diff --git a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/api/server/storage/ResourcePersistentId.java b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/api/server/storage/ResourcePersistentId.java
index 1a45a9c9256..79a622e268f 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/api/server/storage/ResourcePersistentId.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/api/server/storage/ResourcePersistentId.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.storage;
  */
 
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.ObjectUtil;
+import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
 import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IIdType;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -125,4 +126,12 @@ public class ResourcePersistentId {
 		}
 		return retVal;
 	}
+
+	public static ResourcePersistentId fromResource(IBaseResource theResource) {
+		IIdType id = theResource.getIdElement();
+		ResourcePersistentId retval = new ResourcePersistentId(id.getIdPart());
+		retval.setAssociatedResourceId(id);
+		retval.setVersion(id.getVersionIdPartAsLong());
+		return retval;
+	}
 }