diff --git a/api/resmap/factory.go b/api/resmap/factory.go
index b779bb67f..90ee58c37 100644
--- a/api/resmap/factory.go
+++ b/api/resmap/factory.go
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ func (rmF *Factory) FromResource(res *resource.Resource) ResMap {
 	return m
 }
 
+// FromResourceSlice returns a ResMap with a slice of resources.
+func (rmF *Factory) FromResourceSlice(ress []*resource.Resource) ResMap {
+	m, err := newResMapFromResourceSlice(ress)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
 // FromFile returns a ResMap given a resource path.
 func (rmF *Factory) FromFile(
 	loader ifc.Loader, path string) (ResMap, error) {
diff --git a/api/resource/factory.go b/api/resource/factory.go
index 67fc020a8..2064475ce 100644
--- a/api/resource/factory.go
+++ b/api/resource/factory.go
@@ -146,6 +146,22 @@ func (rf *Factory) SliceFromBytes(in []byte) ([]*Resource, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+// SliceFromBytesWithNames unmarshals bytes into a Resource slice with specified original
+// name.
+func (rf *Factory) SliceFromBytesWithNames(names []string, in []byte) ([]*Resource, error) {
+	result, err := rf.SliceFromBytes(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(names) != len(result) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("number of names doesn't match number of resources")
+	}
+	for i, res := range result {
+		res.originalName = names[i]
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 // MakeConfigMap makes an instance of Resource for ConfigMap
 func (rf *Factory) MakeConfigMap(kvLdr ifc.KvLoader, args *types.ConfigMapArgs) (*Resource, error) {
 	u, err := rf.kf.MakeConfigMap(kvLdr, args)