diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Criteria.php b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Criteria.php
index 748a08474..64fd32e1f 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Criteria.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Criteria.php
@@ -75,6 +75,31 @@ public static function create()
         return new static();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance with same behaviour as criteria parameters passed on ORM find methods.
+     *
+     * @param mixed[] $findCriteria Array of different keys and values. Gets the same format as argument expected on
+     *                              Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectRepository::findBy and
+     *                              Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectRepository::findOneBy methods.
+     *
+     * @return Criteria
+     */
+    public static function fromFindCriteria(array $findCriteria)
+    {
+        $criteria = static::create();
+
+        foreach ($findCriteria as $key => $value) {
+            $criteria->andWhere(!is_array($value)
+                ? static::expr()->eq($key, $value)
+                : new CompositeExpression(CompositeExpression::TYPE_OR, \array_map(function ($v) use ($key) {
+                    return static::expr()->eq($key, $v);
+                }, $value))
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $criteria;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the expression builder.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/CriteriaTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/CriteriaTest.php
index 548dbfecc..94f147731 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/CriteriaTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/CriteriaTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ public function testCreate() : void
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Criteria::class, $criteria);
     }
 
+    public function testFromFindCriteria() : void
+    {
+        $criteria = Criteria::fromFindCriteria(['name' => 'test', 'foo' => [42, 1337]]);
+
+        /** @var CompositeExpression $where */
+        $where = $criteria->getWhereExpression();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(CompositeExpression::class, $where);
+
+        $this->assertSame(CompositeExpression::TYPE_AND, $where->getType());
+        $this->assertCount(2, $where->getExpressionList());
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Comparison::class, $where->getExpressionList()[0]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(CompositeExpression::class, $where->getExpressionList()[1]);
+        $this->assertSame(CompositeExpression::TYPE_OR, $where->getExpressionList()[1]->getType());
+    }
+
     public function testConstructor() : void
     {
         $expr     = new Comparison("field", "=", "value");