Index: src/OFString.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFString.h
+++ src/OFString.h
@@ -1007,10 +1007,20 @@
  *
  * @param path The path of the file to write to
  */
 - (void)writeToFile: (OFString*)path;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Writes the string into the specified file using the specified
+ *	  encoding.
+ *
+ * @param path The path of the file to write to
+ * @param encoding The encoding to use to write the string into the file
+ */
+- (void)writeToFile: (OFString*)path
+	   encoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding;
+
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_BLOCKS
 /*!
  * Enumerates all lines in the receiver using the specified block.
  *
  * @brief block The block to call for each line

Index: src/OFString.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFString.m
+++ src/OFString.m
@@ -2222,16 +2222,24 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
 - (void)writeToFile: (OFString*)path
 {
+	return [self writeToFile: path
+			encoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_UTF_8];
+}
+
+- (void)writeToFile: (OFString*)path
+	   encoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding
+{
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 	OFFile *file;
 
 	file = [OFFile fileWithPath: path
 			       mode: @"wb"];
-	[file writeString: self];
+	[file writeString: self
+		 encoding: encoding];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 }
 
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_BLOCKS