diff --git a/lib/pyulib/src/ulib/web/pages.py b/lib/pyulib/src/ulib/web/pages.py
index a5f0104..b5da14e 100644
--- a/lib/pyulib/src/ulib/web/pages.py
+++ b/lib/pyulib/src/ulib/web/pages.py
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ class Page(object):
     def redirect(self, path, **kw):
         return web.redirect(web.url(path, **kw))
 
+    def _utf8plaintext(self, text):
+        web.header("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8", True)
+        return text.encode("utf-8")
+
     def r(self, name, *args, **kw):
         templatedir = getattr(self, 'TEMPLATEDIR', None)
         if templatedir is not None: