diff --git a/src/storage/BitVector.cpp b/src/storage/BitVector.cpp
index 9835c54dc..3e1e9bb5b 100644
--- a/src/storage/BitVector.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/BitVector.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ namespace storm {
             set(begin, end);
         }
         
+        BitVector::BitVector(uint_fast64_t length, std::vector<uint_fast64_t> setEntries) : BitVector(length, setEntries.begin(), setEntries.end())
+        {
+            // Intentionally left empty.
+        }
+        
         BitVector::BitVector(uint_fast64_t bucketCount, uint_fast64_t bitCount) : bitCount(bitCount), bucketVector(bucketCount) {
             STORM_LOG_ASSERT((bucketCount << 6) == bitCount, "Bit count does not match number of buckets.");
         }
diff --git a/src/storage/BitVector.h b/src/storage/BitVector.h
index ec4cce693..4c5e64352 100644
--- a/src/storage/BitVector.h
+++ b/src/storage/BitVector.h
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ namespace storm {
             template<typename InputIterator>
             BitVector(uint_fast64_t length, InputIterator first, InputIterator last);
             
+            /*!
+             * Creates a bit vector that has exactly the bits set that are given by the vector
+             */
+            BitVector(uint_fast64_t length, std::vector<uint_fast64_t> setEntries);
+            
             /*!
              * Performs a deep copy of the given bit vector.
              *
diff --git a/test/functional/storage/BitVectorTest.cpp b/test/functional/storage/BitVectorTest.cpp
index 88715dff7..3dc139fa7 100644
--- a/test/functional/storage/BitVectorTest.cpp
+++ b/test/functional/storage/BitVectorTest.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ TEST(BitVectorTest, InitFromIterator) {
 	}
 }
 
+TEST(BitVectorTest, InitFromIntVector) {
+    std::vector<uint_fast64_t> valueVector = {0, 4, 10};
+    storm::storage::BitVector vector(32, valueVector);
+    
+    ASSERT_EQ(32ul, vector.size());
+    
+	for (uint_fast64_t i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
+        if (i == 0 || i == 4 || i == 10) {
+            ASSERT_TRUE(vector.get(i));
+        } else {
+            ASSERT_FALSE(vector.get(i));
+        }
+	}
+}
+
 TEST(BitVectorTest, GetSet) {
 	storm::storage::BitVector vector(32);