2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/header-py.c b/python/header-py.c
index 1ea5acf87..dc26d8e4e 100644
--- a/python/header-py.c
+++ b/python/header-py.c
@@ -415,6 +415,21 @@ static PyObject * hdr_iternext(hdrObject *s)
     return res;
 }
 
+int utf8FromPyObject(PyObject *item, PyObject **str)
+{
+    PyObject *res = NULL;
+    if (PyBytes_Check(item)) {
+	Py_XINCREF(item);
+	res = item;
+    } else if (PyUnicode_Check(item)) {
+	res = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(item);
+    }
+    if (res == NULL) return 0;
+
+    *str = res;
+    return 1;
+}
+
 int tagNumFromPyObject (PyObject *item, rpmTag *tagp)
 {
     rpmTag tag = RPMTAG_NOT_FOUND;
diff --git a/python/header-py.h b/python/header-py.h
index 497ce3ac1..28378ac58 100644
--- a/python/header-py.h
+++ b/python/header-py.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern PyObject * pyrpmError;
 PyObject * hdr_Wrap(PyTypeObject *subtype, Header h);
 
 int hdrFromPyObject(PyObject *item, Header *h);
-
+int utf8FromPyObject(PyObject *item, PyObject **str);
 int tagNumFromPyObject (PyObject *item, rpmTag *tagp);
 
 PyObject * labelCompare (PyObject * self, PyObject * args);