diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlVariant.h b/src/tl/tl/tlVariant.h
index 3821bea7e..404581c74 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlVariant.h
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlVariant.h
@@ -345,6 +345,16 @@ public:
     m_var.mp_user.cls = c;
   }
 
+  /**
+   *  @brief Initialize the Variant with an explicit vector or variants
+   */
+  template
+  Variant (const std::vector<tl::Variant> &list)
+    : m_type (t_list), m_string (0)
+  {
+    m_var.m_list = new std::vector<tl::Variant> (list);
+  }
+
   /**
    *  @brief Initialize the Variant with a list
    */