diff --git a/ndn-cpp/name.cpp b/ndn-cpp/name.cpp
index 226626f..74df146 100644
--- a/ndn-cpp/name.cpp
+++ b/ndn-cpp/name.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,23 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+void Name::Component::setSegment(unsigned long segment)
+{
+  value_.clear();
+  
+  // First encode in little endian.
+  while (segment != 0) {
+    value_.push_back(segment & 0xff);
+    segment >>= 8;
+  }
+  
+  // Append a zero which will become the leading zero when we reverse.
+  value_.push_back(0);
+  
+  // Make it big endian.
+  reverse(value_.begin(), value_.end());
+}
+
 Name::Name(const char *uri_cstr) 
 {
   string uri = uri_cstr;