diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
index 2b11d89dd871..f05a51388470 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
@@ -935,6 +935,10 @@ public class FileUtil {
     writeToFile(file, text, false);
   }
 
+  public static void writeToFile(final File file, final String text) throws IOException {
+    writeToFile(file, text.getBytes("UTF-8"), false);
+  }
+
   public static void writeToFile(final File file, final byte[] text, int off, int len) throws IOException {
     writeToFile(file, text, off, len, false);
   }