diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PsiElementPattern.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PsiElementPattern.java
index 3577f0811dc3..1d524f0e3ae6 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PsiElementPattern.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PsiElementPattern.java
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public abstract class PsiElementPattern<T extends PsiElement,Self extends PsiEle
     return afterLeafSkipping(psiElement().whitespaceCommentEmptyOrError(), pattern);
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  public Self beforeLeaf(@NotNull final String... withText) {
+    return beforeLeaf(psiElement().withText(StandardPatterns.string().oneOf(withText)));
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   public Self beforeLeaf(@NotNull final ElementPattern<? extends PsiElement> pattern) {
     return beforeLeafSkipping(psiElement().whitespaceCommentEmptyOrError(), pattern);