diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/DefaultForwardingObjective.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/DefaultForwardingObjective.java
index f076fda..9a6952f 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/DefaultForwardingObjective.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/DefaultForwardingObjective.java
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@
         return new Builder();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a new builder primed to produce entities
+     * patterned after the supplied forwarding objective.
+     *
+     * @param fwd base fwd
+     * @return forwarding objective builder
+     */
+    public static Builder builder(ForwardingObjective fwd) {
+        return new Builder(fwd);
+    }
+
 
     @Override
     public Builder copy() {