diff --git a/public/utflib.c b/public/utflib.c
index c3b69ca1..80d2f1f8 100644
--- a/public/utflib.c
+++ b/public/utflib.c
@@ -205,3 +205,42 @@ size_t Q_UTF16ToUTF8( char *dst, size_t dstsize, const uint16_t *src, size_t src
 
 	return dsti;
 }
+
+static uint16_t table_cp1251[64] = {
+	0x0402, 0x0403, 0x201A, 0x0453, 0x201E, 0x2026, 0x2020, 0x2021,
+	0x20AC, 0x2030, 0x0409, 0x2039, 0x040A, 0x040C, 0x040B, 0x040F,
+	0x0452, 0x2018, 0x2019, 0x201C, 0x201D, 0x2022, 0x2013, 0x2014,
+	0x007F, 0x2122, 0x0459, 0x203A, 0x045A, 0x045C, 0x045B, 0x045F,
+	0x00A0, 0x040E, 0x045E, 0x0408, 0x00A4, 0x0490, 0x00A6, 0x00A7,
+	0x0401, 0x00A9, 0x0404, 0x00AB, 0x00AC, 0x00AD, 0x00AE, 0x0407,
+	0x00B0, 0x00B1, 0x0406, 0x0456, 0x0491, 0x00B5, 0x00B6, 0x00B7,
+	0x0451, 0x2116, 0x0454, 0x00BB, 0x0458, 0x0405, 0x0455, 0x0457
+};
+
+uint32_t Q_UnicodeToCP1251( uint32_t uc )
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	if( uc < 0x80 )
+		return uc;
+
+	if( uc >= 0x0410 && uc <= 0x042F )
+		return uc - 0x410 + 0xC0;
+
+	if( uc >= 0x0430 && uc <= 0x044F )
+		return uc - 0x430 + 0xE0;
+
+	for( i = 0; i < sizeof( table_cp1251 ) / sizeof( table_cp1251[0] ); i++ )
+	{
+		if( uc == (uint32_t)table_cp1251[i] )
+			return i + 0x80;
+	}
+
+	return '?';
+}
+
+uint32_t Q_UnicodeToCP1252( uint32_t uc )
+{
+	// this is NOT valid way to convert Unicode codepoint back to CP1252!!!
+	return uc < 0xFF ? uc : '?';
+}
diff --git a/public/utflib.h b/public/utflib.h
index eb32c16f..41c60137 100644
--- a/public/utflib.h
+++ b/public/utflib.h
@@ -37,4 +37,8 @@ size_t Q_UTF8Length( const char *s );
 // srcsize in byte pairs
 size_t Q_UTF16ToUTF8( char *dst, size_t dstsize, const uint16_t *src, size_t srcsize );
 
+// function to convert Unicode codepoints into CP1251 or CP1252
+uint32_t Q_UnicodeToCP1251( uint32_t uc );
+uint32_t Q_UnicodeToCP1252( uint32_t uc );
+
 #endif // UTFLIB_H