diff --git a/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp b/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
index 7d533d0..8156220 100644
--- a/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
+++ b/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
@@ -271,6 +271,20 @@
     components_.push_back(value);
     return *this;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse the escaped string according to the NDN URI Scheme and append a component to this name.
+   * If escapedString has "/", then the value of the single appended component has "/" in it.
+   * (If you need to append a URI which is split into separate components, then call append(Name(uri)).)
+   * @param escapedString The escaped string representing a single component.
+   * @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
+   */
+  Name& 
+  append(const char* escapedString)
+  {
+    components_.push_back(Component::fromEscapedString(escapedString, 0, ::strlen(escapedString)));
+    return *this;
+  }
   
   /**
    * Append the components of the given name to this name.