diff --git a/r5dev/public/tier1/bitbuf.h b/r5dev/public/tier1/bitbuf.h
index da5ea3e3..9aec7195 100644
--- a/r5dev/public/tier1/bitbuf.h
+++ b/r5dev/public/tier1/bitbuf.h
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ public:
 	// Write a list of bits in.
 	bool           WriteBits(const void* pIn, int nBits);
 
+	bool           WriteBytes(const void* pIn, int nBytes);
+
 	// How many bytes are filled in?
 	int            GetNumBytesWritten() const;
 	int            GetNumBitsWritten() const;
diff --git a/r5dev/tier1/bitbuf.cpp b/r5dev/tier1/bitbuf.cpp
index a269c2f2..87e42603 100644
--- a/r5dev/tier1/bitbuf.cpp
+++ b/r5dev/tier1/bitbuf.cpp
@@ -651,6 +651,14 @@ bool bf_write::WriteBits(const void* pInData, int nBits)
 	return !IsOverflowed();
 }
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Purpose: writes a list of bytes to the buffer
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool bf_write::WriteBytes(const void* pBuf, int nBytes)
+{
+	return WriteBits(pBuf, nBytes << 3);
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Purpose: writes a bit into the buffer
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------