diff --git a/Data/Conduit/Combinators/Unqualified.hs b/Data/Conduit/Combinators/Unqualified.hs
--- a/Data/Conduit/Combinators/Unqualified.hs
+++ b/Data/Conduit/Combinators/Unqualified.hs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
       -- *** Textual
     , encodeUtf8C
     , decodeUtf8C
+    , decodeUtf8LenientC
     , lineC
     , lineAsciiC
     , unlinesC
@@ -1297,6 +1298,14 @@
 decodeUtf8C :: MonadThrow m => Conduit ByteString m Text
 decodeUtf8C = CC.decodeUtf8
 {-# INLINE decodeUtf8C #-}
+
+-- | Decode a stream of binary data as UTF8, replacing any invalid bytes with
+-- the Unicode replacement character.
+--
+-- Since 1.0.0
+decodeUtf8LenientC :: MonadThrow m => Conduit ByteString m Text
+decodeUtf8LenientC = CC.decodeUtf8Lenient
+{-# INLINE decodeUtf8LenientC #-}
 
 -- | Stream in the entirety of a single line.
 --
diff --git a/conduit-combinators.cabal b/conduit-combinators.cabal
--- a/conduit-combinators.cabal
+++ b/conduit-combinators.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                conduit-combinators
-version:             0.2.6
+version:             0.2.6.1
 synopsis:            Commonly used conduit functions, for both chunked and unchunked data
 description:         Provides a replacement for Data.Conduit.List, as well as a convenient Conduit module.
 homepage:            https://github.com/fpco/conduit-combinators
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -531,6 +531,16 @@
                =$ decodeUtf8C
                =$ sinkLazy
         actual `shouldBe` expected
+    prop "encode/decode UTF8 lenient" $ \(map T.pack -> inputs) (min 50 . max 1 . abs -> chunkSize) -> do
+        let expected = fromChunks inputs
+        actual <- yieldMany inputs
+               $$ encodeUtf8C
+               =$ concatC
+               =$ conduitVector chunkSize
+               =$ mapC (S.pack . V.toList)
+               =$ decodeUtf8LenientC
+               =$ sinkLazy
+        actual `shouldBe` expected
     prop "line" $ \(map T.pack -> input) size ->
         let src = yieldMany input
             sink = do