diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3c2341181632776de35cd90c3ee59e089e85f83..caa7c5f5db9d825da0e4d4729b465ade237e4493 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## Future releases
 - More `ASSERT_*` macros
 - Deprecate `END_TEST` and get rid of `add_test` and change `TEST` impl
+## 0.2.0-alpha.0
+- added `CHAR_PTR_ASSERT_EQ` for comparing `char*` (via `std::strcmp`)
 ## 0.1.2
 - fixed bug in ASSERT_EQ
 ## 0.1.1
diff --git a/dist/litefprocut.tar.gz b/dist/litefprocut.tar.gz
index 1b62f03b3ab322e3acfdae5f556ab424284d8e39..763a25982af1357c97a1569d90e72f346ce65a6b 100644
Binary files a/dist/litefprocut.tar.gz and b/dist/litefprocut.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/dist/litefprocut/macros.hpp b/dist/litefprocut/macros.hpp
index 99d30cecb7e6f4ff3972abab43c60b9eb7a4ea44..7e8da7b5bd975ffd78745405b099f9f8d550a89b 100644
--- a/dist/litefprocut/macros.hpp
+++ b/dist/litefprocut/macros.hpp
@@ -3,10 +3,24 @@
 
 #include<iostream>
 
+// In near future:
+// TEST(name, fname_var)
+// ...
+// END_TEST
+// ?
 #define TEST(name, fname_var)\
 litefprocut::add_test(fname_var, #name, [argv](const std::string& content)
 #define END_TEST \
 );
+#define CHAR_PTR_ASSERT_EQ(lhs, rhs)\
+if(std::strcmp(lhs, rhs) != 0)\
+{\
+    std::cerr << "\e[31mAssertion failed:\n\e[0m";\
+    std::cerr << "\e[31m\tExpected: " << rhs << "\n\e[0m";\
+    std::cerr << "\e[31m\tActual: " << lhs << "\n\e[0m";\
+    ++litefprocut::this_test.failed;\
+}\
+else ++litefprocut::this_test.passed;
 #define ASSERT_EQ(lhs, rhs)\
 if((lhs) != (rhs))\
 {\
diff --git a/include/macros.hpp b/include/macros.hpp
index 99d30cecb7e6f4ff3972abab43c60b9eb7a4ea44..7e8da7b5bd975ffd78745405b099f9f8d550a89b 100644
--- a/include/macros.hpp
+++ b/include/macros.hpp
@@ -3,10 +3,24 @@
 
 #include<iostream>
 
+// In near future:
+// TEST(name, fname_var)
+// ...
+// END_TEST
+// ?
 #define TEST(name, fname_var)\
 litefprocut::add_test(fname_var, #name, [argv](const std::string& content)
 #define END_TEST \
 );
+#define CHAR_PTR_ASSERT_EQ(lhs, rhs)\
+if(std::strcmp(lhs, rhs) != 0)\
+{\
+    std::cerr << "\e[31mAssertion failed:\n\e[0m";\
+    std::cerr << "\e[31m\tExpected: " << rhs << "\n\e[0m";\
+    std::cerr << "\e[31m\tActual: " << lhs << "\n\e[0m";\
+    ++litefprocut::this_test.failed;\
+}\
+else ++litefprocut::this_test.passed;
 #define ASSERT_EQ(lhs, rhs)\
 if((lhs) != (rhs))\
 {\