diff --git a/core/foundation/inc/ROOT/StringUtils.hxx b/core/foundation/inc/ROOT/StringUtils.hxx
index 60cc23aa87e35..472edcf8e70ba 100644
--- a/core/foundation/inc/ROOT/StringUtils.hxx
+++ b/core/foundation/inc/ROOT/StringUtils.hxx
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
-#include <numeric>
 #include <iterator>
+#include <numeric>
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace ROOT {
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ std::string Join(const std::string &sep, InputIt_t begin, InputIt_t end)
    if (begin == end)
       return "";
 
-   return std::accumulate(std::next(begin), end, *begin, [&sep](auto const &a, auto const &b) { return a + sep + b; });
+   std::string first(*begin++);
+   return std::accumulate(begin, end, std::move(first), [&sep](auto &&result, const auto &value) {
+      result += sep;
+      result += value;
+      return std::move(result);
+   });
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/foundation/test/testStringUtils.cxx b/core/foundation/test/testStringUtils.cxx
index 2264f2134f7b8..25b635b738cb9 100644
--- a/core/foundation/test/testStringUtils.cxx
+++ b/core/foundation/test/testStringUtils.cxx
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ TEST(StringUtils, Join)
    test("", ";;", {""});
 }
 
+TEST(StringUtils, JoinStringViews)
+{
+   const std::string source = "appleorangebanana";
+   const std::vector<std::string_view> strings = {std::string_view(source).substr(0, 5),
+                                                  std::string_view(source).substr(5, 6),
+                                                  std::string_view(source).substr(11)};
+   EXPECT_EQ(ROOT::Join("::", strings), "apple::orange::banana");
+   EXPECT_EQ(ROOT::Join("", strings.begin(), strings.end()), source);
+}
+
+TEST(StringUtils, JoinCStringArray)
+{
+   const char *strings[] = {"apple", "", "banana"};
+   EXPECT_EQ(ROOT::Join(",", strings), "apple,,banana");
+}
+
 TEST(StringUtils, Round)
 {
    EXPECT_EQ(ROOT::Round(0.000000014, 0.000000024), "(10#pm20)*1e-9");