diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SortedListModel.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SortedListModel.java
index 7a0db37d7f61..42870021af4b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SortedListModel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SortedListModel.java
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.ui;
 
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
@@ -28,6 +14,11 @@ public class SortedListModel<T> extends AbstractListModel<T> {
     myComparator = comparator;
   }
 
+  public SortedListModel(Collection<T> items, Comparator<T> comparator) {
+    this(comparator);
+    addAll(items);
+  }
+
   public static <T> SortedListModel<T> create(Comparator<T> comparator) {
     return new SortedListModel<>(comparator);
   }