diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/chicken/Makefile.in b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/chicken/Makefile.in
index d9b41feef..26e025fb8 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/chicken/Makefile.in
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/chicken/Makefile.in
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ SO           = @SO@
 
 #C_TEST_CASES = long_long list_vector pointer_in_out multivalue
 
-# Skip the STD cases for now
+# Skip the STD cases for now, except for li_std_string.i
 SKIP_CPP_STD_CASES = Yes
 
+CPP_TEST_CASES += li_std_string 
+
 include $(srcdir)/../common.mk
 
+
 # Overridden variables here
 SWIGOPT += -nounit
 
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
index b7dc64ae4..c64b9a01b 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ CPP_TEST_CASES += \
 	li_carrays \
 	li_cdata \
 	li_cpointer \
-	li_std_string \
 	li_typemaps \
 	long_long_apply \
 	member_template \
@@ -322,6 +321,7 @@ CPP_STD_TEST_CASES += \
 	li_std_deque \
 	li_std_except \
         li_std_pair \
+	li_std_string \
 	li_std_vector \
 	template_typedef_fnc \
 	template_type_namespace \