diff --git a/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp b/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp
index 19374657..f5c6b238 100644
--- a/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp
@@ -387,6 +387,28 @@ FCEUD_Update(uint8 *XBuf,
 /**
  * Opens a file to be read a byte at a time.
  */
+std::fstream* FCEUD_UTF8_fstream(const char *n, const char *m)
+{
+	std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios_base::binary;
+	if(!strcmp(m,"r") || !strcmp(m,"rb"))
+		mode |= std::ios_base::in;
+	else if(!strcmp(m,"w") || !strcmp(m,"wb"))
+		mode |= std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::trunc;
+	else if(!strcmp(m,"a") || !strcmp(m,"ab"))
+		mode |= std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::app;
+	else if(!strcmp(m,"r+") || !strcmp(m,"r+b"))
+		mode |= std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out;
+	else if(!strcmp(m,"w+") || !strcmp(m,"w+b"))
+		mode |= std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::trunc;
+	else if(!strcmp(m,"a+") || !strcmp(m,"a+b"))
+		mode |= std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::app;
+	
+	return new std::fstream(n,mode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Opens a file, C++ style, to be read a byte at a time.
+ */
 FILE *FCEUD_UTF8fopen(const char *fn, const char *mode)
 {
     return(fopen(fn,mode));