diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs
index 80c6c50e62..6b06b93a71 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
             return this;
         }
 
+        public override TagHelperContent AppendEncoded(string value)
+        {
+            Buffer.AppendEncoded(value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override TagHelperContent AppendFormat([NotNull] string format, object arg0)
         {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs
index cf5abd1e3e..742036e93d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
         /// <returns>A reference to this instance after the append operation has completed.</returns>
         public abstract TagHelperContent Append(string value);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Appends <paramref name="value"/> to the existing content. <paramref name="value"/> is assumed
+        /// to be an HTML encoded <see cref="string"/> and no further encoding will be performed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The <see cref="string"/> to be appended.</param>
+        /// <returns>A reference to this instance after the append operation has completed.</returns>
+        public abstract TagHelperContent AppendEncoded(string value);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Appends the specified <paramref name="format"/> to the existing content after
         /// replacing the format item with the <see cref="string"/> representation of the
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs
index af932eb8c3..1671213f33 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs
@@ -613,7 +613,39 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
             tagHelperContent.WriteTo(writer, new CommonTestEncoder());
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("Hello World", writer.ToString());
+            Assert.Equal("HtmlEncode[[Hello ]]HtmlEncode[[World]]", writer.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Append_WrittenAsEncoded()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var tagHelperContent = new DefaultTagHelperContent();
+            tagHelperContent.Append("Hi");
+
+            var writer = new StringWriter();
+
+            // Act
+            tagHelperContent.WriteTo(writer, new CommonTestEncoder());
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("HtmlEncode[[Hi]]", writer.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void AppendEncoded_DoesNotGetEncoded()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var tagHelperContent = new DefaultTagHelperContent();
+            tagHelperContent.AppendEncoded("Hi");
+
+            var writer = new StringWriter();
+
+            // Act
+            tagHelperContent.WriteTo(writer, new CommonTestEncoder());
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("Hi", writer.ToString());
         }
     }
 }