diff --git a/include/stdex/unicode.hpp b/include/stdex/unicode.hpp
index fd981b100..08866c95d 100644
--- a/include/stdex/unicode.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/unicode.hpp
@@ -132,6 +132,23 @@ namespace stdex
 		strcpy(dst, src.data(), src.size(), charset);
 	}
 
+	///
+	/// Convert string to Unicode string (UTF-16 on Windows)
+	///
+	/// \param[in]  src        String. Must be zero-terminated.
+	/// \param[in]  charset    Charset (stdex::charset_id::default - system default)
+	///
+	/// \return Unicode string
+	///
+	inline std::wstring str2wstr(
+		_In_z_ const char* src,
+		_In_ charset_id charset = charset_id::default)
+	{
+		std::wstring dst;
+		strcat(dst, src, SIZE_MAX, charset);
+		return dst;
+	}
+
 	///
 	/// Convert string to Unicode string (UTF-16 on Windows)
 	///
@@ -266,6 +283,23 @@ namespace stdex
 		strcpy(dst, src.data(), src.size(), charset);
 	}
 
+	///
+	/// Convert Unicode string (UTF-16 on Windows) to string
+	///
+	/// \param[in]  src        Unicode string. Must be zero-terminated.
+	/// \param[in]  charset    Charset (stdex::charset_id::default - system default)
+	///
+	/// \return String
+	///
+	inline std::string wstr2str(
+		_In_z_ const wchar_t* src,
+		_In_ charset_id charset = charset_id::default)
+	{
+		std::string dst;
+		strcat(dst, src, SIZE_MAX, charset);
+		return dst;
+	}
+
 	///
 	/// Convert Unicode string (UTF-16 on Windows) to string
 	///