diff --git a/view.hpp b/view.hpp
index 9438cfc7..9e2240e0 100644
--- a/view.hpp
+++ b/view.hpp
@@ -684,6 +684,24 @@ namespace util {
     }
 
 
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    template <typename CharT>
+    bool
+    operator== (
+        util::view<const CharT*> lhs,
+        const std::basic_string<CharT> &rhs
+    ) {
+        return lhs.size () == rhs.size () && std::equal (lhs.cbegin (), lhs.cend (), rhs.cbegin ());
+    }
+
+
+    inline bool
+    operator== (util::view<const char*> lhs, const char *rhs)
+    {
+        return lhs.size () == strlen (rhs) && std::equal (lhs.cbegin (), lhs.cend (), rhs);
+    }
+
+
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     template <typename BeginT, typename EndT>
     std::ostream&