diff --git a/src/data/dv.hpp b/src/data/dv.hpp
index c48bfbc6..6880327f 100644
--- a/src/data/dv.hpp
+++ b/src/data/dv.hpp
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ namespace dv {
 
     value list();
     value object();
+
+    value list(std::initializer_list<value> values);
 }
 
 #include "util/Buffer.hpp"
@@ -515,4 +517,8 @@ namespace dv {
     value list() {
         return std::make_shared<objects::List>();
     }
+
+    value list(std::initializer_list<value> values) {
+        return std::make_shared<objects::List>(values);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/data/dv.cpp b/test/data/dv.cpp
index 949c8a32..617175e9 100644
--- a/test/data/dv.cpp
+++ b/test/data/dv.cpp
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ TEST(dv, dv) {
             auto& obj = list.object();
             obj["name"] = "user";
             obj["age"] = 90;
-            auto& position = obj.list("position");
-            position.add(40);
-            position.add(-41);
-            position.add(52);
+            obj["position"] = dv::list({40, -41, 52});
         }
     }
     {