diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index 84cfc72e6d..8acbc660d3 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -405,6 +405,15 @@ new_line:
 	}
 }
 
+int strbuf_add_wrapped_bytes(struct strbuf *buf, const char *data, int len,
+			     int indent, int indent2, int width)
+{
+	char *tmp = xstrndup(data, len);
+	int r = strbuf_add_wrapped_text(buf, tmp, indent, indent2, width);
+	free(tmp);
+	return r;
+}
+
 int is_encoding_utf8(const char *name)
 {
 	if (!name)
diff --git a/utf8.h b/utf8.h
index ebc4d2fa85..81f2c82fab 100644
--- a/utf8.h
+++ b/utf8.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ int is_encoding_utf8(const char *name);
 
 int strbuf_add_wrapped_text(struct strbuf *buf,
 		const char *text, int indent, int indent2, int width);
+int strbuf_add_wrapped_bytes(struct strbuf *buf, const char *data, int len,
+			     int indent, int indent2, int width);
 
 #ifndef NO_ICONV
 char *reencode_string(const char *in, const char *out_encoding, const char *in_encoding);