diff --git a/gpu/README.md b/gpu/README.md
index 27012675..355f2ef7 100644
--- a/gpu/README.md
+++ b/gpu/README.md
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ And, to initialize data structures with slices in them, the following helpers ar
 * `InstanceDescriptor.init`
 * `TogglesDeviceDescriptor.init`
 * `Device.Descriptor.init`
+* `PipelineLayout.Descriptor.init`
 
 ### Typed callbacks
 
diff --git a/gpu/src/pipeline_layout.zig b/gpu/src/pipeline_layout.zig
index 5f88217e..d66f8253 100644
--- a/gpu/src/pipeline_layout.zig
+++ b/gpu/src/pipeline_layout.zig
@@ -6,9 +6,22 @@ pub const PipelineLayout = opaque {
     pub const Descriptor = extern struct {
         next_in_chain: ?*const ChainedStruct = null,
         label: ?[*:0]const u8 = null,
-        // TODO: slice helper
         bind_group_layout_count: u32 = 0,
         bind_group_layouts: ?[*]const *BindGroupLayout = null,
+
+        /// Provides a slightly friendlier Zig API to initialize this structure.
+        pub inline fn init(v: struct {
+            next_in_chain: ?*const ChainedStruct = null,
+            label: ?[*:0]const u8 = null,
+            bind_group_layouts: ?[]const *BindGroupLayout = null,
+        }) Descriptor {
+            return .{
+                .next_in_chain = v.next_in_chain,
+                .label = v.label,
+                .bind_group_layout_count = if (v.bind_group_layouts) |e| @intCast(u32, e.len) else 0,
+                .bind_group_layouts = if (v.bind_group_layouts) |e| e.ptr else null,
+            };
+        }
     };
 
     pub inline fn setLabel(pipeline_layout: *PipelineLayout, label: [*:0]const u8) void {