diff --git a/docs/src/index.md b/docs/src/index.md
index 403748b6..455bdbe8 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/index.md
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ Base.require_one_based_indexing(ans)
 Base.require_one_based_indexing(OA)
 ```
 
+[`OffsetArrays.Origin`](@ref) can be convenient if you want to directly specify the origin of the output
+OffsetArray, it will automatically compute the needed offsets. For example:
+
+```@repl index
+OffsetArray(A, OffsetArrays.Origin(-1, -1))
+OffsetArray(OA, OffsetArrays.Origin(-1, -1))
+```
+
+
 ## Example: Relativistic Notation
 
 Suppose we have a position vector `r = [:x, :y, :z]` which is naturally one-based, ie. `r[1] == :x`, `r[2] == :y`,  `r[3] == :z` and we also want to construct a relativistic position vector which includes time as the 0th component. This can be done with OffsetArrays like
diff --git a/docs/src/reference.md b/docs/src/reference.md
index 6c605277..500ad5f8 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference.md
+++ b/docs/src/reference.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ```@docs
 OffsetArray
+OffsetArrays.Origin
 OffsetArrays.IdOffsetRange
 OffsetArrays.no_offset_view
 ```
diff --git a/src/OffsetArrays.jl b/src/OffsetArrays.jl
index 6a4911e8..fd7cc562 100644
--- a/src/OffsetArrays.jl
+++ b/src/OffsetArrays.jl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export OffsetArray, OffsetMatrix, OffsetVector
 
 include("axes.jl")
 include("utils.jl")
+include("origin.jl")
 
 # Technically we know the length of CartesianIndices but we need to convert it first, so here we
 # don't put it in OffsetAxisKnownLength.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const ArrayInitializer = Union{UndefInitializer, Missing, Nothing}
 Return an `AbstractArray` that shares element type and size with the first argument, but
 used the given `indices`, which are checked for compatible size.
 
-# Example
+# Example: offsets
 
 There are two types of `indices`: integers and ranges-like types.
 
@@ -68,6 +69,25 @@ julia> OffsetArray(reshape(1:6, 2, 3), 0, -1:1)
 ERROR: [...]
 ```
 
+# Example: origin
+
+[`OffsetArrays.Origin`](@ref) can be used to directly specify the origin of the output OffsetArray.
+
+```jldoctest; setup=:(using OffsetArrays)
+julia> a = [1 2; 3 4];
+
+julia> OffsetArray(a, OffsetArrays.Origin(0, 1))
+2×2 OffsetArray(::$(Array{Int64,2}), 0:1, 1:2) with eltype Int64 with indices 0:1×1:2:
+ 1  2
+ 3  4
+
+julia> OffsetArray(a, OffsetArrays.Origin(0)) # short notation for `Origin(0, ..., 0)`
+2×2 OffsetArray(::$(Array{Int64, 2}), 0:1, 0:1) with eltype Int64 with indices 0:1×0:1:
+ 1  2
+ 3  4
+```
+
+
 """
 struct OffsetArray{T,N,AA<:AbstractArray} <: AbstractArray{T,N}
     parent::AA
@@ -115,6 +135,8 @@ for FT in (:OffsetArray, :OffsetVector, :OffsetMatrix)
         $FT(A, indsN)
     end
     @eval $FT(A::AbstractArray{T}, inds::Vararg{OffsetAxis,N}) where {T, N} = $FT(A, inds)
+
+    @eval $FT(A::AbstractArray, origin::Origin) = OffsetArray(A, origin(A))
 end
 
 # array initialization
diff --git a/src/origin.jl b/src/origin.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa21d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/origin.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""
+    Origin(indices...)
+    Origin(origin::Tuple)
+    Origin(origin::CartesianIndex)
+
+A helper type to construct OffsetArray with given origin.
+
+The `origin` of an array is defined as the index of its first element, i.e., `first.(axes(A))`.
+
+# Example
+
+```jldoctest; setup=:(using OffsetArrays)
+julia> a = [1 2; 3 4];
+
+julia> OffsetArray(a, OffsetArrays.Origin(0, 1))
+2×2 OffsetArray(::$(Array{Int64,2}), 0:1, 1:2) with eltype Int64 with indices 0:1×1:2:
+ 1  2
+ 3  4
+
+julia> OffsetArray(a, OffsetArrays.Origin(0)) # short notation for `Origin(0, 0)`
+2×2 OffsetArray(::$(Array{Int64, 2}), 0:1, 0:1) with eltype Int64 with indices 0:1×0:1:
+ 1  2
+ 3  4
+```
+"""
+struct Origin{T<:Union{Tuple, Int}}
+    index::T
+end
+Origin(I::NTuple{N, Int}) where N = Origin{typeof(I)}(I)
+Origin(I::CartesianIndex) = Origin(I.I)
+Origin(I1::Int, In::Int...) = Origin((I1, In...))
+# Origin(0) != Origin((0, )) but they work the same with broadcasting
+Origin(n::Int) = Origin{Int}(n)
+
+(o::Origin)(A::AbstractArray) = o.index .- first.(axes(A))
diff --git a/test/origin.jl b/test/origin.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a49172cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/origin.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using OffsetArrays: Origin
+@testset "Origin" begin
+    get_origin(A::AbstractArray) = first.(axes(A))
+
+    @test Origin(0) != Origin((0, ))
+    @test Origin(CartesianIndex(1, 2)) === Origin((1, 2)) === Origin(1, 2)
+
+    # 1d
+    v = [1, 2]
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(v, Origin(2))) == (2, )
+    ov = OffsetArray(v, -3)
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(ov, Origin(2))) == (2, )
+    @test get_origin(OffsetVector(ov, Origin(2))) == (2, )
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(ov, Origin((2, )))) == (2, )
+
+    # 2d
+    a = [1 2;3 4]
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(a, Origin(0))) == (0, 0)
+    oa = OffsetArray(a, -3, -3)
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(oa, Origin(0))) == (0, 0)
+    @test get_origin(OffsetMatrix(oa, Origin(0))) == (0, 0)
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(oa, Origin(1, 2))) == (1, 2)
+
+    # 3d
+    a = ones(3, 3, 3)
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(a, Origin(0))) == (0, 0, 0)
+    oa = OffsetArray(a, -3, -3, -3)
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(oa, Origin(0))) == (0, 0, 0)
+    @test get_origin(OffsetArray(oa, Origin(1, 2, 3))) == (1, 2, 3)
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 306b091f..1a29cf7a 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1112,3 +1112,5 @@ end
     @test searchsorted(o,  5) ==  2:2
     @test searchsorted(o,  6) ==  3:2
 end
+
+include("origin.jl")