diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/containers/ContainerUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/containers/ContainerUtil.java
index 84d369fa5778..a022825db151 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/containers/ContainerUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/containers/ContainerUtil.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
+@SuppressWarnings({"UtilityClassWithoutPrivateConstructor"})
 public class ContainerUtil {
   private static final int INSERTION_SORT_THRESHOLD = 10;
 
@@ -741,6 +742,16 @@ public class ContainerUtil {
     return Arrays.asList(items);
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  public static <T> Set<T> set(@Nullable T... items) {
+    @SuppressWarnings({"UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName"})
+    final Set<T> set = new java.util.HashSet<T>();
+    if (items != null) {
+      set.addAll(Arrays.asList(items));
+    }
+    return set;
+  }
+
   // Generalized Quick Sort. Does neither array.clone() nor list.toArray()
   public static <T> void quickSort(List<T> list, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
     quickSort(list, comparator, 0, list.size());