diff --git a/base/vulkantools.cpp b/base/vulkantools.cpp
index 6602de1a..ed5caf79 100644
--- a/base/vulkantools.cpp
+++ b/base/vulkantools.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * Assorted commonly used Vulkan helper functions
 *
-* Copyright (C) 2015 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
+* Copyright (C) 2016 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
 *
 * This code is licensed under the MIT license (MIT) (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 */
@@ -469,6 +469,14 @@ VkSemaphoreCreateInfo vkTools::initializers::semaphoreCreateInfo()
 	return semaphoreCreateInfo;
 }
 
+VkFenceCreateInfo vkTools::initializers::fenceCreateInfo(VkFenceCreateFlags flags)
+{
+	VkFenceCreateInfo fenceCreateInfo = {};
+	fenceCreateInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FENCE_CREATE_INFO;
+	fenceCreateInfo.flags = flags;
+	return fenceCreateInfo;
+}
+
 VkSubmitInfo vkTools::initializers::submitInfo()
 {
 	VkSubmitInfo submitInfo = {};
diff --git a/base/vulkantools.h b/base/vulkantools.h
index bc7980ea..df2f37e0 100644
--- a/base/vulkantools.h
+++ b/base/vulkantools.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * Assorted commonly used Vulkan helper functions
 *
-* Copyright (C) 2015 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
+* Copyright (C) 2016 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
 *
 * This code is licensed under the MIT license (MIT) (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 */
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #else
 #endif
 
-// todo : remove if added to SDK
+// Custom define for better code readability
 #define VK_FLAGS_NONE 0
 
 namespace vkTools
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ namespace vkTools
 		VkFramebufferCreateInfo framebufferCreateInfo();
 
 		VkSemaphoreCreateInfo semaphoreCreateInfo();
+		VkFenceCreateInfo fenceCreateInfo(VkFenceCreateFlags flags);
 
 		VkSubmitInfo submitInfo();