--- src/sysc/utils/sc_string_view.h
+++ src/sysc/utils/sc_string_view.h
@@ -37,17 +37,47 @@
 
 #include <sysc/kernel/sc_cmnhdr.h>
 
-#if SC_CPLUSPLUS >= 201402L && defined(__has_include)
-#  if SC_CPLUSPLUS > 201402L && __has_include(<string_view>) /* since C++17 */
-#    define SC_STRING_VIEW_NS_ std
-#    include <string_view>
-   /*  available in Library Fundamentals, ISO/IEC TS 19568:2015 */
-#  elif __has_include(<experimental/string_view>)
+#if defined(__clang__)
+#  if (__cplusplus >= 201103)
+#    if __has_include(<__config>)
+#      include <__config>
+#      if defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION)
+#        define HAS_CLANG_LIBCXX 1
+#      endif
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__clang__)
+#  if defined(HAS_CLANG_LIBCXX)
+#    if (__cplusplus >= 201402)
+#      if __has_include(<string_view>)
+#        define HAS_STD_STRING_VIEW 1
+#      endif
+#    endif
+#  else
+#    if (__cplusplus >= 201703)
+#      if __has_include(<string_view>)
+#        define HAS_STD_STRING_VIEW 1
+#      endif
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+#  if (__GNUC__ >= 7)
+#    if (__cplusplus >= 201703)
+#      define HAS_STD_STRING_VIEW 1
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#if HAS_STD_STRING_VIEW
+#  define SC_STRING_VIEW_NS_ std
+#  include <string_view>
+#elif SC_CPLUSPLUS >= 201402L && defined(__has_include)
+#  if __has_include(<experimental/string_view>)
 #    define SC_STRING_VIEW_NS_ std::experimental
 #    include <experimental/string_view>
 #  endif
-#else
-// TODO: other ways to detect availability of std::(experimental::)string_view?
 #endif
 
 #ifndef SC_STRING_VIEW_NS_