diff --git a/gdb/c-valprint.c b/gdb/c-valprint.c
index ce759bc887f..3b744b76254 100644
--- a/gdb/c-valprint.c
+++ b/gdb/c-valprint.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ c_value_print_inner (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
   switch (type->code ())
     {
     case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
+    case TYPE_CODE_STRING:
       c_value_print_array (val, stream, recurse, options);
       break;
 
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 6a4c5976f18..6dfa3705a1a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -2353,9 +2353,45 @@ resolve_dynamic_array_or_string_1 (struct type *type,
 						    rank - 1, resolve_p);
     }
   else
-    elt_type = type->target_type ();
+    {
+      /* The following special case for TYPE_CODE_STRING should not be
+	 needed, ideally we would defer resolving the dynamic type of the
+	 array elements until needed later, and indeed, the resolved type
+	 of each array element might be different, so attempting to resolve
+	 the type here makes no sense.
+
+	 However, in Fortran, for arrays of strings, each element must be
+	 the same type, as such, the DWARF for the string length relies on
+	 the object address of the array itself.
+
+	 The problem here is that, when we create value's from the dynamic
+	 array type, we resolve the data location, and use that as the
+	 value address, this completely discards the original value
+	 address, and it is this original value address that is the
+	 descriptor for the dynamic array, the very address that the DWARF
+	 needs us to push in order to resolve the dynamic string length.
+
+	 What this means then, is that, given the current state of GDB, if
+	 we don't resolve the string length now, then we will have lost
+	 access to the address of the dynamic object descriptor, and so we
+	 will not be able to resolve the dynamic string later.
+
+	 For now then, we handle special case TYPE_CODE_STRING on behalf of
+	 Fortran, and hope that this doesn't cause problems for anyone
+	 else.  */
+      if (ary_dim->code () == TYPE_CODE_STRING)
+	elt_type = resolve_dynamic_type_internal (type->target_type (),
+						  addr_stack, 0);
+      else
+	elt_type = type->target_type ();
+    }
 
   prop = type->dyn_prop (DYN_PROP_BYTE_STRIDE);
+  if (prop != nullptr && type->code () == TYPE_CODE_STRING)
+    {
+       prop = nullptr;
+       warning (_("byte stride property ignored on string type"));
+    }
   if (prop != NULL && resolve_p)
     {
       if (dwarf2_evaluate_property (prop, NULL, addr_stack, &value))
@@ -2375,8 +2411,11 @@ resolve_dynamic_array_or_string_1 (struct type *type,
   else
     bit_stride = TYPE_FIELD_BITSIZE (type, 0);
 
-  return create_array_type_with_stride (type, elt_type, range_type, NULL,
-					bit_stride);
+  if (type->code () == TYPE_CODE_STRING)
+    return create_string_type (type, elt_type, range_type);
+  else
+    return create_array_type_with_stride (type, elt_type, range_type, NULL,
+					  bit_stride);
 }
 
 /* Resolve an array or string type with dynamic properties, return a new
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/string-types.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/string-types.exp
index 3114fbaac78..379857b2138 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/string-types.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/string-types.exp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ with_test_prefix "third breakpoint, first time" {
     # Continue to the third breakpoint.
     gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "continue"
     gdb_test "print s" " = 'foo'"
-    gdb_test "ptype s" "type = character \\(3\\)"
+    gdb_test "ptype s" "type = character\\*3"
 }
 
 with_test_prefix "third breakpoint, second time" {
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ with_test_prefix "third breakpoint, second time" {
     # by most users, so seems good enough.
     gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "continue"
     gdb_test "print s" " = 'foo\\\\n\\\\t\\\\r\\\\000bar'"
-    gdb_test "ptype s" "type = character \\(10\\)"
+    gdb_test "ptype s" "type = character\\*10"
 }
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/vla-array.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/vla-array.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c50141b7330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/vla-array.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+standard_testfile ".f90"
+load_lib "fortran.exp"
+
+if {[skip_fortran_tests]} { return -1 }
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile} \
+     {debug f90 quiet}] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+if ![fortran_runto_main] {
+    untested "could not run to main"
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Try to access vla string / vla string array / string array values.
+gdb_breakpoint [gdb_get_line_number "arr_vla1-print"]
+gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "arr_vla1-print"
+
+# GFortran does not emit DW_TAG_string_type for array of variable length
+# string.
+if [test_compiler_info "gfortran*" f90] { setup_xfail *-*-* gcc/101826 }
+gdb_test "print arr_vla1"  \
+    " = \\\('vlaaryvlaary', 'vlaaryvlaary', 'vlaaryvlaary', 'vlaaryvlaary', 'vlaaryvlaary'\\\)"  \
+    "print vla string array"
+
+if [test_compiler_info "gfortran*" f90] { setup_xfail *-*-* gcc/101826 }
+gdb_test "ptype arr_vla1"  \
+    "type = character\\*12 \\(5\\)"  \
+    "print variable length string array type"
+gdb_test "print arr_vla2"  \
+    " = 'vlaary'"  \
+    "print variable length string"
+gdb_test "ptype arr_vla2"  \
+    "type = character\\*6"  \
+    "print variable length string type"
+gdb_test "print arr2"  \
+    " = \\\('vlaaryvla', 'vlaaryvla', 'vlaaryvla'\\\)"  \
+    "print string array"
+gdb_test "ptype arr2"  \
+    "type = character\\*9 \\(3\\)"  \
+    "print string array type"
+gdb_test "print rank(arr_vla1)"  \
+    "$decimal"  \
+    "print string array rank"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/vla-array.f90 b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/vla-array.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7af88fb4414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.fortran/vla-array.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+! Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+!
+! This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+! it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+! the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+! (at your option) any later version.
+!
+! This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+! but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+! MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+! GNU General Public License for more details.
+!
+! You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+! along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+subroutine vla_array_func (arr_vla1, arr_vla2, arr2)
+  character (len=*):: arr_vla1 (:)
+  character (len=*):: arr_vla2
+  character (len=9):: arr2 (:)
+
+  print *, arr_vla1    ! arr_vla1-print
+  print *, arr_vla2
+  print *, arr2
+  print *, rank(arr_vla1)
+end subroutine vla_array_func
+
+program vla_array_main
+interface
+  subroutine vla_array_func (arr_vla1, arr_vla2, arr2)
+    character (len=*):: arr_vla1 (:)
+    character (len=*):: arr_vla2
+    character (len=9):: arr2 (:)
+  end subroutine vla_array_func
+end interface
+  character (len=9) :: arr1 (3)
+  character (len=6) :: arr2
+  character (len=12) :: arr3 (5)
+
+  arr1 = 'vlaaryvla'
+  arr2 = 'vlaary'
+  arr3 = 'vlaaryvlaary'
+
+  call vla_array_func (arr3, arr2, arr1)
+
+end program vla_array_main
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/fortran-string.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/fortran-string.exp
index e42b2905578..01750e359da 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/fortran-string.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/fortran-string.exp
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ if {![runto f]} {
 
 gdb_test_no_output "set print frame-arguments all"
 gdb_test "frame" ".*s='foo'.*"
-gdb_test "ptype s" "type = character \\(3\\)"
+gdb_test "ptype s" "type = character\\*3"
 gdb_test "p s" "\\$\[0-9\]* = 'foo'"
