diff --git a/Lib/scilab/std_basic_string.i b/Lib/scilab/std_basic_string.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4922abd35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/scilab/std_basic_string.i
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * C++: basic_string<char>
+ * Scilab: string
+ */
+
+#define %swig_basic_string(Type...)  %swig_sequence_methods_val(Type)
+
+%fragment(SWIG_AsPtr_frag(std::basic_string<char>), "header", fragment="SWIG_SciString_AsCharPtrAndLength") {
+SWIGINTERN int
+SWIG_AsPtr_dec(std::basic_string<char>)(int _iVar, std::basic_string<char> **_pstValue) {
+  char* buf = 0;
+  size_t len = 0;
+  int alloc = SWIG_OLDOBJ;
+
+  if (SWIG_IsOK((SWIG_SciString_AsCharPtrAndSize(pvApiCtx, _iVar, &buf, &len, &alloc, SWIG_Scilab_GetFuncName())))) {
+    if (buf) {
+      if (_pstValue) {
+        *_pstValue = new std::string(buf, len - 1);
+        sciprint("%s\n", (*_pstValue)->c_str());
+      }
+      if (alloc == SWIG_NEWOBJ) {
+        delete[] buf;
+      }
+      return SWIG_NEWOBJ;
+    }
+    else {
+      if (_pstValue) {
+        *_pstValue = NULL;
+      }
+      return SWIG_OLDOBJ;
+    }
+  } else {
+    return SWIG_ERROR;
+  }
+}
+}
+
+%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(std::basic_string<char>), "header", fragment="SWIG_SciString_FromCharPtr") {
+SWIGINTERN int
+SWIG_From_dec(std::basic_string<char>)(std::basic_string<char> _pstValue) {
+    return SWIG_SciString_FromCharPtr(pvApiCtx, SWIG_Scilab_GetOutputPosition(), _pstValue.c_str());
+}
+}
+
+%include <std/std_basic_string.i>
+
+