diff --git a/src/MLIR.jl b/src/MLIR.jl
index b068b042..66d38bc8 100644
--- a/src/MLIR.jl
+++ b/src/MLIR.jl
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ function Base.unsafe_convert(::Type{API.MlirStringRef}, s::Union{Symbol, String,
     return API.MlirStringRef(p, sizeof(s))
 end
 
+function Base.String(str::API.MlirStringRef)
+    Base.unsafe_string(pointer(str.data), str.length)
+end
+
 module IR
     import ..API: API
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 9b482217..170af3c3 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ include("executionengine.jl")
 
     @test s == reconstructed
 end
+
+@testset "show" begin
+    MLIR.IR.context!(MLIR.IR.Context()) do
+        dialect = MLIR.IR.get_or_load_dialect!("llvm")
+        @test sprint(show, dialect) == "Dialect(\"llvm\")"
+    end
+end