diff --git a/llvm/unittests/ADT/SmallStringTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/ADT/SmallStringTest.cpp
--- a/llvm/unittests/ADT/SmallStringTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/ADT/SmallStringTest.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
   EXPECT_EQ("abcdyyy", theString.slice(0, 7));
 }
 
-TEST(StringRefTest, Comparisons) {
+TEST_F(SmallStringTest, Comparisons) {
   EXPECT_EQ(-1, SmallString<10>("aab").compare("aad"));
   EXPECT_EQ( 0, SmallString<10>("aab").compare("aab"));
   EXPECT_EQ( 1, SmallString<10>("aab").compare("aaa"));
@@ -203,4 +203,12 @@
   EXPECT_EQ( 1, SmallString<10>("V8_q0").compare_numeric("V1_q0"));
 }
 
+// Check gtest prints SmallString as string instead of a container of chars.
+// The code is in utils/unittest/googletest/internal/custom/gtest-printers.h
+TEST_F(SmallStringTest, GTestPrinter) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(R"("foo")", ::testing::PrintToString(SmallString<1>("foo")));
+  const SmallVectorImpl<char> &ErasedSmallString = SmallString<1>("foo");
+  EXPECT_EQ(R"("foo")", ::testing::PrintToString(ErasedSmallString));
 }
+
+} // namespace
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp
--- a/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/Allocator.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include <sstream>
 using namespace llvm;
 
 namespace llvm {
@@ -1055,6 +1056,12 @@
   EXPECT_EQ(StringRef("Bar"), Strings[1]);
 }
 
+// Check gtest prints StringRef as string instead of a container of chars.
+// The code is in utils/unittest/googletest/internal/custom/gtest-printers.h
+TEST(StringRefTest, GTestPrinter) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(R"("foo")", ::testing::PrintToString(StringRef("foo")));
+}
+
 static_assert(is_trivially_copyable<StringRef>::value, "trivially copyable");
 
 } // end anonymous namespace
diff --git a/llvm/utils/unittest/googletest/include/gtest/internal/custom/gtest-printers.h b/llvm/utils/unittest/googletest/include/gtest/internal/custom/gtest-printers.h
--- a/llvm/utils/unittest/googletest/include/gtest/internal/custom/gtest-printers.h
+++ b/llvm/utils/unittest/googletest/include/gtest/internal/custom/gtest-printers.h
@@ -39,4 +39,33 @@
 #ifndef GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_CUSTOM_GTEST_PRINTERS_H_
 #define GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_CUSTOM_GTEST_PRINTERS_H_
 
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
+#include <ostream>
+
+namespace llvm {
+
+// Printing of llvm String types.
+// gtest sees these as containers of char (they have nested iterator types),
+// so their operator<< is never considered unless we provide PrintTo().
+// PrintStringTo provides quotes and escaping, at the cost of a copy.
+
+inline void PrintTo(llvm::StringRef S, std::ostream *OS) {
+  ::testing::internal::PrintStringTo(S.str(), OS);
+}
+// We need both SmallString<N> and SmallVectorImpl<char> overloads:
+//  - the SmallString<N> template is needed as overload resolution will
+//    instantiate generic PrintTo<T> rather than do derived-to-base conversion
+//  - but SmallVectorImpl<char> is sometimes the actual static type, in code
+//    that erases the small size
+template <unsigned N>
+inline void PrintTo(const SmallString<N> &S, std::ostream *OS) {
+  ::testing::internal::PrintStringTo(std::string(S.data(), S.size()), OS);
+}
+inline void PrintTo(const SmallVectorImpl<char> &S, std::ostream *OS) {
+  ::testing::internal::PrintStringTo(std::string(S.data(), S.size()), OS);
+}
+
+} // namespace llvm
+
 #endif  // GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_CUSTOM_GTEST_PRINTERS_H_