diff --git a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/ivalue_importer.cpp b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/ivalue_importer.cpp
index 175ee1e72..f80f0017c 100644
--- a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/ivalue_importer.cpp
+++ b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/ivalue_importer.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,16 @@ MlirValue IValueImporter::rawImportIValue(c10::IValue ivalue) {
   if (ivalue.isModule()) {
     return importModule(ivalue.toModule());
   }
+  if (ivalue.isString()) {
+    MlirType type = npcompBytesTypeGet(context);
+    MlirOperation operation = createMlirOperationAtEnd(
+        importBlock, "basicpy.bytes_constant", loc, type,
+        toMlirNamedAttribute(
+            "value",
+            mlirStringAttrGet(context,
+                              toMlirStringRef(ivalue.toString()->string()))));
+    return mlirOperationGetResult(operation, 0);
+  }
   if (ivalue.isNone()) {
     MlirOperation operation = createMlirOperationAtEnd(
         importBlock, "basicpy.singleton", loc, npcompNoneTypeGet(context));
diff --git a/frontends/pytorch/test/ivalue_import/strings.py b/frontends/pytorch/test/ivalue_import/strings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d24408550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/pytorch/test/ivalue_import/strings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- Python -*-
+# This file is licensed under a pytorch-style license
+# See frontends/pytorch/LICENSE for license information.
+
+import typing
+
+import torch
+import torch_mlir
+
+# RUN: %PYTHON %s | npcomp-opt | FileCheck %s
+
+mb = torch_mlir.ModuleBuilder()
+
+class TestModule(torch.nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.s = "foo"
+# CHECK: torch.class_type @[[CLASSTYPE:.*]] {
+# TODO: Don't lose element type.
+# CHECK:   torch.attr "s" : !basicpy.BytesType
+# CHECK: }
+# CHECK: %[[BYTES:.*]] = basicpy.bytes_constant "foo"
+# CHECK: torch.nn_module  {
+# CHECK:   torch.slot "s", %[[BYTES]] : !basicpy.BytesType
+# CHECK: } : !torch.nn.Module<"[[CLASSTYPE]]">
+
+
+test_module = TestModule()
+recursivescriptmodule = torch.jit.script(test_module)
+# TODO: Automatically handle unpacking Python class RecursiveScriptModule into the underlying ScriptModule.
+mb.import_module(recursivescriptmodule._c)
+mb.module.operation.print()