diff --git a/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.cpp b/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.cpp
index a32466245..815e2c0ff 100644
--- a/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.cpp
+++ b/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ QtScriptResolverHelper::readFile( const QString& fileName )
     return file.readAll();
 }
 
+QString
+QtScriptResolverHelper::compress( const QString& data )
+{
+    QByteArray comp = qCompress( data.toLatin1(), 9 );
+    return comp.toBase64();
+}
+
+
 
 QtScriptResolver::QtScriptResolver( const QString& scriptPath )
     : Tomahawk::ExternalResolver( scriptPath )
diff --git a/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.h b/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.h
index 02c7f096f..f77c93c02 100644
--- a/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.h
+++ b/src/resolvers/qtscriptresolver.h
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ class QtScriptResolverHelper : public QObject
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    QtScriptResolverHelper(const QString& scriptPath, QObject* parent );
+    QtScriptResolverHelper( const QString& scriptPath, QObject* parent );
 
 public slots:
-    QString readFile(const QString& fileName);
+    QString readFile( const QString& fileName );
+    QString compress( const QString& data );
 
 private:
     QString m_scriptPath;