diff --git a/gpu/README.md b/gpu/README.md
index e0910de3..de2be81a 100644
--- a/gpu/README.md
+++ b/gpu/README.md
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ And, to initialize data structures with slices in them, the following helpers ar
 
 * `BindGroupLayout.Descriptor.init`
 * `BindGroup.Descriptor.init`
+* `InstanceDescriptor.init`
 
 ### Typed callbacks
 
diff --git a/gpu/src/bind_group.zig b/gpu/src/bind_group.zig
index a1bfc6c8..aeff3818 100644
--- a/gpu/src/bind_group.zig
+++ b/gpu/src/bind_group.zig
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ pub const BindGroup = opaque {
         next_in_chain: ?*const ChainedStruct = null,
         label: ?[*:0]const u8 = null,
         layout: *BindGroupLayout,
-        // TODO: slice helper
         entry_count: u32 = 0,
         entries: ?[*]const Entry = null,
 
diff --git a/gpu/src/dawn.zig b/gpu/src/dawn.zig
index 01ed55c9..260f5d6a 100644
--- a/gpu/src/dawn.zig
+++ b/gpu/src/dawn.zig
@@ -17,9 +17,20 @@ pub const EncoderInternalUsageDescriptor = extern struct {
 /// TODO: Can be chained in gpu.Instance.Descriptor
 pub const InstanceDescriptor = extern struct {
     chain: ChainedStruct,
-    // TODO: slice helper
     additional_runtime_search_paths_count: u32 = 0,
     additional_runtime_search_paths: ?[*]const u8 = null,
+
+    /// Provides a slightly friendlier Zig API to initialize this structure.
+    pub fn init(v: struct {
+        chain: ChainedStruct,
+        additional_runtime_search_paths: ?[]const u8 = null,
+    }) InstanceDescriptor {
+        return .{
+            .chain = v.chain,
+            .additional_runtime_search_paths_count = if (v.additional_runtime_search_paths) |e| @intCast(u32, e.len) else 0,
+            .additional_runtime_search_paths = if (v.additional_runtime_search_paths) |e| e.ptr else null,
+        };
+    }
 };
 
 /// TODO: Can be chained in gpu.Texture.Descriptor