diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.cpp
index ef22a09d43..703518da3f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.cpp
@@ -531,3 +531,10 @@ wxString StrToWxStr(const std::string& str)
   // return wxString::FromUTF8Unchecked(str.c_str());
   return wxString::FromUTF8(str.c_str());
 }
+
+unsigned long WxStrToUL(const wxString& str)
+{
+  unsigned long value = 0;
+  str.ToULong(&value);
+  return value;
+}
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.h b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.h
index 6cb449ae2d..7dc5051751 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/WxUtils.h
@@ -145,3 +145,4 @@ wxImage ScaleImage(wxImage image, double source_scale_factor = 1.0,
 
 std::string WxStrToStr(const wxString& str);
 wxString StrToWxStr(const std::string& str);
+unsigned long WxStrToUL(const wxString& str);