diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index 6685716785..3cde44c513 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -1042,3 +1042,12 @@ void ReplaceText( CString &Text, const map<CString,CString> &m )
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+/* Form a string to identify a wchar_t with ASCII. */
+CString WcharDisplayText(wchar_t c)
+{
+	CString chr;
+	chr = ssprintf("U+%4.4x", c);
+	if(c < 128) chr += ssprintf(" ('%c')", char(c));
+	return chr;
+}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index b4efe44a6a..9096bed541 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ void regex_flags(int flags);
 
 void Replace_Unicode_Markers( CString &Text );
 void ReplaceText( CString &Text, const map<CString,CString> &m );
+CString WcharDisplayText(wchar_t c);
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 #include <unistd.h> /* correct place with correct definitions */