2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/stringliteral.h b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/stringliteral.h
index c07f04cec..9970adc2a 100644
--- a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/stringliteral.h
+++ b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/stringliteral.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
     struct StringLiteral
     {
         template<int N>
-        constexpr StringLiteral(const char (&str)[N]) : m_size(N), m_cstr(str)
+        constexpr StringLiteral(const char (&str)[N])
+            : m_size(N - 1) /* -1 here accounts for the null byte at the end*/, m_cstr(str)
         {
         }
 
diff --git a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/strings.h b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/strings.h
index e165c69da..4b39b0a28 100644
--- a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/strings.h
+++ b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/base/strings.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <vcpkg/base/cstringview.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/stringliteral.h>
 
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ namespace vcpkg::Strings
     std::string ascii_to_uppercase(std::string s);
 
     bool case_insensitive_ascii_starts_with(const std::string& s, const std::string& pattern);
+    bool ends_with(const std::string& s, StringLiteral pattern);
 
     template<class Container, class Transformer>
     std::string join(const char* delimiter, const Container& v, Transformer transformer)