diff --git a/intl/uconv/idl/nsICharsetConverterManager2.idl b/intl/uconv/idl/nsICharsetConverterManager2.idl
index 624ad37e861..e85d2d23efd 100644
--- a/intl/uconv/idl/nsICharsetConverterManager2.idl
+++ b/intl/uconv/idl/nsICharsetConverterManager2.idl
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ interface nsICharsetConverterManager2 : nsISupports
    */
   nsIAtom GetCharsetAtom([const] in wstring charset);
 
+  /**
+   * Friendlier version.
+   */
+  nsIAtom GetCharsetAtom2([const] in string charset);
+
   /**
    * Get the human-readable name for the given charset.
    */
diff --git a/intl/uconv/src/nsCharsetConverterManager.cpp b/intl/uconv/src/nsCharsetConverterManager.cpp
index 8fdace744a7..63150e8fe64 100644
--- a/intl/uconv/src/nsCharsetConverterManager.cpp
+++ b/intl/uconv/src/nsCharsetConverterManager.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ public:
   NS_IMETHOD GetCharsetDetectorList(nsISupportsArray ** aResult);
 
   NS_IMETHOD GetCharsetAtom(const PRUnichar * aCharset, nsIAtom ** aResult);
+  NS_IMETHOD GetCharsetAtom2(const char * aCharset, nsIAtom ** aResult);
   NS_IMETHOD GetCharsetTitle(const nsIAtom * aCharset, PRUnichar ** aResult);
   NS_IMETHOD GetCharsetTitle2(const nsIAtom * aCharset, nsString * aResult);
   NS_IMETHOD GetCharsetData(const nsIAtom * aCharset, const PRUnichar * aProp, 
@@ -1037,6 +1038,15 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsCharsetConverterManager::GetCharsetAtom(
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
+NS_IMETHODIMP nsCharsetConverterManager::GetCharsetAtom2(
+                                         const char * aCharset, 
+                                         nsIAtom ** aResult)
+{
+  nsAutoString str;
+  str.AssignWithConversion(aCharset);
+  return GetCharsetAtom(str.GetUnicode(), aResult);
+}
+
 NS_IMETHODIMP nsCharsetConverterManager::GetCharsetTitle(
                                          const nsIAtom * aCharset, 
                                          PRUnichar ** aResult)