diff --git a/src/runtime/java/jpgf.c b/src/runtime/java/jpgf.c
index 026bd9a48..84b2ebb4e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/java/jpgf.c
+++ b/src/runtime/java/jpgf.c
@@ -1226,6 +1226,46 @@ Java_org_grammaticalframework_pgf_Expr_initStringLit(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz,
 	return expr;
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL 
+Java_org_grammaticalframework_pgf_Expr_initIntLit(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jint jd, jlong jpool)
+{
+	GuPool* pool = l2p(jpool);
+	PgfExpr expr;
+
+	PgfExprLit* e =
+		gu_new_variant(PGF_EXPR_LIT,
+					   PgfExprLit,
+					   &expr, pool);
+
+	PgfLiteralInt* nlit =
+		gu_new_variant(PGF_LITERAL_INT,
+					   PgfLiteralInt,
+					   &e->lit, pool);
+	nlit->val = jd;
+
+	return expr;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL 
+Java_org_grammaticalframework_pgf_Expr_initFloatLit(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jdouble jf, jlong jpool)
+{
+	GuPool* pool = l2p(jpool);
+	PgfExpr expr;
+
+	PgfExprLit* e =
+		gu_new_variant(PGF_EXPR_LIT,
+					   PgfExprLit,
+					   &expr, pool);
+
+	PgfLiteralFlt* flit =
+		gu_new_variant(PGF_LITERAL_FLT,
+					   PgfLiteralFlt,
+					   &e->lit, pool);
+	flit->val = jf;
+
+	return expr;
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
 Java_org_grammaticalframework_pgf_Expr_initApp__Lorg_grammaticalframework_pgf_Expr_2_3Lorg_grammaticalframework_pgf_Expr_2J
 (JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jobject jfun, jobjectArray args, jlong jpool)
diff --git a/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java b/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java
index 6541db140..2c6882203 100644
--- a/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java
+++ b/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ public class Expr implements Serializable {
 			this.ref    = initStringLit(s, pool.ref);  
 		}
 
+		/** Constructs an expression which represents an integer literal */
+		public Expr(int d) {
+			this.pool   = new Pool();
+			this.master = null;
+			this.ref    = initIntLit(d, pool.ref);  
+		}
+
+		/** Constructs an expression which represents a floating point literal */
+		public Expr(double f) {
+			this.pool   = new Pool();
+			this.master = null;
+			this.ref    = initFloatLit(f, pool.ref);  
+		}
+
 		/** Constructs an expression which is a function application
 		 * @param fun The name of the top-level function.
 		 * @param args the arguments for the function.
@@ -85,6 +99,8 @@ public class Expr implements Serializable {
 		private static native String showExpr(long ref);
 
 		private static native long initStringLit(String s, long pool);
+		private static native long initIntLit(int d, long pool);
+		private static native long initFloatLit(double f, long pool);
 		private static native long initApp(Expr   fun, Expr[] args, long pool);
 		private static native long initApp(String fun, Expr[] args, long pool);