diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/race/testdata/slice_test.go b/src/pkg/runtime/race/testdata/slice_test.go
index 1440a5f13e..773463662b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/race/testdata/slice_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/race/testdata/slice_test.go
@@ -443,3 +443,23 @@ func TestRaceSliceIndexAccess2(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = s[v]
 	<-c
 }
+
+func TestRaceSliceByteToString(t *testing.T) {
+	c := make(chan string)
+	s := make([]byte, 10)
+	go func() {
+		c <- string(s)
+	}()
+	s[0] = 42
+	<-c
+}
+
+func TestRaceSliceRuneToString(t *testing.T) {
+	c := make(chan string)
+	s := make([]rune, 10)
+	go func() {
+		c <- string(s)
+	}()
+	s[9] = 42
+	<-c
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/string.goc b/src/pkg/runtime/string.goc
index cafcdb6ced..c0d3f2bde9 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/string.goc
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/string.goc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package runtime
 #include "runtime.h"
 #include "arch_GOARCH.h"
 #include "malloc.h"
+#include "race.h"
 
 String	runtime·emptystring;
 
@@ -271,6 +272,12 @@ func intstring(v int64) (s String) {
 }
 
 func slicebytetostring(b Slice) (s String) {
+	void *pc;
+
+	if(raceenabled) {
+		pc = runtime·getcallerpc(&b);
+		runtime·racereadrangepc(b.array, b.len, 1, pc, runtime·slicebytetostring);
+	}
 	s = gostringsize(b.len);
 	runtime·memmove(s.str, b.array, s.len);
 }
@@ -286,7 +293,12 @@ func slicerunetostring(b Slice) (s String) {
 	intgo siz1, siz2, i;
 	int32 *a;
 	byte dum[8];
+	void *pc;
 
+	if(raceenabled) {
+		pc = runtime·getcallerpc(&b);
+		runtime·racereadrangepc(b.array, b.len*sizeof(*a), sizeof(*a), pc, runtime·slicerunetostring);
+	}
 	a = (int32*)b.array;
 	siz1 = 0;
 	for(i=0; i<b.len; i++) {