diff --git a/include/wx/string.h b/include/wx/string.h
index c23586e314..eca035c5f9 100644
--- a/include/wx/string.h
+++ b/include/wx/string.h
@@ -1611,6 +1611,24 @@ public:
         return FromImpl(wxStringImpl(utf8, len));
     }
 
+#if wxUSE_STD_STRING
+    static wxString FromUTF8Unchecked(const std::string& utf8)
+    {
+        wxASSERT( wxStringOperations::IsValidUtf8String(utf8.c_str(), utf8.length()) );
+        /*
+          Note that, under wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8 and wxUSE_STD_STRING, wxStringImpl can be
+          initialized with a std::string whether wxUSE_STL_BASED_WXSTRING is 1 or not.
+        */
+        return FromImpl(utf8);
+    }
+    static wxString FromUTF8(const std::string& utf8)
+    {
+        if ( utf8.empty() || !wxStringOperations::IsValidUtf8String(utf8.c_str(), utf8.length()) )
+            return wxString();
+        return FromImpl(utf8);
+    }
+#endif
+
     const wxScopedCharBuffer utf8_str() const
         { return wxCharBuffer::CreateNonOwned(m_impl.c_str(), m_impl.length()); }
 
@@ -1627,6 +1645,12 @@ public:
                       "string must be valid UTF-8" );
         return s;
     }
+#if wxUSE_STD_STRING
+    static wxString FromUTF8(const std::string& utf8)
+      { return FromUTF8(utf8.c_str(), utf8.length()); }
+    static wxString FromUTF8Unchecked(const std::string& utf8)
+      { return FromUTF8Unchecked(utf8.c_str(), utf8.length()); }
+#endif
     const wxScopedCharBuffer utf8_str() const { return mb_str(wxMBConvUTF8()); }
 #else // ANSI
     static wxString FromUTF8(const char *utf8)
@@ -1654,6 +1678,12 @@ public:
 
         return wxString(buf.data(), wlen);
     }
+#if wxUSE_STD_STRING
+    static wxString FromUTF8(const std::string& utf8)
+      { return FromUTF8(utf8.c_str(), utf8.length()); }
+    static wxString FromUTF8Unchecked(const std::string& utf8)
+      { return FromUTF8Unchecked(utf8.c_str(), utf8.length()); }
+#endif
     const wxScopedCharBuffer utf8_str() const
       { return wxMBConvUTF8().cWC2MB(wc_str()); }
 #endif
diff --git a/interface/wx/string.h b/interface/wx/string.h
index 0b12290ab9..2bba347512 100644
--- a/interface/wx/string.h
+++ b/interface/wx/string.h
@@ -1824,10 +1824,14 @@ public:
         alternative to this function called FromUTF8Unchecked() which, unlike
         this one, doesn't check that the input string is valid.
 
+        The overload taking @c std::string is only available starting with
+        wxWidgets 3.1.1.
+
         @since 2.8.4
     */
     static wxString FromUTF8(const char* s);
     static wxString FromUTF8(const char* s, size_t len);
+    static wxString FromUTF8(const std::string& s);
     //@}
 
     //@{
@@ -1844,10 +1848,14 @@ public:
         string to this function will result in creating a corrupted wxString
         and all the subsequent operations on it will be undefined.
 
+        The overload taking @c std::string is only available starting with
+        wxWidgets 3.1.1.
+
         @since 2.8.9
     */
     static wxString FromUTF8Unchecked(const char* s);
     static wxString FromUTF8Unchecked(const char* s, size_t len);
+    static wxString FromUTF8Unchecked(const std::string& s);
     //@}
 };