diff --git a/headers/os/support/String.h b/headers/os/support/String.h
index 585b394cd6..9ca5285094 100644
--- a/headers/os/support/String.h
+++ b/headers/os/support/String.h
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ public:
 			bool			operator>(const char* string) const;
 			bool			operator!=(const char* string) const;
 
+							operator const char*() const;
+
 			// strcmp()-style compare functions
 			int				Compare(const BString& string) const;
 			int				Compare(const char* string) const;
@@ -423,6 +425,13 @@ BString::operator!=(const char* string) const
 }
 
 
+inline
+BString::operator const char*() const
+{
+	return String();
+}
+
+
 inline bool
 operator<(const char *str, const BString &string)
 {