diff --git a/src/dt/dt.h b/src/dt/dt.h
index 0ac6bcd..67f5fb7 100644
--- a/src/dt/dt.h
+++ b/src/dt/dt.h
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@
 extern int of_property_write_u64_array(struct device_node *np,
 				const char *propname, const uint64_t *values,
 				size_t sz);
+extern int of_property_write_string(struct device_node *np,
+				const char *propname, const char *value);
 
 extern struct device_node *of_parse_phandle(const struct device_node *np,
 					    const char *phandle_name,
diff --git a/src/libdt-utils.sym b/src/libdt-utils.sym
index ee7f430..2c63d55 100644
--- a/src/libdt-utils.sym
+++ b/src/libdt-utils.sym
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 	of_property_read_u64;
 	of_property_read_u8_array;
 	of_property_write_bool;
+	of_property_write_string;
 	of_property_write_u16_array;
 	of_property_write_u32_array;
 	of_property_write_u64_array;
diff --git a/src/libdt.c b/src/libdt.c
index 3adeed2..8236a69 100644
--- a/src/libdt.c
+++ b/src/libdt.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,28 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * of_property_write_string - Write a string to a property. If
+ * the property does not exist, it will be created and appended to the given
+ * device node.
+ *
+ * @np:		device node to which the property value is to be written.
+ * @propname:	name of the property to be written.
+ * @value:	pointer to the string to write
+ *
+ * Search for a property in a device node and write a string to
+ * it. If the property does not exist, it will be created and appended to
+ * the device node. Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM if the property or array
+ * of elements cannot be created.
+ */
+int of_property_write_string(struct device_node *np,
+			     const char *propname, const char *value)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(value);
+
+	return of_set_property(np, propname, value, len + 1, 1);
+}
+
+/**
  * of_parse_phandle - Resolve a phandle property to a device_node pointer
  * @np: Pointer to device node holding phandle property
  * @phandle_name: Name of property holding a phandle value