diff --git a/absl/strings/str_cat.h b/absl/strings/str_cat.h
index 4d228b0..a94bc5d 100644
--- a/absl/strings/str_cat.h
+++ b/absl/strings/str_cat.h
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@
       const strings_internal::AlphaNumBuffer<size>& buf)
       : piece_(&buf.data[0], buf.size) {}
 
-  AlphaNum(const char* c_str) : piece_(c_str) {}  // NOLINT(runtime/explicit)
+  AlphaNum(const char* c_str)                     // NOLINT(runtime/explicit)
+      : piece_(NullSafeStringView(c_str)) {}      // NOLINT(runtime/explicit)
   AlphaNum(absl::string_view pc) : piece_(pc) {}  // NOLINT(runtime/explicit)
 
   template <typename Allocator>
diff --git a/absl/strings/str_cat_test.cc b/absl/strings/str_cat_test.cc
index f3770dc..69df250 100644
--- a/absl/strings/str_cat_test.cc
+++ b/absl/strings/str_cat_test.cc
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@
   EXPECT_EQ(result, "");
 }
 
+TEST(StrCat, NullConstCharPtr) {
+  const char* null = nullptr;
+  EXPECT_EQ(absl::StrCat("mon", null, "key"), "monkey");
+}
+
 // A minimal allocator that uses malloc().
 template <typename T>
 struct Mallocator {