diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlwriter.h b/include/libxml/xmlwriter.h
index 91e683c8..9cb75f6b 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlwriter.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlwriter.h
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ extern "C" {
         xmlTextWriterSetIndentString(xmlTextWriterPtr writer,
                                      const xmlChar * str);
 
+    XMLPUBFUN int XMLCALL
+        xmlTextWriterSetQuoteChar(xmlTextWriterPtr writer, xmlChar quotechar);
+
+
 /*
  * misc
  */
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/xmlwriter.c b/xmlwriter.c
index b3e85fa5..4acd2fd5 100644
--- a/xmlwriter.c
+++ b/xmlwriter.c
@@ -4609,6 +4609,26 @@ xmlTextWriterSetIndentString(xmlTextWriterPtr writer, const xmlChar * str)
         return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * xmlTextWriterSetQuoteChar:
+ * @writer:  the xmlTextWriterPtr
+ * @quotechar:  the quote character
+ *
+ * Set the character used for quoting attributes.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error or 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int
+xmlTextWriterSetQuoteChar(xmlTextWriterPtr writer, xmlChar quotechar)
+{
+    if ((writer == NULL) || ((quotechar != '\'') && (quotechar != '"')))
+        return -1;
+
+    writer->qchar = quotechar;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * xmlTextWriterWriteIndent:
  * @writer:  the xmlTextWriterPtr