diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index b94e30f12a8..3980774df93 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-02-22  Tom Honermann  <tom@honermann.net>
+
+	* python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py (register_type_printers): Add type
+	printers for u8string and u8string_view.
+
 2019-02-22  Tom Honermann  <tom@honermann.net>
 
 	* testsuite/18_support/byte/ops.cc: Validate
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py b/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py
index 967d03a43c7..8f16b53c953 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ def register_type_printers(obj):
         return
 
     # Add type printers for typedefs std::string, std::wstring etc.
-    for ch in ('', 'w', 'u16', 'u32'):
+    for ch in ('', 'w', 'u8', 'u16', 'u32'):
         add_one_type_printer(obj, 'basic_string', ch + 'string')
         add_one_type_printer(obj, '__cxx11::basic_string', ch + 'string')
         # Typedefs for __cxx11::basic_string used to be in namespace __cxx11:
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ def register_type_printers(obj):
 
     # Add type printers for experimental::basic_string_view typedefs.
     ns = 'experimental::fundamentals_v1::'
-    for ch in ('', 'w', 'u16', 'u32'):
+    for ch in ('', 'w', 'u8', 'u16', 'u32'):
         add_one_type_printer(obj, ns + 'basic_string_view',
                              ns + ch + 'string_view')