diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Geometry/BoundingBox.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Geometry/BoundingBox.pm
index cbcec824..3cd019f0 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Geometry/BoundingBox.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Geometry/BoundingBox.pm
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ has 'extents' => (is => 'ro', required => 1);
 
 sub clone { Storable::dclone($_[0]) }
 
+# 2D
+sub new_from_points {
+    my $class = shift;
+    my ($points) = @_;
+    
+    my $bb = [ Slic3r::Geometry::bounding_box($points) ];
+    return $class->new(extents => [
+        [ $bb->[X1], $bb->[X2] ],
+        [ $bb->[Y1], $bb->[Y2] ],
+    ]);
+}
+
+# 3D
+sub new_from_points_3D {
+    my $class = shift;
+    my ($points) = @_;
+    
+    return $class->new(extents => [ Slic3r::Geometry::bounding_box_3D($points) ]);
+}
+
 # four-arguments 2D bb
 sub bb {
     my $self = shift;
@@ -39,9 +59,9 @@ sub scale {
     my $self = shift;
     my ($factor) = @_;
     
-    $_ *= $factor
-        for map @$_[MIN,MAX],
-            grep $_, @{$self->extents}[X,Y,Z];
+    for (@{$self->extents}) {
+        $_ *= $factor for @$_[MIN,MAX];
+    }
     
     $self;
 }
diff --git a/t/geometry.t b/t/geometry.t
index c0e1f753..edbe7262 100644
--- a/t/geometry.t
+++ b/t/geometry.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use Test::More;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-plan tests => 23;
+plan tests => 24;
 
 BEGIN {
     use FindBin;
@@ -173,4 +173,12 @@ is Slic3r::Geometry::can_connect_points(@$points, $polygons), 0, 'can_connect_po
     is_deeply $result, [ [10, 0], [5, 5], [0, 0], [10, 0] ], 'split_at_index';
 }
 
-#==========================================================
\ No newline at end of file
+#==========================================================
+
+{
+    my $bb = Slic3r::Geometry::BoundingBox->new_from_points([ [0, 1], [10, 2], [20, 2] ]);
+    $bb->scale(2);
+    is_deeply $bb->extents, [ [0,40], [2,4] ], 'bounding box is scaled correctly';
+}
+
+#==========================================================