diff --git a/ext/tox/tox.c b/ext/tox/tox.c
index 0f1a031..2b9c6ad 100644
--- a/ext/tox/tox.c
+++ b/ext/tox/tox.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static VALUE cTox_cOptions;
 static VALUE cTox_cOptions_alloc(VALUE klass);
 static void  cTox_cOptions_free(void *ptr);
 static VALUE cTox_cOptions_initialize(VALUE self);
+static VALUE cTox_cOptions_data_EQUALS(VALUE self, VALUE data);
 
 void Init_tox()
 {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ void Init_tox()
   cTox_cOptions = rb_define_class_under(cTox, "Options", rb_cObject);
   rb_define_alloc_func(cTox_cOptions, cTox_cOptions_alloc);
   rb_define_method(cTox_cOptions, "initialize", cTox_cOptions_initialize, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cTox_cOptions, "data=", cTox_cOptions_data_EQUALS, 1);
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************
@@ -117,3 +119,18 @@ VALUE cTox_cOptions_initialize(const VALUE self)
 
   return self;
 }
+
+VALUE cTox_cOptions_data_EQUALS(VALUE self, VALUE savedata)
+{
+  cTox_cOptions_ *tox_options;
+
+  Check_Type(savedata, T_STRING);
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, cTox_cOptions_, tox_options);
+
+  tox_options->savedata_type = TOX_SAVEDATA_TYPE_TOX_SAVE;
+  tox_options->savedata_data = (uint8_t*)RSTRING_PTR(savedata);
+  tox_options->savedata_length = RSTRING_LEN(savedata);
+
+  return savedata;
+}