diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionFactory.java
index a5647fc78..dc1529c04 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionFactory.java
@@ -251,6 +251,11 @@ public interface ExpressionFactory {
    */
   Expression idEq(Object value);
 
+  /**
+   * Id IN a list of Id values.
+   */
+  Expression idIn(Object... idValues);
+
   /**
    * Id IN a list of Id values.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionList.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionList.java
index e5ab15654..f05031add 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionList.java
@@ -758,6 +758,11 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   ExpressionList<T> notExists(Query<?> subQuery);
 
+  /**
+   * Id IN a list of id values.
+   */
+  ExpressionList<T> idIn(Object... idValues);
+
   /**
    * Id IN a list of id values.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionFactory.java
index c74f9b339..60eb6397d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.search.TextSimple;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.api.SpiExpressionFactory;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.api.SpiQuery;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -365,6 +366,13 @@ public class DefaultExpressionFactory implements SpiExpressionFactory {
     return new IdInExpression(idList);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Id IN a list of id values.
+   */
+  public Expression idIn(Object... idValues) {
+    return new IdInExpression(Arrays.asList(idValues));
+  }
+
   /**
    * All Equal - Map containing property names and their values.
    * <p>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java
index 1cecab544..bb6ce53e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class DefaultExpressionList<T> implements SpiExpressionList<T> {
 
   protected final Query<T> query;
 
-  protected final ExpressionList<T> parentExprList;
+  private final ExpressionList<T> parentExprList;
 
   protected transient ExpressionFactory expr;
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ public class DefaultExpressionList<T> implements SpiExpressionList<T> {
     this(query, query.getExpressionFactory(), parentExprList);
   }
 
-  public DefaultExpressionList(Query<T> query, ExpressionFactory expr, ExpressionList<T> parentExprList) {
+  DefaultExpressionList(Query<T> query, ExpressionFactory expr, ExpressionList<T> parentExprList) {
     this(query, expr, parentExprList, new ArrayList<SpiExpression>());
   }
 
-  protected DefaultExpressionList(Query<T> query, ExpressionFactory expr, ExpressionList<T> parentExprList, List<SpiExpression> list) {
+  DefaultExpressionList(Query<T> query, ExpressionFactory expr, ExpressionList<T> parentExprList, List<SpiExpression> list) {
     this(query, expr, parentExprList, list, false);
   }
 
@@ -667,6 +667,12 @@ public class DefaultExpressionList<T> implements SpiExpressionList<T> {
     return this;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ExpressionList<T> idIn(Object... idValues) {
+    add(expr.idIn(idValues));
+    return this;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ExpressionList<T> idIn(List<?> idList) {
     add(expr.idIn(idList));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java
index a9ef68d06..fd228160e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java
@@ -482,6 +482,11 @@ class JunctionExpression<T> implements SpiJunction<T>, SpiExpression, Expression
     return exprList.idEq(value);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ExpressionList<T> idIn(Object... idValues) {
+    return exprList.idIn(idValues);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ExpressionList<T> idIn(List<?> idValues) {
     return exprList.idIn(idValues);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryInIdTypeConversion.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryInIdTypeConversion.java
index 911f8ff63..f8c6e529c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryInIdTypeConversion.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryInIdTypeConversion.java
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 package com.avaje.tests.query;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import com.avaje.ebean.BaseTestCase;
 import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
 import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.Customer;
 import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.ResetBasicData;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 public class TestQueryInIdTypeConversion extends BaseTestCase {
 
@@ -18,13 +17,8 @@ public class TestQueryInIdTypeConversion extends BaseTestCase {
 
     ResetBasicData.reset();
 
-    List<String> idList = new ArrayList<String>();
-    idList.add("1");
-    idList.add("2");
-
-    List<Customer> list = Ebean.find(Customer.class).where().idIn(idList).findList();
-
-    Assert.assertNotNull(list);
+    List<Customer> list = Ebean.find(Customer.class).where().idIn("1", "2").findList();
 
+    assertNotNull(list);
   }
 }