diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 573bcc75..d9cd6871 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+  - add case decentity to smarty_modifier_escape() (Konstantin A. Pelepelin,
+    messju)
   - make smarty_core_write_compiled_include() php5-aware (messju)
   - removed unused functionality to load a subset of lines from a file (messju)
   - fix is_secure() should only check if a file is_readable, not if
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php b/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php
index b4979554..5bef8b43 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ function smarty_modifier_escape($string, $esc_type = 'html')
             }
             return $return;
 
+        case 'decentity':
+            $return = '';
+            for ($x=0; $x < strlen($string); $x++) {
+                $return .= '&#' . ord($string[$x]) . ';';
+            }
+            return $return;
+
         case 'javascript':
             // escape quotes and backslashes and newlines
             return strtr($string, array('\\'=>'\\\\',"'"=>"\\'",'"'=>'\\"',"\r"=>'\\r',"\n"=>'\\n'));