diff --git a/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em b/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em
index 7b5b0f349f..050c2afc5b 100644
--- a/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em
+++ b/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ def get_rclcpp_suffix_from_features(features):
 @[ if 'stream' in feature_combination]@
     std::stringstream rclcpp_stream_ss_; \
     rclcpp_stream_ss_ << @(stream_arg); \
+@[ else]@
+    { \
+      constexpr bool starts_with_double_quotes = (#__VA_ARGS__)[0] == '"'; \
+      static_assert(starts_with_double_quotes, \
+        "Second argument to RCLCPP_@(severity) must be a string literal"); \
+    } \
 @[ end if]@
     RCUTILS_LOG_@(severity)@(get_suffix_from_features(feature_combination))_NAMED( \
 @{params = ['get_time_point' if p == 'clock' and 'throttle' in feature_combination else p for p in params]}@
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f915feef5..4fb9acbc5f 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -271,12 +271,17 @@ endif()
 
 # rclcpp_add_build_failure_test(build_failure__get_node_topics_interface_const_ref_wrapped_node
 #   node_interfaces/test_does_not_compile/get_node_topics_interface_const_ref_wrapped_node.cpp)
-# target_link_libraries(build_failure__get_node_topics_interface_const_ref_rclcpp_node
+# target_link_libraries(build_failure__get_node_topics_interface_const_ref_wrapped_node
 #   ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 # rclcpp_add_build_failure_test(build_failure__get_node_topics_interface_const_ptr_wrapped_node
 #   node_interfaces/test_does_not_compile/get_node_topics_interface_const_ptr_wrapped_node.cpp)
-# target_link_libraries(build_failure__get_node_topics_interface_const_ptr_rclcpp_node
+# target_link_libraries(build_failure__get_node_topics_interface_const_ptr_wrapped_node
+#   ${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+# rclcpp_add_build_failure_test(build_failure__pass_non_string_literal_to_logging_macro
+#   test_does_not_compile/pass_non_string_literal_to_logging_macro.cpp)
+# target_link_libraries(build_failure__pass_non_string_literal_to_logging_macro
 #   ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 ament_add_gtest(test_node_global_args test_node_global_args.cpp)
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_does_not_compile/pass_non_string_literal_to_logging_macro.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_does_not_compile/pass_non_string_literal_to_logging_macro.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b5e5427ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_does_not_compile/pass_non_string_literal_to_logging_macro.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "rclcpp/logger.hpp"
+#include "rclcpp/logging.hpp"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  std::string s = "message";
+  RCLCPP_ERROR(rclcpp::get_logger("name"), s.c_str());
+}