diff --git a/include/circt/Dialect/FIRRTL/FIRRTLVisitors.h b/include/circt/Dialect/FIRRTL/FIRRTLVisitors.h
index 8895d5737dd6..780e8745d0ff 100644
--- a/include/circt/Dialect/FIRRTL/FIRRTLVisitors.h
+++ b/include/circt/Dialect/FIRRTL/FIRRTLVisitors.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ExprVisitor {
             UninferredResetCastOp, ConstCastOp, RefCastOp,
             mlir::UnrealizedConversionCastOp,
             // Property expressions.
-            BigIntConstantOp>([&](auto expr) -> ResultType {
+            StringConstantOp, BigIntConstantOp>([&](auto expr) -> ResultType {
           return thisCast->visitExpr(expr, args...);
         })
         .Default([&](auto expr) -> ResultType {
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ class ExprVisitor {
   HANDLE(RefCastOp, Unhandled);
 
   // Property expressions.
+  HANDLE(StringConstantOp, Unhandled);
   HANDLE(BigIntConstantOp, Unhandled);
 #undef HANDLE
 };
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Export/FIREmitter.cpp b/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Export/FIREmitter.cpp
index 0f10c7c8572d..6061c6a63f1e 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Export/FIREmitter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Export/FIREmitter.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct Emitter {
   void emitExpression(RefSubOp op);
   void emitExpression(UninferredResetCastOp op);
   void emitExpression(ConstCastOp op);
+  void emitExpression(StringConstantOp op);
   void emitExpression(BigIntConstantOp op);
 
   void emitPrimExpr(StringRef mnemonic, Operation *op,
@@ -1010,7 +1011,8 @@ void Emitter::emitExpression(Value value) {
           CvtPrimOp, NegPrimOp, NotPrimOp, AndRPrimOp, OrRPrimOp, XorRPrimOp,
           // Miscellaneous
           BitsPrimOp, HeadPrimOp, TailPrimOp, PadPrimOp, MuxPrimOp, ShlPrimOp,
-          ShrPrimOp, UninferredResetCastOp, ConstCastOp, BigIntConstantOp,
+          ShrPrimOp, UninferredResetCastOp, ConstCastOp, StringConstantOp,
+          BigIntConstantOp,
           // Reference expressions
           RefSendOp, RefResolveOp, RefSubOp>([&](auto op) {
         ps.scopedBox(PP::ibox0, [&]() { emitExpression(op); });
@@ -1122,6 +1124,12 @@ void Emitter::emitExpression(BigIntConstantOp op) {
   ps << ")";
 }
 
+void Emitter::emitExpression(StringConstantOp op) {
+  ps << "String(";
+  ps.writeQuotedEscaped(op.getValue());
+  ps << ")";
+}
+
 void Emitter::emitExpression(ConstCastOp op) { emitExpression(op.getInput()); }
 
 void Emitter::emitPrimExpr(StringRef mnemonic, Operation *op,
diff --git a/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/emit-basic.mlir b/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/emit-basic.mlir
index b7e3cb1a16aa..0503d9006170 100644
--- a/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/emit-basic.mlir
+++ b/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/emit-basic.mlir
@@ -640,10 +640,15 @@ firrtl.circuit "Foo" {
   }
   
   // CHECK-LABEL: module Properties :
-  firrtl.module @Properties(out %out : !firrtl.bigint) {
-    // CHECK: propassign out, Integer(99)
-    %0 = firrtl.bigint 99
-    firrtl.propassign %out, %0 : !firrtl.bigint
+  firrtl.module @Properties(out %string : !firrtl.string,
+                            out %integer : !firrtl.bigint) {
+    // CHECK: propassign string, String("hello")
+    %0 = firrtl.string "hello"
+    firrtl.propassign %string, %0 : !firrtl.string
+
+    // CHECK: propassign integer, Integer(99)
+    %1 = firrtl.bigint 99
+    firrtl.propassign %integer, %1 : !firrtl.bigint
   }
 
   // Test optional group declaration and definition emission.