diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h b/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h
index b2f3f2fb65..79e64bddb7 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h
@@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ eet_dictionary_string_check    * example: values), and @p type is the basic data
    EAPI void eet_node_del(Eet_Node *n);
 
    EAPI void *eet_data_node_encode_cipher(Eet_Node *node, const char *key, int *size_ret);
+   EAPI int eet_data_node_write_cipher(Eet_File *ef, const char *name, const char *key, Eet_Node *node, int compress);
 
 /***************************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
index 52ea5ab39a..047d75720b 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
@@ -3260,6 +3260,23 @@ _eet_data_descriptor_encode(Eet_Dictionary *ed,
    return cdata;
 }
 
+EAPI int
+eet_data_node_write_cipher(Eet_File *ef, const char *name, const char *key, Eet_Node *node, int compress)
+{
+   Eet_Dictionary       *ed;
+   void                 *data_enc;
+   int                   size;
+   int                   val;
+
+   ed = eet_dictionary_get(ef);
+
+   data_enc = _eet_data_dump_encode(ed, node, &size);
+   if (!data_enc) return 0;
+   val = eet_write_cipher(ef, name, data_enc, size, compress, key);
+   free(data_enc);
+   return val;
+}
+
 EAPI void *
 eet_data_node_encode_cipher(Eet_Node *node,
 			    const char *key,