diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js
index efd93c6bb6..e17333d8d3 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js
@@ -106,3 +106,13 @@ OpenLayers.parseXMLString = function(text) {
 
     return ajaxResponse;
 };
+
+/**
+ * @param {String} url
+ */
+OpenLayers.addScript = function(url) {
+    var head = document.getElementsByTagName("HEAD")[0];
+    var scriptElem = document.createElement("script");
+    scriptElem.src = url;
+    head.appendChild(scriptElem);
+};
\ No newline at end of file