diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/shelltools.py b/pisi/actionsapi/shelltools.py
index 826410c0..93385cca 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/shelltools.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/shelltools.py
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ def makedirs(destinationDirectory):
     except OSError:
         pass
 
+def echo(destionationFile, content):
+    if can_access_file(destionationFile):
+        try:
+            f = open(destionationFile, 'a')
+            f.write("%s\n" % content)
+            f.close()
+        except IOError:
+            ctx.ui.error('\n!!! ActionsAPI [echo]: Can\'t append to file...\n')
+    else:
+        ctx.ui.error('\n!!! ActionsAPI [echo]: File doesn\'t exists...\n')
+
 def chmod(sourceFile, mode = 0755):
     '''change the mode of sourceFile to the mode'''
     for file in glob.glob(sourceFile):