diff --git a/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_archive.h b/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_archive.h
index 46c982d..a56a4a2 100644
--- a/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_archive.h
+++ b/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_archive.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
 #include "android-base/off64_t.h"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
   kCompressDeflated = 8,  // standard deflate
 };
 
+// TODO: remove this when everyone's moved over to std::string.
 struct ZipString {
   const uint8_t* name;
   uint16_t name_length;
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@
  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if there are no more elements in this
  * archive and lower negative values on failure.
  */
+int32_t Next(void* cookie, ZipEntry* data, std::string* name);
+// TODO: remove this when everyone's moved over to std::string.
 int32_t Next(void* cookie, ZipEntry* data, ZipString* name);
 
 /*
diff --git a/libziparchive/unzip.cpp b/libziparchive/unzip.cpp
index 3a3a694..426325e 100644
--- a/libziparchive/unzip.cpp
+++ b/libziparchive/unzip.cpp
@@ -255,9 +255,8 @@
   }
 
   ZipEntry entry;
-  ZipString string;
-  while ((err = Next(cookie, &entry, &string)) >= 0) {
-    std::string name(string.name, string.name + string.name_length);
+  std::string name;
+  while ((err = Next(cookie, &entry, &name)) >= 0) {
     if (ShouldInclude(name)) ProcessOne(zah, entry, name);
   }
 
diff --git a/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc b/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc
index 269e4ca..f4b6c74 100644
--- a/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc
+++ b/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc
@@ -747,6 +747,15 @@
   return FindEntry(archive, static_cast<uint32_t>(ent), data);
 }
 
+int32_t Next(void* cookie, ZipEntry* data, std::string* name) {
+  ZipString zs;
+  int32_t result = Next(cookie, data, &zs);
+  if (result == 0) {
+    *name = std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(zs.name), zs.name_length);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 int32_t Next(void* cookie, ZipEntry* data, ZipString* name) {
   IterationHandle* handle = reinterpret_cast<IterationHandle*>(cookie);
   if (handle == NULL) {
diff --git a/libziparchive/zip_archive_benchmark.cpp b/libziparchive/zip_archive_benchmark.cpp
index 434f2e1..23ed408 100644
--- a/libziparchive/zip_archive_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/libziparchive/zip_archive_benchmark.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   ZipArchiveHandle handle;
   void* iteration_cookie;
   ZipEntry data;
-  ZipString name;
+  std::string name;
 
   while (state.KeepRunning()) {
     OpenArchive(temp_file->path, &handle);
diff --git a/libziparchive/zip_archive_test.cc b/libziparchive/zip_archive_test.cc
index 993c975..b6ca9ec 100644
--- a/libziparchive/zip_archive_test.cc
+++ b/libziparchive/zip_archive_test.cc
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@
   ZipEntry data;
   std::vector<std::string> names;
 
-  ZipString name;
+  std::string name;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < expected_names_sorted.size(); ++i) {
     ASSERT_EQ(0, Next(iteration_cookie, &data, &name));
-    names.push_back(std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(name.name), name.name_length));
+    names.push_back(name);
   }
 
   // End of iteration.
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
   ASSERT_EQ(0, StartIteration(handle, &iteration_cookie, "x", "y"));
 
   ZipEntry data;
-  ZipString name;
+  std::string name;
 
   // End of iteration.
   ASSERT_EQ(-1, Next(iteration_cookie, &data, &name));
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
   void* iteration_cookie;
   ASSERT_EQ(0, StartIteration(handle, &iteration_cookie));
 
-  ZipString name;
+  std::string name;
   ZipEntry data;
 
   ASSERT_EQ(Next(iteration_cookie, &data, &name), 0);