diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dc5c00be7..90f9e8efa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-03-10  Wolfgang Lux  <wolfgang.lux@gmail.com>
+
+	* Headers/Foundation/NSLocale.h:
+	* Source/NSLocale.m (+localeWithLocaleIdentifier:):
+	Add trivial method introduced in OS X 10.6.
+
 2016-03-09 Riccardo Mottola <rm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Headers/Foundation/NSPathUtilities.h
diff --git a/Headers/Foundation/NSLocale.h b/Headers/Foundation/NSLocale.h
index 5d07dc00c..7f8f80b1b 100644
--- a/Headers/Foundation/NSLocale.h
+++ b/Headers/Foundation/NSLocale.h
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ GS_EXPORT NSString * const NSISO8601Calendar;
 + (NSString *) localeIdentifierFromWindowsLocaleCode: (uint32_t)lcid;
 #endif
 
+#if OS_API_VERSION(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_6, GS_API_LATEST)
+/** Returns a locale initialised with the given locale identifier.
+ */
++ (id) localeWithLocaleIdentifier:(NSString *)string;
+#endif
+
 #if OS_API_VERSION(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5, GS_API_LATEST)
 /** Returns an array of preferred languages.  Sorted from most preferred to
  *  leave preferred.
diff --git a/Source/NSLocale.m b/Source/NSLocale.m
index 209998f6d..23ba3ce03 100644
--- a/Source/NSLocale.m
+++ b/Source/NSLocale.m
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ static NSRecursiveLock *classLock = nil;
   return AUTORELEASE(result);
 }
 
++ (id) localeWithLocaleIdentifier:(NSString *)string
+{
+  return AUTORELEASE([[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier: string]);
+}
+
 + (NSString *) localeIdentifierFromComponents: (NSDictionary *) dict
 {
   NSString *result;