diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/main/java/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleImpl.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/main/java/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleImpl.java
index b31d7ca15fb..a5f8d0f883f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/main/java/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleImpl.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/main/java/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleImpl.java
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public void onStringTrim(@Nonnull final String self, @Nullable final String resu
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void onStringConstructor(@Nonnull String self, @Nonnull String result) {
+  public void onStringConstructor(@Nonnull CharSequence self, @Nonnull String result) {
     if (!canBeTainted(self)) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/test/groovy/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/test/groovy/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleTest.groovy
index 6a96cdd1603..f880a31bb2f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/test/groovy/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-iast/src/test/groovy/com/datadog/iast/propagation/StringModuleTest.groovy
@@ -810,6 +810,47 @@ class StringModuleTest extends IastModuleImplTestBase {
     "A==>\u00cc\u00cc\u00cc<==B" | "a==>ììì<==b"          | "en"   | 5          | 5            | [[1, 3]]
   }
 
+  void 'onStringConstructor (#input)'() {
+    given:
+    final taintedObjects = ctx.getTaintedObjects()
+    final self = addFromTaintFormat(taintedObjects, input)
+    final result = new String(self)
+
+    when:
+    module.onStringConstructor(self, result)
+    def taintedObject = taintedObjects.get(result)
+
+    then:
+    1 * tracer.activeSpan() >> span
+    taintFormat(result, taintedObject.getRanges()) == expected
+
+    where:
+    input            | expected
+    "==>123<=="      | "==>123<=="
+    sb("==>123<==")  | "==>123<=="
+    sbf("==>123<==") | "==>123<=="
+  }
+
+  void 'onStringConstructor empty (#input)'() {
+    given:
+    final taintedObjects = ctx.getTaintedObjects()
+    final self = addFromTaintFormat(taintedObjects, input)
+    final result = new String(self)
+
+    when:
+    module.onStringConstructor(self, result)
+
+    then:
+    null == taintedObjects.get(result)
+    result == expected
+
+    where:
+    input   | expected
+    ""      | ""
+    sb("")  | ""
+    sbf("") | ""
+  }
+
   void 'test trim and make sure IastRequestContext is called'() {
     given:
     final taintedObjects = ctx.getTaintedObjects()
@@ -1269,6 +1310,10 @@ class StringModuleTest extends IastModuleImplTestBase {
     return new StringBuilder(string)
   }
 
+  private static StringBuilder sbf() {
+    return sbf('')
+  }
+
   private static StringBuffer sbf(final String string) {
     return new StringBuffer(string)
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSite.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSite.java
index 9d845256077..75669f20c9a 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSite.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSite.java
@@ -201,13 +201,15 @@ public static String afterTrim(
   }
 
   @CallSite.After("void java.lang.String.<init>(java.lang.String)")
+  @CallSite.After("void java.lang.String.<init>(java.lang.StringBuffer)")
+  @CallSite.After("void java.lang.String.<init>(java.lang.StringBuilder)")
   public static String afterStringConstructor(
       @CallSite.AllArguments @Nonnull final Object[] params,
       @CallSite.Return @Nonnull final String result) {
     final StringModule module = InstrumentationBridge.STRING;
     try {
       if (module != null) {
-        module.onStringConstructor((String) params[0], result);
+        module.onStringConstructor((CharSequence) params[0], result);
       }
     } catch (final Throwable e) {
       module.onUnexpectedException("afterStringConstructor threw", e);
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSiteTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSiteTest.groovy
index 24c4f7b1b26..0bb3fe70a13 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSiteTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringCallSiteTest.groovy
@@ -176,12 +176,18 @@ class StringCallSiteTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     InstrumentationBridge.registerIastModule(module)
 
     when:
-    final result = TestStringSuite.stringConstructor("hello")
+    final result = TestStringSuite.stringConstructor(param)
 
     then:
-    result == 'hello'
+    result == expected
     1 * module.onStringConstructor(_, _)
     0 * _
+
+    where:
+    param                      | expected
+    'hello'                    | 'hello'
+    new StringBuilder('hello') | 'hello'
+    new StringBuffer('hello')  | 'hello'
   }
 
   void 'test string format'() {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/java/foo/bar/TestStringSuite.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/java/foo/bar/TestStringSuite.java
index 2e1c00f4f50..b25b6de9aae 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/java/foo/bar/TestStringSuite.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/java/foo/bar/TestStringSuite.java
@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ public static String stringConstructor(String self) {
     return result;
   }
 
+  public static String stringConstructor(StringBuffer self) {
+    LOGGER.debug("Before string stringConstructor {}", self);
+    final String result = new String(self);
+    LOGGER.debug("After string stringConstructor {}", result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  public static String stringConstructor(StringBuilder self) {
+    LOGGER.debug("Before string stringConstructor {}", self);
+    final String result = new String(self);
+    LOGGER.debug("After string stringConstructor {}", result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
   public static String stringConstructor(final byte[] value) {
     LOGGER.debug("Before string stringConstructor {}", value);
     final String result = new String(value);
diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/iast/propagation/StringModule.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/iast/propagation/StringModule.java
index 37a28f2a0a3..a42df53652c 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/iast/propagation/StringModule.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/iast/propagation/StringModule.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void onStringJoin(
 
   void onStringRepeat(@Nonnull String self, int count, @Nonnull String result);
 
-  void onStringConstructor(@Nonnull String self, @Nonnull String result);
+  void onStringConstructor(@Nonnull CharSequence self, @Nonnull String result);
 
   void onStringFormat(@Nonnull String pattern, @Nonnull Object[] params, @Nonnull String result);