diff --git a/string.cpp b/string.cpp
index 4601d1a6..34423493 100644
--- a/string.cpp
+++ b/string.cpp
@@ -17,9 +17,30 @@
 #include "./string.hpp"
 
 #include <cstring>
+#include <codecvt>
+#include <locale>
 
 using util::tokeniser;
 
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+std::string
+util::to_utf8 (const wchar_t *src)
+{
+    using convert_t = std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>;
+    std::wstring_convert<convert_t,wchar_t> converter;
+    return converter.to_bytes (src);
+}
+
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::string
+util::to_utf8 (const std::wstring &src)
+{
+    return to_utf8 (src.c_str ());
+}
+
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // TODO: Horribly inefficient, but God help you if you're relying on this
 // being efficient in the first place.
diff --git a/string.hpp b/string.hpp
index 539bc9fd..d7c9434e 100644
--- a/string.hpp
+++ b/string.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 #include "./view.hpp"
 
 
+namespace util {
+    std::string to_utf8 (const wchar_t*);
+    std::string to_utf8 (const std::wstring&);
+}
+
+
 bool
 strbegins(const char *restrict str,
           const char *restrict prefix);