@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
  * LICENSE.GPLv2 or LICENSE.GPLv3 respectively included in the packaging of this
  * file.
  */
 
 #import "OFObject.h"
-
-@class OFString;
+#import "OFString.h"
 
 /*!
  * @class OFSystemInfo OFSystemInfo.h ObjFW/OFSystemInfo.h
  *
  * @brief A class for querying information about the system.
@@ -38,10 +37,20 @@
  *
  * @return The number of CPUs installed in the system
  */
 + (size_t)numberOfCPUs;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Returns the native 8-bit string encoding of the operating system.
+ *
+ * This is useful to encode strings correctly for passing them to operating
+ * system calls.
+ *
+ * @return The native 8-bit string encoding of the operating system
+ */
++ (of_string_encoding_t)native8BitEncoding;
+
 /*!
  * @brief Returns the path where user data for the application can be stored.
  *
  * On Unix systems, this adheres to the XDG Base Directory specification.@n
  * On Mac OS X and iOS, it uses the `NSApplicationSupportDirectory` directory.@n