2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 7c70775..3a2b944 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -5212,17 +5212,20 @@ internal::AnyOfMatcher<Args...> AnyOf(const Args&... matchers) {
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
-internal::ElementsAreMatcher<tuple<typename std::decay<Args>::type...>>
+internal::ElementsAreMatcher<tuple<typename std::decay<const Args&>::type...>>
 ElementsAre(const Args&... matchers) {
   return internal::ElementsAreMatcher<
-      tuple<typename std::decay<Args>::type...>>(make_tuple(matchers...));
+      tuple<typename std::decay<const Args&>::type...>>(
+      make_tuple(matchers...));
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
-internal::UnorderedElementsAreMatcher<tuple<typename std::decay<Args>::type...>>
+internal::UnorderedElementsAreMatcher<
+    tuple<typename std::decay<const Args&>::type...>>
 UnorderedElementsAre(const Args&... matchers) {
   return internal::UnorderedElementsAreMatcher<
-      tuple<typename std::decay<Args>::type...>>(make_tuple(matchers...));
+      tuple<typename std::decay<const Args&>::type...>>(
+      make_tuple(matchers...));
 }
 
 #endif  // GTEST_LANG_CXX11
diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc b/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
index c40944b..8b115cd 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
@@ -2752,6 +2752,15 @@ TEST(ElementsAreTest, HugeMatcher) {
 }
 
 // Tests the variadic version of the UnorderedElementsAreMatcher
+TEST(ElementsAreTest, HugeMatcherStr) {
+  vector<string> test_vector{
+      "literal_string", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""};
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(test_vector, UnorderedElementsAre("literal_string", _, _, _, _, _,
+                                                _, _, _, _, _, _));
+}
+
+// Tests the variadic version of the UnorderedElementsAreMatcher
 TEST(ElementsAreTest, HugeMatcherUnordered) {
   vector<int> test_vector{2, 1, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 3, 9, 12, 11, 10};