1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/serialization.cpp b/src/serialization.cpp
index c324ca0fd..6a43d9190 100644
--- a/src/serialization.cpp
+++ b/src/serialization.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ void compressZlib(SharedBuffer<u8> data, std::ostream &os)
 
 }
 
+void compressZlib(const std::string &data, std::ostream &os)
+{
+	SharedBuffer<u8> databuf((u8*)data.c_str(), data.size());
+	compressZlib(databuf, os);
+}
+
 void decompressZlib(std::istream &is, std::ostream &os)
 {
 	z_stream z;