diff --git a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactorGraph.h b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactorGraph.h
index 8b59fd4f9..8881a1d35 100644
--- a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactorGraph.h
+++ b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactorGraph.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ using SharedFactor = std::shared_ptr<Factor>;
 class GTSAM_EXPORT HybridFactorGraph : public FactorGraph<Factor> {
  public:
   using Base = FactorGraph<Factor>;
-  using This = HybridFactorGraph;              ///< this class
+  using This = HybridFactorGraph;            ///< this class
   using shared_ptr = std::shared_ptr<This>;  ///< shared_ptr to This
 
   using Values = gtsam::Values;  ///< backwards compatibility
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class GTSAM_EXPORT HybridFactorGraph : public FactorGraph<Factor> {
   template <class DERIVEDFACTOR>
   HybridFactorGraph(const FactorGraph<DERIVEDFACTOR>& graph) : Base(graph) {}
 
+  /** Construct from container of factors (shared_ptr or plain objects) */
+  template <class CONTAINER>
+  explicit HybridFactorGraph(const CONTAINER& factors) : Base(factors) {}
+
   /// @}
   /// @name Extra methods to inspect discrete/continuous keys.
   /// @{
diff --git a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridGaussianFactorGraph.h b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridGaussianFactorGraph.h
index 1708ff64b..8a86a7335 100644
--- a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridGaussianFactorGraph.h
+++ b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridGaussianFactorGraph.h
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ class GTSAM_EXPORT HybridGaussianFactorGraph
   /// @brief Default constructor.
   HybridGaussianFactorGraph() = default;
 
+  /** Construct from container of factors (shared_ptr or plain objects) */
+  template <class CONTAINER>
+  explicit HybridGaussianFactorGraph(const CONTAINER& factors)
+      : Base(factors) {}
+
   /**
    * Implicit copy/downcast constructor to override explicit template container
    * constructor. In BayesTree this is used for: