diff --git a/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go b/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
index c4fcb5956..7d6d54f10 100644
--- a/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
+++ b/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
@@ -1690,20 +1690,27 @@ func makeComplex(flags valueFlags, f complex128, t *RawType) Value {
 func stringFromUnicode(x rune) string
 
 func cvtIntString(v Value, t *RawType) Value {
-	b := stringFromUnicode(rune(v.Int()))
+	s := "\uFFFD"
+	if x := v.Int(); int64(rune(x)) == x {
+		s = string(rune(x))
+	}
 	return Value{
 		typecode: t,
-		value:    unsafe.Pointer(&b),
-		flags:    v.flags,
+		value:    unsafe.Pointer(&s),
+		flags:    v.flags | valueFlagRO,
 	}
 }
 
 func cvtUintString(v Value, t *RawType) Value {
-	b := stringFromUnicode(rune(v.Uint()))
+	s := "\uFFFD"
+	if x := v.Uint(); uint64(rune(x)) == x {
+		s = string(rune(x))
+	}
+
 	return Value{
 		typecode: t,
-		value:    unsafe.Pointer(&b),
-		flags:    v.flags,
+		value:    unsafe.Pointer(&s),
+		flags:    v.flags | valueFlagRO,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/reflect/convert_test.go b/src/reflect/convert_test.go
index 919d13b43..ef6e11867 100644
--- a/src/reflect/convert_test.go
+++ b/src/reflect/convert_test.go
@@ -189,6 +189,86 @@ func TestTinyConvert(t *testing.T) {
 		{V(complex64(2i)), V(complex128(2i))},
 		{V(complex128(3i)), V(complex64(3i))},
 		{V(complex128(4i)), V(complex128(4i))},
+
+		// string
+		{V(string("hello")), V(string("hello"))},
+		{V(string("bytes1")), V([]byte("bytes1"))},
+		{V([]byte("bytes2")), V(string("bytes2"))},
+		{V([]byte("bytes3")), V([]byte("bytes3"))},
+		{V(string("runes♝")), V([]rune("runes♝"))},
+		{V([]rune("runes♕")), V(string("runes♕"))},
+		{V([]rune("runes🙈🙉🙊")), V([]rune("runes🙈🙉🙊"))},
+		{V(int('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(int8('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(int16('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(int32('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(int64('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(uint('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(uint8('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(uint16('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(uint32('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(uint64('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(uintptr('a')), V(string("a"))},
+		{V(int(-1)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int8(-2)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int16(-3)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int32(-4)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int64(-5)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int64(-1 << 32)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int64(1 << 32)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uint(0x110001)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uint32(0x110002)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uint64(0x110003)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uint64(1 << 32)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uintptr(0x110004)), V(string("\uFFFD"))},
+
+		// named string
+		{V(MyString("hello")), V(string("hello"))},
+		{V(string("hello")), V(MyString("hello"))},
+		{V(string("hello")), V(string("hello"))},
+		{V(MyString("hello")), V(MyString("hello"))},
+		{V(MyString("bytes1")), V([]byte("bytes1"))},
+		{V([]byte("bytes2")), V(MyString("bytes2"))},
+		{V([]byte("bytes3")), V([]byte("bytes3"))},
+		{V(MyString("runes♝")), V([]rune("runes♝"))},
+		{V([]rune("runes♕")), V(MyString("runes♕"))},
+		{V([]rune("runes🙈🙉🙊")), V([]rune("runes🙈🙉🙊"))},
+		{V([]rune("runes🙈🙉🙊")), V(MyRunes("runes🙈🙉🙊"))},
+		{V(MyRunes("runes🙈🙉🙊")), V([]rune("runes🙈🙉🙊"))},
+		{V(int('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(int8('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(int16('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(int32('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(int64('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(uint('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(uint8('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(uint16('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(uint32('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(uint64('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(uintptr('a')), V(MyString("a"))},
+		{V(int(-1)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int8(-2)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int16(-3)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int32(-4)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(int64(-5)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uint(0x110001)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uint32(0x110002)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uint64(0x110003)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+		{V(uintptr(0x110004)), V(MyString("\uFFFD"))},
+
+		// named []byte
+		{V(string("bytes1")), V(MyBytes("bytes1"))},
+		{V(MyBytes("bytes2")), V(string("bytes2"))},
+		{V(MyBytes("bytes3")), V(MyBytes("bytes3"))},
+		{V(MyString("bytes1")), V(MyBytes("bytes1"))},
+		{V(MyBytes("bytes2")), V(MyString("bytes2"))},
+
+		// named []rune
+		{V(string("runes♝")), V(MyRunes("runes♝"))},
+		{V(MyRunes("runes♕")), V(string("runes♕"))},
+		{V(MyRunes("runes🙈🙉🙊")), V(MyRunes("runes🙈🙉🙊"))},
+		{V(MyString("runes♝")), V(MyRunes("runes♝"))},
+		{V(MyRunes("runes♕")), V(MyString("runes♕"))},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/src/runtime/string.go b/src/runtime/string.go
index d4ee5e3c1..cdc31cb16 100644
--- a/src/runtime/string.go
+++ b/src/runtime/string.go
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ func stringNext(s string, it *stringIterator) (bool, int, rune) {
 }
 
 // Convert a Unicode code point into an array of bytes and its length.
-func encodeUTF8(x rune) ([4]byte, uintptr) {
+func encodeUTF8(r rune) ([4]byte, uintptr) {
+	x := uint32(r)
+
 	// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6240055/manually-converting-unicode-codepoints-into-utf-8-and-utf-16
 	// Note: this code can probably be optimized (in size and speed).
 	switch {