Index: src/OFConstantString.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFConstantString.m
+++ src/OFConstantString.m
@@ -604,10 +604,17 @@
 {
 	[self finishInitialization];
 
 	return [self UTF32StringWithByteOrder: byteOrder];
 }
+
+- (OFData *)dataWithEncoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding
+{
+	[self finishInitialization];
+
+	return [self dataWithEncoding: encoding];
+}
 
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_UNICODE_TABLES
 - (OFString *)decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping
 {
 	[self finishInitialization];

Index: src/OFString.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFString.h
+++ src/OFString.h
@@ -1121,10 +1121,18 @@
  * @return The string in UTF-32 encoding with the specified byte order
  */
 - (const char32_t *)UTF32StringWithByteOrder: (of_byte_order_t)byteOrder
     OF_RETURNS_INNER_POINTER;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Returns the string as OFData with the specified encoding.
+ *
+ * @param encoding The encoding to use for the returned OFData
+ * @return The string as OFData with the specified encoding
+ */
+- (OFData *)dataWithEncoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding;
+
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_UNICODE_TABLES
 /*!
  * @brief Returns the string in Unicode Normalization Form D (NFD).
  *
  * @return The string in Unicode Normalization Form D (NFD)

Index: src/OFString.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFString.m
+++ src/OFString.m
@@ -2769,10 +2769,24 @@
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
 			ret[i] = OF_BSWAP32(ret[i]);
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+- (OFData *)dataWithEncoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding
+{
+	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
+	OFData *data =
+	    [OFData dataWithItems: [self cStringWithEncoding: encoding]
+			    count: [self cStringLengthWithEncoding: encoding]];
+
+	[data retain];
+
+	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
+
+	return [data autorelease];
+}
 
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_UNICODE_TABLES
 - (OFString *)decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping
 {
 	return decomposedString(self, of_unicode_decomposition_table,