diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 7d1217f97..5a439285c 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@
 
 - Add `readLines(p: Process)` to `osproc` module for `startProcess` convenience.
 
+- Added `heapqueue.toHeapQueue`, which creates a HeapQueue from an openArray.
+  The usage is similar to procs such as `sets.toHashSet` and `tables.toTable`.
+  Previously, it was necessary to create an empty HeapQueue and add items
+  manually.
 - Added `intsets.toIntSet`, which creates an IntSet from an openArray. The usage
   is similar to procs such as `sets.toHashSet` and `tables.toTable`. Previously,
   it was necessary to create an empty IntSet and add items manually.
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/heapqueue.nim b/lib/pure/collections/heapqueue.nim
index c2952cf1b..ca0666651 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/heapqueue.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/heapqueue.nim
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ type HeapQueue*[T] = object
 
 proc initHeapQueue*[T](): HeapQueue[T] =
   ## Create a new empty heap.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `toHeapQueue proc <#toHeapQueue,openArray[T]>`_
   discard
 
 proc len*[T](heap: HeapQueue[T]): int {.inline.} =
@@ -115,6 +118,20 @@ proc push*[T](heap: var HeapQueue[T], item: T) =
   heap.data.add(item)
   siftdown(heap, 0, len(heap)-1)
 
+proc toHeapQueue*[T](x: openArray[T]): HeapQueue[T] {.since: (1, 3).} =
+  ## Creates a new HeapQueue that contains the elements of `x`.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `initHeapQueue proc <#initHeapQueue>`_
+  runnableExamples:
+    var heap = toHeapQueue([9, 5, 8])
+    assert heap.pop() == 5
+    assert heap[0] == 8
+
+  result = initHeapQueue[T]()
+  for item in items(x):
+    result.push(item)
+
 proc pop*[T](heap: var HeapQueue[T]): T =
   ## Pop and return the smallest item from `heap`,
   ## maintaining the heap invariant.
@@ -195,6 +212,7 @@ when isMainModule:
     let data = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 2, 4, 6, 8, 0]
     for item in data:
       push(heap, item)
+    doAssert(heap == data.toHeapQueue)
     doAssert(heap[0] == 0)
     doAssert(heap.toSortedSeq == @[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])