diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.cpp b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
index 48ec1ce..e2e2f51 100755
--- a/src/PubSubClient.cpp
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ boolean PubSubClient::publish(const char* topic, const uint8_t* payload, unsigne
     return false;
 }
 
+boolean PubSubClient::publish_P(const char* topic, const char* payload, boolean retained) {
+    return publish_P(topic, (const uint8_t*)payload, strlen(payload), retained);
+}
+
 boolean PubSubClient::publish_P(const char* topic, const uint8_t* payload, unsigned int plength, boolean retained) {
     uint8_t llen = 0;
     uint8_t digit;
diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.h b/src/PubSubClient.h
index b476b63..0d9c4f6 100755
--- a/src/PubSubClient.h
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public:
    boolean publish(const char* topic, const char* payload, boolean retained);
    boolean publish(const char* topic, const uint8_t * payload, unsigned int plength);
    boolean publish(const char* topic, const uint8_t * payload, unsigned int plength, boolean retained);
+   boolean publish_P(const char* topic, const char* payload, boolean retained);
    boolean publish_P(const char* topic, const uint8_t * payload, unsigned int plength, boolean retained);
    // Start to publish a message.
    // This API: