diff --git a/include/fc/real128.hpp b/include/fc/real128.hpp
index 3b66060..bfa288c 100644
--- a/include/fc/real128.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/real128.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace fc {
          real128& operator -= ( const real128& o );
          real128& operator /= ( const real128& o );
          real128& operator *= ( const real128& o );
+         
+         static real128 from_fixed( const uint128& fixed );
 
          uint64_t to_uint64()const;
 
diff --git a/src/real128.cpp b/src/real128.cpp
index 3f5b431..0f0b759 100644
--- a/src/real128.cpp
+++ b/src/real128.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ namespace fc
 
       return number;
    }
+   
+   real128 real128::from_fixed( const uint128& fixed )
+   {
+       real128 result;
+       result.fixed = fixed;
+       return result;
+   }
 
    void to_variant( const real128& var,  variant& vo )
    {