diff --git a/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.cc b/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.cc
index 6850cd460b1d..6d652cca59b4 100644
--- a/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.cc
+++ b/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.cc
@@ -102,17 +102,16 @@ void ScopedClipboardWriter::WriteImage(const SkBitmap& bitmap) {
   objects_[Clipboard::CBF_SMBITMAP] = parameters;
 }
 
-void ScopedClipboardWriter::WritePickledData(
-    const base::Pickle& pickle,
-    const Clipboard::FormatType& format) {
+void ScopedClipboardWriter::WriteData(const char* data,
+                                      int size,
+                                      const Clipboard::FormatType& format) {
   std::string format_string = format.Serialize();
   Clipboard::ObjectMapParam format_parameter(format_string.begin(),
                                              format_string.end());
   Clipboard::ObjectMapParam data_parameter;
 
-  data_parameter.resize(pickle.size());
-  memcpy(const_cast<char*>(&data_parameter.front()),
-         pickle.data(), pickle.size());
+  data_parameter.resize(size);
+  memcpy(const_cast<char*>(&data_parameter.front()), data, size);
 
   Clipboard::ObjectMapParams parameters;
   parameters.push_back(format_parameter);
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ void ScopedClipboardWriter::WritePickledData(
   objects_[Clipboard::CBF_DATA] = parameters;
 }
 
+void ScopedClipboardWriter::WritePickledData(
+    const base::Pickle& pickle,
+    const Clipboard::FormatType& format) {
+  WriteData(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pickle.data()), pickle.size(),
+            format);
+}
+
 void ScopedClipboardWriter::Reset() {
   objects_.clear();
   bitmap_.reset();
diff --git a/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.h b/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.h
index a7e064561ca9..d5a1b76bc6a7 100644
--- a/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.h
+++ b/ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.h
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ class UI_BASE_EXPORT ScopedClipboardWriter {
   // Used by WebKit to determine whether WebKit wrote the clipboard last
   void WriteWebSmartPaste();
 
+  // Adds arbitrary data to clipboard.
+  void WriteData(const char* data,
+                 int size,
+                 const Clipboard::FormatType& format);
+
   // Adds arbitrary pickled data to clipboard.
   void WritePickledData(const base::Pickle& pickle,
                         const Clipboard::FormatType& format);