diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 3f807913..8a380180 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -885,7 +885,11 @@ class PositiveAndNegativeUnitTestFilter {
   // and does not match the negative filter.
   bool MatchesTest(const std::string& test_suite_name,
                    const std::string& test_name) const {
+#ifdef GTEST_HAS_ABSL
+    return MatchesName(absl::StrCat(test_suite_name, ".", test_name));
+#else
     return MatchesName(test_suite_name + "." + test_name);
+#endif
   }
 
   // Returns true if and only if name matches the positive filter and does not