diff --git a/src/Whim/Workspace/IWorkspace.cs b/src/Whim/Workspace/IWorkspace.cs
index 818c8b867..069376df4 100644
--- a/src/Whim/Workspace/IWorkspace.cs
+++ b/src/Whim/Workspace/IWorkspace.cs
@@ -154,4 +154,16 @@ public interface IWorkspace
 	/// <param name="doLayout">Indicates whether to do a layout after unregistering the phantom window.</param>
 	public void UnregisterPhantomWindow(ILayoutEngine engine, IWindow window, bool doLayout = false);
 	#endregion
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Creates a new workspace.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="configContext"></param>
+	/// <param name="name">The name of the workspace.</param>
+	/// <param name="layoutEngines">The layout engines to load into the workspace.</param>
+	/// <returns></returns>
+	public static IWorkspace CreateWorkspace(IConfigContext configContext, string name, params ILayoutEngine[] layoutEngines)
+	{
+		return new Workspace(configContext, name, layoutEngines);
+	}
 }