diff --git a/src/sngrl/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearch.php b/src/sngrl/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearch.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/sngrl/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearch.php
+++ b/src/sngrl/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearch.php
@@ -229,4 +229,10 @@ class SphinxSearch
         }
         return false;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    
+    public function escapeStringQL($string)
+    {
+        return $this->_connection->escapeString($string);
+    }
+    
+}
added support to call escapeString for the Query Language