diff --git a/rlp/encbuffer.go b/rlp/encbuffer.go
index 0e200a9a33bbe..50b83099c3496 100644
--- a/rlp/encbuffer.go
+++ b/rlp/encbuffer.go
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ func (buf *encBuffer) writeBytes(b []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (buf *encBuffer) writeString(s string) {
+	buf.writeBytes([]byte(s))
+}
+
 // wordBytes is the number of bytes in a big.Word
 const wordBytes = (32 << (uint64(^big.Word(0)) >> 63)) / 8
 
@@ -340,6 +344,11 @@ func (w EncoderBuffer) WriteBytes(b []byte) {
 	w.buf.writeBytes(b)
 }
 
+// WriteBytes encodes s as an RLP string.
+func (w EncoderBuffer) WriteString(s string) {
+	w.buf.writeString(s)
+}
+
 // List starts a list. It returns an internal index. Call EndList with
 // this index after encoding the content to finish the list.
 func (w EncoderBuffer) List() int {