diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index dbb1338812bade5bf9752d9e386eaa4632198c76..b1bbe9dd0263605ced6c5d881fc4b9c3162d9357 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -640,3 +640,4 @@
  * Store block number in NiObject when reading a nif file (requested by DragoonWraith).
  * Added cmake build script.
  * GetTexture() now returns a TexDesc reference (requested by DragoonWraith).
+ * Type::Create() method (requested by DragoonWraith).
diff --git a/include/Type.h b/include/Type.h
index accd220f38c3cb60ab4fcbaf52edf1d9df91fccc..0db9db5c5303689c2ce2d3225c4d57245cf5e49f 100644
--- a/include/Type.h
+++ b/include/Type.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ All rights reserved.  Please see niflib.h for license. */
 using namespace std;
 namespace Niflib {
 
+// forward declaration
+class NiObject;
+
 /**
  * Run Time Type Information Class
  */
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ public:
 	NIFLIB_API bool IsSameType ( const Type & compare_to ) const;
 	NIFLIB_API bool IsDerivedType ( const Type & compare_to ) const;
 	NIFLIB_API bool operator<( const Type & compare_to ) const;
+        NIFLIB_API NiObject * Create() const;
 	const Type * base_type;
 private:
 	string name;
diff --git a/src/Type.cpp b/src/Type.cpp
index 89cc80c719ba23be8407f8befd5ac259f60bcaa7..1a4a41e035a4f3ce3ba25eec6e29f78eb4329cd5 100644
--- a/src/Type.cpp
+++ b/src/Type.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 All rights reserved.  Please see niflib.h for license. */
 
 #include "../include/Type.h"
+#include "../include/ObjectRegistry.h"
 using namespace Niflib;
 
 Type::Type (const string & type_name, const Type * par_type ) : name(type_name), base_type(par_type) {} 
@@ -31,3 +32,7 @@ bool Type::IsDerivedType( const Type & compare_to ) const {
 string Type::GetTypeName() const {
 	return name;
 }
+
+NiObject * Type::Create() const {
+	return ObjectRegistry::CreateObject(name);
+}