Index: include/string
===================================================================
--- include/string
+++ include/string
@@ -1123,6 +1123,27 @@
     return __murmur2_or_cityhash<size_t>()(__p, (__e-__p)*sizeof(value_type));
 }
 
+
+template <class _LHS, class _RHS>
+inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
+int __do_string_compare(_LHS const& __lhs, _RHS const& __rhs) {
+    return __lhs.compare(0, _LHS::npos, __rhs, _LHS::traits_type::length(__rhs));
+}
+
+template <class _Allocator>
+inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
+int __do_string_compare(const basic_string<char, char_traits<char>, _Allocator>& __lhs,
+                        const char* __rhs) {
+    return _VSTD::strcmp(__lhs.data(), __rhs);
+}
+
+template <class _Allocator>
+inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
+int __do_string_compare(const basic_string<wchar_t, char_traits<wchar_t>, _Allocator>& __lhs,
+                        const wchar_t* __rhs) {
+    return _VSTD::wcscmp(__lhs.data(), __rhs);
+}
+
 // basic_string
 
 template<class _CharT, class _Traits, class _Allocator>
@@ -3702,7 +3723,7 @@
 basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Allocator>::compare(const value_type* __s) const _NOEXCEPT
 {
     _LIBCPP_ASSERT(__s != nullptr, "string::compare(): received nullptr");
-    return compare(0, npos, __s, traits_type::length(__s));
+    return __do_string_compare(*this, __s);
 }
 
 template <class _CharT, class _Traits, class _Allocator>