1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index 1eedd8b61a..7c80eeccb4 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ void print_wrapped_text(const char *text, int indent, int indent2, int width)
 	}
 }
 
+int is_encoding_utf8(const char *name)
+{
+	if (!name)
+		return 1;
+	if (!strcasecmp(name, "utf-8") || !strcasecmp(name, "utf8"))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Given a buffer and its encoding, return it re-encoded
  * with iconv.  If the conversion fails, returns NULL.