diff --git a/base/general/rtl/TextUtilPkg.vhd b/base/general/rtl/TextUtilPkg.vhd
index a55d7335c5..681ed3561f 100644
--- a/base/general/rtl/TextUtilPkg.vhd
+++ b/base/general/rtl/TextUtilPkg.vhd
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ package TextUtilPkg is
    procedure print(file out_file :    text;
                    char          : in character);
 
-
+   -- appends contents of a string to a file until line feed occurs
+   -- (LF is considered to be the end of the string)
+   procedure strWrite(file out_file :    text;
+                      new_string    : in string);
 
 end TextUtilPkg;