diff --git a/lib/rsslib.php b/lib/rsslib.php
index dcc3c419bc2..a132be41f4a 100644
--- a/lib/rsslib.php
+++ b/lib/rsslib.php
@@ -424,6 +424,18 @@ function rss_print_form($act='none', $url='', $rssid='', $preferredtitle='', $co
     print rss_get_form($act, $url, $rssid, $preferredtitle, $courseid);
 }
 
+ /** 
+  * Translates HTML special characters back to ASCII
+  * RSS feeds may have encoded html commands which we want to translate properly
+  * to display as intended rather than as source (html script visible in feed)
+  * This function taken from Simplog - www.simplog.net
+  */
+function rss_unhtmlentities($string) {
+    $trans_tbl = get_html_translation_table (HTML_ENTITIES);
+    $trans_tbl = array_flip ($trans_tbl);
+    return strtr ($string, $trans_tbl);
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Prints or returns a form for managing rss feed entries.