diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/Tests.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/Tests.cs
index 34dc5ef605de1b..61e9086160add2 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/Tests.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/Tests.cs
@@ -359,6 +359,41 @@ await CheckInspectLocalsAtBreakpointSite(
                 }
             );
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task InspectSimpleStringLocals() =>
+            await CheckInspectLocalsAtBreakpointSite(
+                "Math", "TestSimpleStrings", 13, "TestSimpleStrings",
+                "window.setTimeout(function() { invoke_static_method ('[debugger-test] Math:TestSimpleStrings')(); }, 1);",
+                wait_for_event_fn: async (pause_location) =>
+                {
+                    var locals = await GetProperties(pause_location["callFrames"][0]["callFrameId"].Value<string>());
+
+                    var str_null = TString(null);
+                    var str_empty = TString(String.Empty);
+                    var str_spaces = TString(" ");
+                    var str_esc = TString("\\");
+
+                    await CheckProps(locals, new
+                    {
+                        str_null,
+                        str_empty,
+                        str_spaces,
+                        str_esc,
+
+                        strings = TArray("string[]", 4)
+                    }, "locals");
+
+                    var strings_arr = await GetObjectOnLocals(locals, "strings");
+                    await CheckProps(strings_arr, new[]
+                    {
+                        str_null,
+                        str_empty,
+                        str_spaces,
+                        str_esc
+                    }, "locals#strings");
+                }
+            );
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(false)]
         [InlineData(true)]
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/tests/debugger-test.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/tests/debugger-test.cs
index 9b53cea250ce0d..4fb58be0166330 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/tests/debugger-test.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/tests/debugger-test.cs
@@ -302,6 +302,23 @@ public struct GenericStruct<T>
         public static GenericStruct<bool[]> DelegateTargetForSignatureTest(Math m, GenericStruct<GenericStruct<T[]>> gs) => new GenericStruct<bool[]>();
     }
 
+    public static void TestSimpleStrings()
+    {
+        string str_null = null;
+        string str_empty = String.Empty;
+        string str_spaces = " ";
+        string str_esc = "\\";
+
+        var strings = new[]
+        {
+            str_null,
+            str_empty,
+            str_spaces,
+            str_esc
+        };
+        Console.WriteLine ($"break here");
+    }
+
 }
 
 public class DebuggerTest
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/runtime/library_mono.js b/src/mono/wasm/runtime/library_mono.js
index eccc137f7b1ab5..67ae4c1c9cdb44 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/runtime/library_mono.js
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/runtime/library_mono.js
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ var MonoSupportLib = {
 		},
 
 		_mono_wasm_add_string_var: function(var_value) {
-			if (var_value == 0) {
+			if (var_value === 0) {
 				MONO.mono_wasm_add_null_var ("string");
 				return;
 			}
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ var MonoSupportLib = {
 				value: {
 					type            : "object",
 					className       : fixed_class_name,
-					description     : (toString == 0 ? fixed_class_name: Module.UTF8ToString (toString)),
+					description     : (toString === 0 ? fixed_class_name: Module.UTF8ToString (toString)),
 					expanded        : true,
 					isValueType     : true,
 					__extra_vt_props: { klass: args.klass, value64: base64String },
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ var MonoSupportLib = {
 				value: {
 					type: "object",
 					className: fixed_class_name,
-					description: (toString == 0 ? fixed_class_name : Module.UTF8ToString (toString)),
+					description: (toString === 0 ? fixed_class_name : Module.UTF8ToString (toString)),
 					isValueType: true
 				}
 			});
@@ -1745,6 +1745,8 @@ var MonoSupportLib = {
 			let type_str = type;
 			if (typeof type != 'string')
 				type_str = Module.UTF8ToString (type);
+
+			if (str_value !== 0)
 				str_value = Module.UTF8ToString (str_value);
 
 			switch (type_str) {
@@ -1962,7 +1964,7 @@ var MonoSupportLib = {
 			value: {
 				type: "object",
 				className: fixed_class_name,
-				description: (toString == 0 ? fixed_class_name : Module.UTF8ToString (toString)),
+				description: (toString === 0 ? fixed_class_name : Module.UTF8ToString (toString)),
 				objectId: "dotnet:object:"+ objectId,
 			}
 		});