diff --git a/src/libsyntax_pos/lib.rs b/src/libsyntax_pos/lib.rs
index b1ec7fd0ab8965eeb857fff139873b05e90c4e9d..0f171805bb0a988fb95853932fa3619b46b37627 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_pos/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_pos/lib.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ pub fn new() -> MultiSpan {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn from_span(primary_span: Span) -> MultiSpan {
+        MultiSpan {
+            primary_spans: vec![primary_span],
+            span_labels: vec![]
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_spans(vec: Vec<Span>) -> MultiSpan {
+        MultiSpan {
+            primary_spans: vec,
+            span_labels: vec![]
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn push_span_label(&mut self, span: Span, label: String) {
         self.span_labels.push((span, label));
     }
@@ -240,10 +254,7 @@ pub fn span_labels(&self) -> Vec<SpanLabel> {
 
 impl From<Span> for MultiSpan {
     fn from(span: Span) -> MultiSpan {
-        MultiSpan {
-            primary_spans: vec![span],
-            span_labels: vec![]
-        }
+        MultiSpan::from_span(span)
     }
 }