diff --git a/Tests/OutputFilterTest.php b/Tests/OutputFilterTest.php
index acab4710..f173d079 100644
--- a/Tests/OutputFilterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/OutputFilterTest.php
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ public function testLinkXhtmlSafe()
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests making strings safe for usage in JS
+     */
+    public function testStringJSSafe()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '\u0054\u0065\u0073\u0074\u0020\u0073\u0074\u0072\u0069\u006e\u0067\u0020\u0045\u0073\u0070\u0061\u00f1\u006f\u006c\u0020\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439\u0020\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4\u0020\u{1f910}',
+            $this->object->stringJSSafe('Test string Español Русский 한국어 🤐'),
+            'Should convert the string to unicode escaped string'
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests filtering strings down to ASCII-7 lowercase URL text
      */
diff --git a/src/OutputFilter.php b/src/OutputFilter.php
index 51a82976..b65ae1bc 100644
--- a/src/OutputFilter.php
+++ b/src/OutputFilter.php
@@ -84,6 +84,33 @@ function ($m) {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Processes a string and escapes it for use in JavaScript
+     *
+     * @param   string  $string  String to process
+     *
+     * @return  string  Processed text
+     *
+     * @since   3.0
+     */
+    public static function stringJSSafe($string)
+    {
+        $chars   = preg_split('//u', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+        $new_str = '';
+
+        foreach ($chars as $chr) {
+            $code = str_pad(dechex(StringHelper::ord($chr)), 4, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
+
+            if (strlen($code) < 5) {
+                $new_str .= '\\u' . $code;
+            } else {
+                $new_str .= '\\u{' . $code . '}';
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $new_str;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generates a URL safe version of the specified string with language transliteration.
      *