diff --git a/include/wx/stream.h b/include/wx/stream.h
index 5ef44470c1..c2f6a3d45c 100644
--- a/include/wx/stream.h
+++ b/include/wx/stream.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxOutputStream: public wxStreamBase {
   wxOutputStream();
   virtual ~wxOutputStream();
 
+  void PutC(char c);
   virtual wxOutputStream& Write(const void *buffer, size_t size);
   wxOutputStream& Write(wxInputStream& stream_in);
 
diff --git a/src/common/stream.cpp b/src/common/stream.cpp
index ebe0c5aa11..6d3b4edcd5 100644
--- a/src/common/stream.cpp
+++ b/src/common/stream.cpp
@@ -668,6 +668,11 @@ wxOutputStream::~wxOutputStream()
 {
 }
 
+void wxOutputStream::PutC(char c)
+{
+  Write((void *) &c, 1);
+}
+
 wxOutputStream& wxOutputStream::Write(const void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
   m_lastcount = OnSysWrite(buffer, size);