diff --git a/HttpClient.cpp b/HttpClient.cpp
index a96ef80..0cbf083 100644
--- a/HttpClient.cpp
+++ b/HttpClient.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ HttpClient::HttpClient(Client& aClient, const char* aServerName, uint16_t aServe
   resetState();
 }
 
+HttpClient::HttpClient(Client& aClient, const String& aServerName, uint16_t aServerPort)
+ : HttpClient(aClient, aServerName.c_str(), aServerPort)
+{
+}
+
 HttpClient::HttpClient(Client& aClient, const IPAddress& aServerAddress, uint16_t aServerPort)
  : iClient(&aClient), iServerName(NULL), iServerAddress(aServerAddress), iServerPort(aServerPort)
 {
diff --git a/HttpClient.h b/HttpClient.h
index 677bb55..5d48008 100644
--- a/HttpClient.h
+++ b/HttpClient.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
 // FIXME Update tempToPachube example to calculate Content-Length correctly
 
     HttpClient(Client& aClient, const char* aServerName, uint16_t aServerPort = kHttpPort);
+    HttpClient(Client& aClient, const String& aServerName, uint16_t aServerPort = kHttpPort);
     HttpClient(Client& aClient, const IPAddress& aServerAddress, uint16_t aServerPort = kHttpPort);
 
     /** Start a more complex request.
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ public:
     int get(const char* aURLPath)
       { return startRequest(aURLPath, HTTP_METHOD_GET); }
 
+    int get(const String& aURLPath)
+      { return get(aURLPath.c_str()); }
+
     /** Connect to the server and start to send a POST request.
       @param aURLPath     Url to request
       @return 0 if successful, else error
@@ -73,6 +77,9 @@ public:
     int post(const char* aURLPath)
       { return startRequest(aURLPath, HTTP_METHOD_POST); }
 
+    int post(const String& aURLPath)
+      { return post(aURLPath.c_str()); }
+
     /** Connect to the server and start to send a PUT request.
       @param aURLPath     Url to request
       @return 0 if successful, else error
@@ -80,6 +87,9 @@ public:
     int put(const char* aURLPath)
       { return startRequest(aURLPath, HTTP_METHOD_PUT); }
 
+    int put(const String& aURLPath)
+      { return put(aURLPath.c_str()); }
+
     /** Connect to the server and start to send the request.
       @param aURLPath     Url to request
       @param aHttpMethod  Type of HTTP request to make, e.g. "GET", "POST", etc.