args[0].Accept(this, FuPriority.Argument);
diff --git a/libfut.js b/libfut.js
index 7faf1564..a14c1df1 100644
--- a/libfut.js
+++ b/libfut.js
@@ -14853,7 +14853,9 @@ export class GenCpp extends GenCCpp
 		case FuId.MATCH_FIND_STR:
 		case FuId.MATCH_FIND_REGEX:
 			this.write("std::regex_search(");
-			if (args[0].type.id == FuId.STRING_PTR_TYPE && !(args[0] instanceof FuLiteral))
+			if (args[0].type.id == FuId.STRING_STORAGE_TYPE)
+				this.writePostfix(args[0], ".c_str()");
+			else if (args[0].type.id == FuId.STRING_PTR_TYPE && !(args[0] instanceof FuLiteral))
 				this.#writeBeginEnd(args[0]);
 			else
 				args[0].accept(this, FuPriority.ARGUMENT);
diff --git a/test/RegexMatch.fu b/test/RegexMatch.fu
index edd5e1e9..15e2a5a7 100644
--- a/test/RegexMatch.fu
+++ b/test/RegexMatch.fu
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@ public class Test
 	public static bool Run()
 	{
 		Match() m;
-		string s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
-		if (!m.Find(s, "(B.+?) (\\wo\\w)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)) //FAIL: swift TODO; cl
+		string() s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"; //FAIL: cl
+		if (!m.Find(s, "(B.+?) (\\wo\\w)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)) //FAIL: swift TODO
+			return false;
+		if (m.Start != 10
+			|| m.End != 19 || m.End * 2 != 38
+			|| m.Length != 9 || m.Length * 2 != 18
+			|| m.Value != "brown fox"
+			|| m.GetCapture(1) != "brown" || m.GetCapture(2) != "fox")
+			return false;
+		string p = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
+		if (!m.Find(p, "(B.+?) (\\wo\\w)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
 			return false;
 		return m.Start == 10
 			&& m.End == 19 && m.End * 2 == 38