diff --git a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Print.h b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Print.h
index dc7615087..7b53aa4d1 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Print.h
+++ b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Print.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ class Print
       return write((const uint8_t *)str, strlen(str));
     }
     virtual size_t write(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t size);
+    size_t write(const char *buffer, size_t size) {
+      return write((const uint8_t *)buffer, size);
+    }
     
     size_t print(const __FlashStringHelper *);
     size_t print(const String &);
diff --git a/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Print.h b/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Print.h
index dc7615087..7b53aa4d1 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Print.h
+++ b/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Print.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ class Print
       return write((const uint8_t *)str, strlen(str));
     }
     virtual size_t write(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t size);
+    size_t write(const char *buffer, size_t size) {
+      return write((const uint8_t *)buffer, size);
+    }
     
     size_t print(const __FlashStringHelper *);
     size_t print(const String &);