diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index e4cfd38664..f74ddadcc9 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-06  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
+
+	* sb.h (sb_add_buffer): Reintroduce.
+	* sb.c (sb_add_buffer): Likewise.
+
 2005-05-06  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
 
 	* macro.c (new_formal, del_formal): New.
diff --git a/gas/sb.c b/gas/sb.c
index 0195c9226b..ba430cfd6c 100644
--- a/gas/sb.c
+++ b/gas/sb.c
@@ -165,6 +165,16 @@ sb_add_string (sb *ptr, const char *s)
   ptr->len += len;
 }
 
+/* add string at s of length len to sb at ptr */
+
+void
+sb_add_buffer (sb *ptr, const char *s, int len)
+{
+  sb_check (ptr, len);
+  memcpy (ptr->ptr + ptr->len, s, len);
+  ptr->len += len;
+}
+
 /* like sb_name, but don't include the null byte in the string.  */
 
 char *
diff --git a/gas/sb.h b/gas/sb.h
index aec5a516ff..5761bd96ae 100644
--- a/gas/sb.h
+++ b/gas/sb.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ extern void sb_add_sb (sb *, sb *);
 extern void sb_reset (sb *);
 extern void sb_add_char (sb *, int);
 extern void sb_add_string (sb *, const char *);
+extern void sb_add_buffer (sb *, const char *, int);
 extern char *sb_terminate (sb *);
 extern int sb_skip_white (int, sb *);
 extern int sb_skip_comma (int, sb *);