diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringInitCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringInitCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringInitCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringInitCheck.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       namedDecl(
           varDecl(
               hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(
-                  hasDeclaration(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("basic_string")))))),
+                  hasDeclaration(cxxRecordDecl(hasStringTypeName))))),
               hasInitializer(expr(ignoringImplicit(anyOf(
                   EmptyStringCtorExpr, EmptyStringCtorExprWithTemporaries)))))
               .bind("vardecl"),
@@ -82,11 +82,12 @@
 }
 
 void RedundantStringInitCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
-  const auto *CtorExpr = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("expr");
-  const auto *Decl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<NamedDecl>("decl");
-  diag(CtorExpr->getExprLoc(), "redundant string initialization")
-      << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(CtorExpr->getSourceRange(),
-                                      Decl->getName());
+  const auto *VDecl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("vardecl");
+  // VarDecl's getSourceRange() spans 'string foo = ""' or 'string bar("")'.
+  // So start at getLocation() to span just 'foo = ""' or 'bar("")'.
+  SourceRange ReplaceRange(VDecl->getLocation(), VDecl->getEndLoc());
+  diag(VDecl->getLocation(), "redundant string initialization")
+      << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(ReplaceRange, VDecl->getName());
 }
 
 } // namespace readability
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init-msvc.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init-msvc.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init-msvc.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init-msvc.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++11,c++14 %s readability-redundant-string-init %t
-// FIXME: Fix the checker to work in C++17 mode.
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s readability-redundant-string-init %t
 
 namespace std {
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-redundant-string-init.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++11,c++14 %s readability-redundant-string-init %t
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++11,c++14 %s readability-redundant-string-init %t \
+// RUN:   -config="{CheckOptions: \
+// RUN:             [{key: readability-redundant-string-init.StringNames, \
+// RUN:               value: '::std::basic_string;our::TestString'}] \
+// RUN:             }"
 // FIXME: Fix the checker to work in C++17 mode.
 
 namespace std {
@@ -131,6 +135,11 @@
   // CHECK-FIXES: std::string a, b, c;
 
   std::string d = "u", e = "u", f = "u";
+
+  std::string g = "u", h = "", i = "uuu", j = "", k;
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:24: warning: redundant string initialization
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-2]]:43: warning: redundant string initialization
+  // CHECK-FIXES: std::string g = "u", h, i = "uuu", j, k;
 }
 
 // These cases should not generate warnings.