diff --git a/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.h b/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.h
index a3d1aa037..a01101ab2 100644
--- a/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.h
+++ b/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.h
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@ const std::string convertLatin1UTF8(const std::string &string);
 int isUTF8(const std::string &string);
 std::string convertDVBUTF8(const char *data, int len, int table, int tsidonid = 0);
 int readEncodingFile();
+
+inline std::string convertDVBUTF8(const std::string &string, int table=0, int tsidonid=0)
+{
+	return convertDVBUTF8((const char*)string.c_str(), string.length(), table, tsidonid);
+}
+
 #endif // __E_STRING__