diff --git a/kutils.asd b/kutils.asd
index 37e9dd4..a32bc63 100644
--- a/kutils.asd
+++ b/kutils.asd
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   :author "K. Isom <kyle@metacircular.net>"
   :license "MIT License"
   :serial t
+  :depends-on (#:closer-mop)
   :components ((:file "package")
 	       (:file "on")
 	       (:file "lol")
diff --git a/kutils.lisp b/kutils.lisp
index 4f6a842..ef80332 100644
--- a/kutils.lisp
+++ b/kutils.lisp
@@ -75,11 +75,18 @@ additional args provided to the lambda."
 		    '()
 		    (apply #'build-slot-list name slots)))
 	 (args (build-arg-list slots)))
-    `(progn
-       (defclass ,name ,superclass
-	 ,slots
-	 ,docstring
-	 ,@body))))
+    `(defclass ,name ,superclass
+       ,slots
+       ,docstring
+       ,@body)))
+
+(defmacro defconstructor (class-name)
+  (let* ((class     (find-class class-name))
+	 (slot-list (when class
+		      (mapcar #'closer-mop:slot-definition-name 
+			      (closer-mop:class-slots class)))))
+    `(defun ,(mksymb "make-" class-name) (&key ,@slot-list)
+       (make-instance ',class-name ,@(flatten (build-arg-list slot-list))))))
 
 ;;; hash-table functions.
 
diff --git a/package.lisp b/package.lisp
index 79132da..fff52a8 100644
--- a/package.lisp
+++ b/package.lisp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	   #:mksymb
 	   #:mkkw
 	   #:defclass!
+	   #:defconstructor
            #:enable-hash-table-reader
            #:hashkeys
 	   #:sethash