diff --git a/include/acpi/acpigen.h b/include/acpi/acpigen.h
index 8809cdb..9c1faf7 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpigen.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpigen.h
@@ -46,4 +46,23 @@
  */
 void acpigen_emit_dword(struct acpi_ctx *ctx, uint data);
 
+/**
+ * acpigen_emit_stream() - Emit a stream of bytes
+ *
+ * @ctx: ACPI context pointer
+ * @data: Data to output
+ * @size: Size of data in bytes
+ */
+void acpigen_emit_stream(struct acpi_ctx *ctx, const char *data, int size);
+
+/**
+ * acpigen_emit_string() - Emit a string
+ *
+ * Emit a string with a null terminator
+ *
+ * @ctx: ACPI context pointer
+ * @str: String to output, or NULL for an empty string
+ */
+void acpigen_emit_string(struct acpi_ctx *ctx, const char *str);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/acpi/acpigen.c b/lib/acpi/acpigen.c
index a42ae26..671f1d0 100644
--- a/lib/acpi/acpigen.c
+++ b/lib/acpi/acpigen.c
@@ -37,3 +37,17 @@
 	acpigen_emit_byte(ctx, (data >> 16) & 0xff);
 	acpigen_emit_byte(ctx, (data >> 24) & 0xff);
 }
+
+void acpigen_emit_stream(struct acpi_ctx *ctx, const char *data, int size)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+		acpigen_emit_byte(ctx, data[i]);
+}
+
+void acpigen_emit_string(struct acpi_ctx *ctx, const char *str)
+{
+	acpigen_emit_stream(ctx, str, str ? strlen(str) : 0);
+	acpigen_emit_byte(ctx, '\0');
+}
diff --git a/test/dm/acpigen.c b/test/dm/acpigen.c
index a4adfbf..26d1b76 100644
--- a/test/dm/acpigen.c
+++ b/test/dm/acpigen.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 /* Maximum size of the ACPI context needed for most tests */
 #define ACPI_CONTEXT_SIZE	150
 
+#define TEST_STRING	"frogmore"
+#define TEST_STREAM2	"\xfa\xde"
+
 static int alloc_context(struct acpi_ctx **ctxp)
 {
 	struct acpi_ctx *ctx;
@@ -73,6 +76,45 @@
 }
 DM_TEST(dm_test_acpi_emit_simple, 0);
 
+/* Test emitting a stream */
+static int dm_test_acpi_emit_stream(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct acpi_ctx *ctx;
+	u8 *ptr;
+
+	ut_assertok(alloc_context(&ctx));
+
+	ptr = acpigen_get_current(ctx);
+	acpigen_emit_stream(ctx, TEST_STREAM2, 2);
+	ut_asserteq(2, acpigen_get_current(ctx) - ptr);
+	ut_asserteq((u8)TEST_STREAM2[0], ptr[0]);
+	ut_asserteq((u8)TEST_STREAM2[1], ptr[1]);
+
+	free_context(&ctx);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DM_TEST(dm_test_acpi_emit_stream, 0);
+
+/* Test emitting a string */
+static int dm_test_acpi_emit_string(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct acpi_ctx *ctx;
+	u8 *ptr;
+
+	ut_assertok(alloc_context(&ctx));
+
+	ptr = acpigen_get_current(ctx);
+	acpigen_emit_string(ctx, TEST_STRING);
+	ut_asserteq(sizeof(TEST_STRING), acpigen_get_current(ctx) - ptr);
+	ut_asserteq_str(TEST_STRING, (char *)ptr);
+
+	free_context(&ctx);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DM_TEST(dm_test_acpi_emit_string, 0);
+
 /* Test emitting an interrupt descriptor */
 static int dm_test_acpi_interrupt(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 {