diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
index 129a6a86f..1cd3e031d 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
@@ -904,4 +904,14 @@ percentEncode( const QUrl& url )
     return data;
 }
 
+QByteArray
+encodedQuery( const QUrl& url )
+{
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK( 5, 0, 0 )
+    return url.query(QUrl::FullyEncoded).toUtf8();
+#else
+    return url.encodedQuery();
+#endif
+}
+
 } // ns
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
index c40f58bd4..03cdfed68 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ namespace TomahawkUtils
     DLLEXPORT bool urlHasQueryItem( const QUrl& url, const QString& key );
     DLLEXPORT QList<QPair<QString, QString> > urlQueryItems( const QUrl& url );
     DLLEXPORT void urlSetQuery( QUrl& url, const QString& query );
+    DLLEXPORT QByteArray encodedQuery( const QUrl& url );
 
 }