diff --git a/hakyll.cabal b/hakyll.cabal
--- a/hakyll.cabal
+++ b/hakyll.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:               hakyll
-Version:            3.1.1.2
+Version:            3.1.2.0
 
 Synopsis:           A simple static site generator library.
 Description:        A simple static site generator library, mainly aimed at
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler.hs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     , getRoute
     , getRouteFor
     , getResourceString
+    , getResourceLBS
     , fromDependency
     , require_
     , require
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
 
 import Data.Binary (Binary)
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
 
 import Hakyll.Core.Identifier
 import Hakyll.Core.Identifier.Pattern
@@ -182,14 +184,25 @@
 -- | Get the resource we are compiling as a string
 --
 getResourceString :: Compiler Resource String
-getResourceString = fromJob $ \resource -> CompilerM $ do
+getResourceString = getResourceWith resourceString
+
+-- | Get the resource we are compiling as a lazy bytestring
+--
+getResourceLBS :: Compiler Resource ByteString
+getResourceLBS = getResourceWith resourceLBS
+
+-- | Overloadable function for 'getResourceString' and 'getResourceLBS'
+--
+getResourceWith :: (ResourceProvider -> Resource -> IO a)
+                -> Compiler Resource a
+getResourceWith reader = fromJob $ \resource -> CompilerM $ do
     let identifier = unResource resource
     provider <- compilerResourceProvider <$> ask
     if resourceExists provider resource
-        then liftIO $ resourceString provider resource
+        then liftIO $ reader provider resource
         else throwError $ error' identifier
   where
-    error' id' =  "Hakyll.Core.Compiler.getResourceString: resource "
+    error' id' =  "Hakyll.Core.Compiler.getResourceWith: resource "
                ++ show id' ++ " not found"
 
 -- | Auxiliary: get a dependency
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Resource/Provider.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Resource/Provider.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Resource/Provider.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Resource/Provider.hs
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
 --
 data ResourceProvider = ResourceProvider
     { -- | A list of all resources this provider is able to provide
-      resourceList           :: [Resource]
+      resourceList          :: [Resource]
     , -- | Retrieve a certain resource as string
-      resourceString         :: Resource -> IO String
+      resourceString        :: Resource -> IO String
     , -- | Retrieve a certain resource as lazy bytestring
-      resourceLazyByteString :: Resource -> IO LB.ByteString
+      resourceLBS           :: Resource -> IO LB.ByteString
     , -- | Cache keeping track of modified items
-      resourceModifiedCache  :: MVar (Map Resource Bool)
+      resourceModifiedCache :: MVar (Map Resource Bool)
     }
 
 -- | Create a resource provider
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 -- | Retrieve a digest for a given resource
 --
 resourceDigest :: ResourceProvider -> Resource -> IO [Word8]
-resourceDigest provider = digest MD5 <=< resourceLazyByteString provider
+resourceDigest provider = digest MD5 <=< resourceLBS provider
 
 -- | Check if a resource was modified
 --
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/UnixFilter.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/UnixFilter.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/UnixFilter.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/UnixFilter.hs
@@ -2,15 +2,21 @@
 --
 module Hakyll.Core.UnixFilter
     ( unixFilter
+    , unixFilterLBS
     ) where
 
 import Control.Concurrent (forkIO)
-import System.IO (hPutStr, hClose, hGetContents)
 import System.Posix.Process (executeFile, forkProcess)
 import System.Posix.IO ( dupTo, createPipe, stdInput
                        , stdOutput, closeFd, fdToHandle
                        )
+import System.IO ( Handle, hPutStr, hClose, hGetContents
+                 , hSetEncoding, localeEncoding
+                 )
 
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LB
+
 import Hakyll.Core.Compiler
 
 -- | Use a unix filter as compiler. For example, we could use the 'rev' program
@@ -26,25 +32,54 @@
 --
 -- The code is fairly straightforward, given that we use @.scss@ for sass:
 --
--- > route   "style.scss" $ setExtension "css"
--- > compile "style.scss" $
--- >     getResourceString >>> unixFilter "sass" ["-s", "--scss"]
--- >                       >>> arr compressCss
+-- > match "style.scss" $ do
+-- >     route   $ setExtension "css"
+-- >     compile $ getResourceString >>> unixFilter "sass" ["-s", "--scss"]
+-- >                                 >>> arr compressCss
 --
 unixFilter :: String                  -- ^ Program name
            -> [String]                -- ^ Program args
            -> Compiler String String  -- ^ Resulting compiler
-unixFilter programName args =
+unixFilter = unixFilterWith writer reader
+  where
+    writer handle input = do
+        hSetEncoding handle localeEncoding
+        hPutStr handle input
+    reader handle = do
+        hSetEncoding handle localeEncoding
+        hGetContents handle
+
+-- | Variant of 'unixFilter' that should be used for binary files
+--
+-- > match "music.wav" $ do
+-- >     route   $ setExtension "ogg"
+-- >     compile $ getResourceLBS >>> unixFilter "oggenc" ["-"]
+--
+unixFilterLBS :: String                          -- ^ Program name
+              -> [String]                        -- ^ Program args
+              -> Compiler ByteString ByteString  -- ^ Resulting compiler
+unixFilterLBS = unixFilterWith LB.hPutStr LB.hGetContents
+
+-- | Overloaded compiler
+--
+unixFilterWith :: (Handle -> i -> IO ())  -- ^ Writer
+               -> (Handle -> IO o)        -- ^ Reader
+               -> String                  -- ^ Program name
+               -> [String]                -- ^ Program args
+               -> Compiler i o            -- ^ Resulting compiler
+unixFilterWith writer reader programName args =
     timedCompiler ("Executing external program " ++ programName) $
-        unsafeCompiler $ \input -> unixFilterIO programName args input
+        unsafeCompiler $ unixFilterIO writer reader programName args
 
 -- | Internally used function
 --
-unixFilterIO :: String
-             -> [String]
+unixFilterIO :: (Handle -> i -> IO ())
+             -> (Handle -> IO o)
              -> String
-             -> IO String
-unixFilterIO programName args input = do
+             -> [String]
+             -> i
+             -> IO o
+unixFilterIO writer reader programName args input = do
     -- Create pipes
     (stdinRead, stdinWrite) <- createPipe
     (stdoutRead, stdoutWrite) <- createPipe
@@ -68,9 +103,9 @@
     -- Write the input to the child pipe
     _ <- forkIO $ do
         stdinWriteHandle <- fdToHandle stdinWrite
-        hPutStr stdinWriteHandle input
+        writer stdinWriteHandle input
         hClose stdinWriteHandle
 
     -- Receive the output from the child
     stdoutReadHandle <- fdToHandle stdoutRead
-    hGetContents stdoutReadHandle
+    reader stdoutReadHandle
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Writable.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Writable.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Writable.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Writable.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import Data.Word (Word8)
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString as SB
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LB
 import Text.Blaze (Html)
 import Text.Blaze.Renderer.String (renderHtml)
 
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
 
 instance Writable SB.ByteString where
     write p = SB.writeFile p
+
+instance Writable LB.ByteString where
+    write p = LB.writeFile p
 
 instance Writable [Word8] where
     write p = write p . SB.pack