diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/unary/PrecedenceNode.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/unary/PrecedenceNode.java
index 4b8964a8834e3e73e9d8f2bf510c0b36efca0797..c0d2eab3b9722d69e76595be79f602093daf553d 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/unary/PrecedenceNode.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/unary/PrecedenceNode.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RPairList;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RRaw;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RRawVector;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RS4Object;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RStringSequence;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RStringVector;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RSymbol;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.env.REnvironment;
@@ -157,6 +158,11 @@ public abstract class PrecedenceNode extends RBaseNode {
         return STRING_PRECEDENCE;
     }
 
+    @Specialization
+    protected int doString(RStringSequence val, boolean recursive) {
+        return STRING_PRECEDENCE;
+    }
+
     @Specialization
     protected int doFunction(RFunction func, boolean recursive) {
         return LIST_PRECEDENCE;