diff --git a/lib/entity/src/primary.rs b/lib/entity/src/primary.rs
index 9b87098239..ae1097f6aa 100644
--- a/lib/entity/src/primary.rs
+++ b/lib/entity/src/primary.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 //! Densely numbered entity references as mapping keys.
+use std::iter::FromIterator;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut};
 use std::slice;
@@ -170,6 +171,21 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<K, V> FromIterator<V> for PrimaryMap<K, V>
+where
+    K: EntityRef,
+{
+    fn from_iter<T>(iter: T) -> Self
+    where
+        T: IntoIterator<Item = V>,
+    {
+        Self {
+            elems: Vec::from_iter(iter),
+            unused: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -346,4 +362,15 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    fn from_iter() {
+        let mut m: PrimaryMap<E, usize> = PrimaryMap::new();
+        m.push(12);
+        m.push(33);
+        let n = m.values().collect::<PrimaryMap<E, _>>();
+        assert!(m.len() == n.len());
+        for (me, ne) in m.values().zip(n.values()) {
+            assert!(*me == **ne);
+        }
+    }
 }