diff --git a/ports/cef/string.rs b/ports/cef/string.rs
index db4a61abac5..2c3be54243e 100644
--- a/ports/cef/string.rs
+++ b/ports/cef/string.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use libc::types::os::arch::c95::wchar_t;
 use mem::{new0,newarray0,delete,deletearray};
 use std::mem;
 use std::ptr;
+use std::slice;
 use std::string;
 use types::{cef_string_utf16_t, cef_string_utf8_t, cef_string_wide_t};
 use types::{cef_string_userfree_utf16_t, cef_string_userfree_utf8_t, cef_string_userfree_wide_t};
@@ -103,6 +104,24 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_utf8_to_utf16(src: *const u8, src_len: size_t, outp
     1
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn cef_string_utf16_to_utf8(src: *const u16, src_len: size_t, output: *mut cef_string_utf8_t) -> c_int {
+    unsafe {
+       slice::raw::buf_as_slice(src, src_len as uint, |ustr| {
+            match string::String::from_utf16(ustr) {
+                Some(str) => {
+                    cef_string_utf8_set(str.as_bytes().as_ptr(), str.len() as size_t, output, 1);
+                    return 1 as c_int;
+                },
+                None => {
+                    return 0 as c_int;
+                }
+            }
+       });
+    }
+    1
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn cef_string_utf16_clear(cs: *mut cef_string_utf16_t) {
     unsafe {