diff --git a/Data/Stringable.hs b/Data/Stringable.hs
--- a/Data/Stringable.hs
+++ b/Data/Stringable.hs
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@
 withByteStringLen str f = BU.unsafeUseAsCStringLen str (uncurry f)
 
 instance CStringable T.Text where
-  withCStringable    = withCStringable . E.encodeUtf8
-  withCStringLenable = withCStringLenable . E.encodeUtf8
+  withCStringable    = withCStringable . E.encodeUtf8 . flip T.snoc '\0'
+  withCStringLenable = withCStringLenable . E.encodeUtf8 . flip T.snoc '\0'
 
 instance CStringable TL.Text where
-  withCStringable    = withCStringable . EL.encodeUtf8
-  withCStringLenable = withCStringLenable . EL.encodeUtf8
+  withCStringable    = withCStringable . EL.encodeUtf8 . flip TL.snoc '\0'
+  withCStringLenable = withCStringLenable . EL.encodeUtf8 . flip TL.snoc '\0'
 
 instance CStringable B.ByteString where
   withCStringable    = withByteString
diff --git a/stringable.cabal b/stringable.cabal
--- a/stringable.cabal
+++ b/stringable.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                stringable
-Version:             0.1.0
+Version:             0.1.1
 Synopsis:            A Stringable type class, in the spirit of Foldable and Traversable
 Description:         'Data.Stringable' provides a type class with a set of functions for
                      converting to and from the most often used string-linke types in