diff --git a/string/CHANGES.md b/string/CHANGES.md
index 51bc67c2..53ab9c7a 100644
--- a/string/CHANGES.md
+++ b/string/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [0.1.4] - 2020-01-14
+
+* Fix `AsRef<str>` impl
+
 ## [0.1.3] - 2020-01-13
 
 * Add `PartialEq<T: AsRef<str>>`, `AsRef<[u8]>` impls
diff --git a/string/Cargo.toml b/string/Cargo.toml
index 861c5e43..0031ea5b 100644
--- a/string/Cargo.toml
+++ b/string/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bytestring"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "A UTF-8 encoded string with Bytes as a storage"
 keywords = ["actix"]
diff --git a/string/src/lib.rs b/string/src/lib.rs
index b3c27b7e..6e5d422f 100644
--- a/string/src/lib.rs
+++ b/string/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 /// A utf-8 encoded string with [`Bytes`] as a storage.
 ///
 /// [`Bytes`]: https://docs.rs/bytes/0.5.3/bytes/struct.Bytes.html
-#[derive(Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Default)]
+#[derive(Clone, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd, Default)]
 pub struct ByteString(Bytes);
 
 impl ByteString {
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ impl AsRef<[u8]> for ByteString {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsRef<str> for ByteString {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &str {
+        &*self
+    }
+}
+
 impl hash::Hash for ByteString {
     fn hash<H: hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
         (**self).hash(state);
@@ -187,6 +193,8 @@ mod test {
     fn test_from_string() {
         let s: ByteString = "hello".to_string().into();
         assert_eq!(&s, "hello");
+        let t: &str = s.as_ref();
+        assert_eq!(t, "hello");
     }
 
     #[test]