diff --git a/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp b/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
index 9d1a367df..51b9f3e27 100644
--- a/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
+++ b/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,50 @@ static int tolua_LOGERROR(lua_State * tolua_S)
 
 
 
+static int tolua_Base64Encode(lua_State * tolua_S)
+{
+	cLuaState L(tolua_S);
+	if (
+		!L.CheckParamString(1) ||
+		!L.CheckParamEnd(2)
+	)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	AString Src;
+	L.GetStackValue(1, Src);
+	AString res = Base64Encode(Src);
+	L.Push(res);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+static int tolua_Base64Decode(lua_State * tolua_S)
+{
+	cLuaState L(tolua_S);
+	if (
+		!L.CheckParamString(1) ||
+		!L.CheckParamEnd(2)
+	)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	AString Src;
+	L.GetStackValue(1, Src);
+	AString res = Base64Decode(Src);
+	L.Push(res);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 cPluginLua * GetLuaPlugin(lua_State * L)
 {
 	// Get the plugin identification out of LuaState:
@@ -2869,6 +2913,8 @@ void ManualBindings::Bind(lua_State * tolua_S)
 		tolua_function(tolua_S, "LOGWARN",            tolua_LOGWARN);
 		tolua_function(tolua_S, "LOGWARNING",         tolua_LOGWARN);
 		tolua_function(tolua_S, "LOGERROR",           tolua_LOGERROR);
+		tolua_function(tolua_S, "Base64Encode",       tolua_Base64Encode);
+		tolua_function(tolua_S, "Base64Decode",       tolua_Base64Decode);
 		
 		tolua_beginmodule(tolua_S, "cFile");
 			tolua_function(tolua_S, "GetFolderContents", tolua_cFile_GetFolderContents);
diff --git a/src/StringUtils.h b/src/StringUtils.h
index 4feff7553..da395e5b5 100644
--- a/src/StringUtils.h
+++ b/src/StringUtils.h
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ extern AString URLDecode(const AString & a_String);  // Cannot export to Lua aut
 extern AString ReplaceAllCharOccurrences(const AString & a_String, char a_From, char a_To);  // Needn't export to Lua, since Lua doesn't have chars anyway
 
 /// Decodes a Base64-encoded string into the raw data
-extern AString Base64Decode(const AString & a_Base64String);
+extern AString Base64Decode(const AString & a_Base64String);  // Exported manually due to embedded NULs and extra parameter
 
 /// Encodes a string into Base64
-extern AString Base64Encode(const AString & a_Input);
+extern AString Base64Encode(const AString & a_Input);  // Exported manually due to embedded NULs and extra parameter
 
 /// Reads two bytes from the specified memory location and interprets them as BigEndian short
 extern short GetBEShort(const char * a_Mem);