diff --git a/core/util/strings.js b/core/util/strings.js
index 61f4f237..944e81c8 100644
--- a/core/util/strings.js
+++ b/core/util/strings.js
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
- * Copyright (C) 2018 The noVNC Authors
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The noVNC Authors
  * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * See README.md for usage and integration instructions.
  */
 
-/*
- * Decode from UTF-8
- */
+// Decode from UTF-8
 export function decodeUTF8(utf8string) {
     return decodeURIComponent(escape(utf8string));
 }
+
+// Encode to UTF-8
+export function encodeUTF8(DOMString) {
+    return unescape(encodeURIComponent(DOMString));
+}