1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/cgi/util.rb b/lib/cgi/util.rb
index 8b129a44a5..4986e544e0 100644
--- a/lib/cgi/util.rb
+++ b/lib/cgi/util.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ module CGI::Util
     end
     buffer.force_encoding(encoding)
   end
+  alias escape_uri_component escapeURIComponent
 
   # URL-decode a string following RFC 3986 with encoding(optional).
   #   string = CGI.unescapeURIComponent("%27Stop%21%27+said%20Fred")
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ module CGI::Util
     str.valid_encoding? ? str : str.force_encoding(string.encoding)
   end
 
+  alias unescape_uri_component unescapeURIComponent
+
   # The set of special characters and their escaped values
   TABLE_FOR_ESCAPE_HTML__ = {
     "'" => '&#39;',