Is it possible to use std::string in a constexpr?

Using C++11, Ubuntu 14.04, GCC default toolchain.

This code fails:

constexpr std::string constString = "constString";

error: the type ‘const string {aka const std::basic_string}’ of
constexpr variable ‘constString’ is not literal… because…
‘std::basic_string’ has a non-trivial destructor

Is it possible to use std::string in aconstexpr? (apparently not…) If so, how? Is there an alternative way to use a character string in a constexpr?

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