diff --git a/Lua API.html b/Lua API.html
index 4aecf48a0..2a214259c 100644
--- a/Lua API.html	
+++ b/Lua API.html	
@@ -1119,6 +1119,12 @@ can be omitted.</p>
 <li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dfhack.TranslateName(name[,in_english,only_last_name])</span></tt></p>
 <p>Convert a language_name or only the last name part to string.</p>
 </li>
+<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">dfhack.df2utf(string)</tt></p>
+<p>Convert a string from DF's CP437 encoding to UTF-8.</p>
+</li>
+<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">dfhack.utf2df(string)</tt></p>
+<p>Convert a string from UTF-8 to DF's CP437 encoding.</p>
+</li>
 </ul>
 <div class="section" id="gui-module">
 <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id20">Gui module</a></h3>
diff --git a/Lua API.rst b/Lua API.rst
index 1fd5147b5..6c769f004 100644
--- a/Lua API.rst	
+++ b/Lua API.rst	
@@ -812,6 +812,14 @@ can be omitted.
 
   Convert a language_name or only the last name part to string.
 
+* ``dfhack.df2utf(string)``
+
+  Convert a string from DF's CP437 encoding to UTF-8.
+
+* ``dfhack.utf2df(string)``
+
+  Convert a string from UTF-8 to DF's CP437 encoding.
+
 Gui module
 ----------
 
diff --git a/library/LuaApi.cpp b/library/LuaApi.cpp
index bdc0c39e5..c64ad6634 100644
--- a/library/LuaApi.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaApi.cpp
@@ -1279,6 +1279,9 @@ static std::string getHackPath() { return Core::getInstance().getHackPath(); }
 static bool isWorldLoaded() { return Core::getInstance().isWorldLoaded(); }
 static bool isMapLoaded() { return Core::getInstance().isMapLoaded(); }
 
+static std::string df2utf(std::string s) { return DF2UTF(s); }
+static std::string utf2df(std::string s) { return UTF2DF(s); }
+
 static const LuaWrapper::FunctionReg dfhack_module[] = {
     WRAP(getOSType),
     WRAP(getDFVersion),
@@ -1288,6 +1291,8 @@ static const LuaWrapper::FunctionReg dfhack_module[] = {
     WRAP(isWorldLoaded),
     WRAP(isMapLoaded),
     WRAPM(Translation, TranslateName),
+    WRAP(df2utf),
+    WRAP(utf2df),
     { NULL, NULL }
 };