diff --git a/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h b/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
index 37c214cdff7..5d0aafc4683 100644
--- a/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
+++ b/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ namespace llvm {
     /*implicit*/ StringRef(const std::string &Str)
       : Data(Str.data()), Length(Str.length()) {}
 
+    static StringRef withNullAsEmpty(const char *data) {
+      return StringRef(data ? data : "");
+    }
+
     /// @}
     /// @name Iterators
     /// @{