diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/WorkbookFactory.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/WorkbookFactory.java
index 6b86e4de7..41f70d92b 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/WorkbookFactory.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/WorkbookFactory.java
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ public class WorkbookFactory {
 	public static Workbook create(POIFSFileSystem fs) throws IOException {
 		return new HSSFWorkbook(fs);
 	}
+	/**
+	 * Creates an HSSFWorkbook from the given NPOIFSFileSystem
+	 */
+	public static Workbook create(NPOIFSFileSystem fs) throws IOException {
+		return new HSSFWorkbook(fs.getRoot(), true);
+	}
 	/**
 	 * Creates an XSSFWorkbook from the given OOXML Package
 	 */