diff --git a/io/misc.cpp b/io/misc.cpp
index 9c6a90c..ed6290e 100644
--- a/io/misc.cpp
+++ b/io/misc.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace CppUtilities {
  * \brief Reads all contents of the specified file in a single call.
  * \throws Throws std::ios_base::failure when an error occurs or the specified \a maxSize
  *         would be exceeded.
+ * \todo Use std::string_view to pass \a path in v6.
  */
 std::string readFile(const std::string &path, std::string::size_type maxSize)
 {
@@ -28,4 +29,20 @@ std::string readFile(const std::string &path, std::string::size_type maxSize)
     res.assign((istreambuf_iterator<char>(file)), istreambuf_iterator<char>());
     return res;
 }
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Writes all \a contents to the specified file in a single call.
+ * \throws Throws std::ios_base::failure when an error occurs.
+ * \remarks Closing the file manually to prevent flushing the file within the d'tor which
+ *          would suppress an exception
+ */
+void writeFile(std::string_view path, std::string_view contents)
+{
+    NativeFileStream file;
+    file.exceptions(ios_base::failbit | ios_base::badbit);
+    file.open(path.data(), ios_base::out | ios_base::trunc | ios_base::binary);
+    file.write(contents.data(), static_cast<std::streamoff>(contents.size()));
+    file.close();
+}
+
 } // namespace CppUtilities
diff --git a/io/misc.h b/io/misc.h
index 47809fc..86739ba 100644
--- a/io/misc.h
+++ b/io/misc.h
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 #include "../global.h"
 
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace CppUtilities {
 
 CPP_UTILITIES_EXPORT std::string readFile(const std::string &path, std::string::size_type maxSize = std::string::npos);
-}
+CPP_UTILITIES_EXPORT void writeFile(std::string_view path, std::string_view contents);
+} // namespace CppUtilities
 
 #endif // IOUTILITIES_MISC_H
diff --git a/tests/iotests.cpp b/tests/iotests.cpp
index 79974c6..0e596d3 100644
--- a/tests/iotests.cpp
+++ b/tests/iotests.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class IoTests : public TestFixture {
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testIniFile);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testCopy);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testReadFile);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testWriteFile);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testAnsiEscapeCodes);
 #ifdef CPP_UTILITIES_USE_NATIVE_FILE_BUFFER
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testNativeFileStream);
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ public:
     void testIniFile();
     void testCopy();
     void testReadFile();
+    void testWriteFile();
     void testAnsiEscapeCodes();
 #ifdef CPP_UTILITIES_USE_NATIVE_FILE_BUFFER
     void testNativeFileStream();
@@ -366,6 +368,19 @@ void IoTests::testReadFile()
 #endif
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Tests writeFile().
+ */
+void IoTests::testWriteFile()
+{
+    const string path(workingCopyPath("test.ini", WorkingCopyMode::NoCopy));
+    writeFile(path, "some contents");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL("some contents"s, readFile(path));
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Tests formatting functions of CppUtilities::EscapeCodes namespace.
+ */
 void IoTests::testAnsiEscapeCodes()
 {
     stringstream ss1;