Index: src/OFHTTPRequest.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFHTTPRequest.h
+++ src/OFHTTPRequest.h
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
  * LICENSE.GPLv2 or LICENSE.GPLv3 respectively included in the packaging of this
  * file.
  */
 
 #import "OFObject.h"
+#import "OFString.h"
 
 #ifndef OF_HAVE_SOCKETS
 # error No sockets available!
 #endif
 
@@ -185,10 +186,28 @@
  *
  * @param entity The entity body of the HTTP request
  */
 - (void)setEntity: (OFDataArray*)entity;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Sets the entity body of the HTTP request to the specified string
+ *	  encoded in UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @param string The string to use for the entity body
+ */
+- (void)setEntityFromString: (OFString*)string;
+
+/*!
+ * @brief Sets the entity body of the HTTP request to the specified string
+ *	  encoded in the specified encoding.
+ *
+ * @param string The string to use for the entity body
+ * @param encoding The encoding to encode the string with
+ */
+- (void)setEntityFromString: (OFString*)string
+		   encoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding;
+
 /*!
  * @brief Returns the entity body of the HTTP request.
  *
  * @return The entity body of the HTTP request
  */

Index: src/OFHTTPRequest.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFHTTPRequest.m
+++ src/OFHTTPRequest.m
@@ -260,10 +260,29 @@
 
 - (void)setEntity: (OFDataArray*)entity
 {
 	OF_SETTER(_entity, entity, true, 0)
 }
+
+- (void)setEntityFromString: (OFString*)string
+{
+	[self setEntityFromString: string
+			 encoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_UTF_8];
+}
+
+- (void)setEntityFromString: (OFString*)string
+		   encoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding
+{
+	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
+	OFDataArray *entity = [OFDataArray dataArray];
+
+	[entity addItems: [string cStringWithEncoding: encoding]
+		   count: [string cStringLengthWithEncoding: encoding]];
+	[self setEntity: entity];
+
+	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
+}
 
 - (OFDataArray*)entity
 {
 	OF_GETTER(_entity, true)
 }