diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/csharp/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
index 73c164153..0a7a38ce3 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+%feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
 class string;
 
 // string
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/guile/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/guile/std_string.i
index e30b0fdda..cb2211698 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/guile/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/guile/std_string.i
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     %typemap(typecheck) string = char *;
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/java/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/java/std_string.i
index ceae53037..f6857c6df 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/java/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/java/std_string.i
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+%feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
 class string;
 
 // string
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i
index fe70e9ab5..7ccf7adc3 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/perl5/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/perl5/std_string.i
index c32fc1065..4a3ec0b83 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/perl5/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/perl5/std_string.i
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/php4/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/php4/std_string.i
index 4c46ee647..5a845d96b 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/php4/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/php4/std_string.i
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     %typemap(in) string {
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/pike/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/pike/std_string.i
index b8d994509..f4220a5f8 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/pike/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/pike/std_string.i
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_string.i
index 12827e256..760160ba6 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_string.i
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace std {
 
     // Ruby wants class names to start with a capital letter
     %rename(String) string;
+    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/tcl/std_string.i b/SWIG/Lib/tcl/std_string.i
index ad61399f3..c21326761 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/tcl/std_string.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/tcl/std_string.i
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */