diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtil.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtil.kt
index e744fd26494..98ac1dabfab 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtil.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtil.kt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public inline fun <K,V> sortedMap(vararg values: #(K,V)): SortedMap<K,V> {
  * is the key and the second value is the value. This map preserves insertion order so iterating through
  * the map's entries will be in the same order
  *
- * @includeFunctionBody ../../test/MapTest.kt createLinkedHashMap
+ * @includeFunctionBody ../../test/MapTest.kt createLinkedMap
  */
 public inline fun <K,V> linkedMap(vararg values: #(K,V)): LinkedHashMap<K,V> {
     val answer = LinkedHashMap<K,V>(values.size)
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtilMaps.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtilMaps.kt
index 9f0fd4b9dd0..fb2012a788d 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtilMaps.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/JUtilMaps.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import java.util.Collection
 import java.util.Collections
 import java.util.HashMap
 import java.util.List
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap
+import java.util.Map
+import java.util.TreeMap
+import java.util.SortedMap
+import java.util.Comparator
 
 // Map APIs
 
@@ -121,4 +126,32 @@ public inline fun <K,V> java.util.Map<K,V>.putAll(vararg values: #(K,V)): Unit {
     for (v in values) {
         put(v._1, v._2)
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts this [[Map]] to a [[LinkedHashMap]] so future insertion orders are maintained
+ */
+public inline fun <K,V> java.util.Map<K,V>.toLinkedMap(): LinkedHashMap<K,V> = toMap<K,V>(LinkedHashMap(size)) as LinkedHashMap<K,V>
+
+/**
+ * Converts this [[Map]] to a [[SortedMap]] so iteration order will be in key order
+ *
+ * @includeFunctionBody ../../test/MapTest.kt toSortedMap
+ */
+public inline fun <K,V> java.util.Map<K,V>.toSortedMap(): SortedMap<K,V> = toMap<K,V>(TreeMap()) as SortedMap<K,V>
+
+/**
+ * Converts this [[Map]] to a [[SortedMap]] using the given *comparator* so that iteration order will be in the order
+ * defined by the comparator
+ *
+ * @includeFunctionBody ../../test/MapTest.kt toSortedMapWithComparator
+ */
+public inline fun <K,V> java.util.Map<K,V>.toSortedMap(comparator: Comparator<K>): SortedMap<K,V> = toMap<K,V>(TreeMap(comparator)) as SortedMap<K,V>
+
+/**
+ * Copies the entries in this [[Map]] to the given *map*
+ */
+public inline fun <K,V> java.util.Map<K,V>.toMap(map: Map<K,V>): Map<K,V> {
+    map.putAll(this)
+    return map
+}
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Ordering.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Ordering.kt
index cacbd2fdff7..b5ed2be58aa 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Ordering.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Ordering.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public inline fun <T> comparator(vararg functions: Function1<T,Any?>): Comparato
     return FunctionComparator<T>(functions)
 }
 
+
 private class FunctionComparator<T>(val functions: Array<Function1<T,Any?>>):  Comparator<T> {
 
     public fun toString(): String {
@@ -61,6 +62,30 @@ private class FunctionComparator<T>(val functions: Array<Function1<T,Any?>>):  C
         return compareBy<T>(o1, o2, *functions)
     }
 
+    public override fun equals(obj: Any?): Boolean {
+        return this == obj
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a comparator using the sequence of functions used to calculate a value to compare on
+ */
+public inline fun <T> comparator(fn: (T,T) -> Int): Comparator<T> {
+    return Function2Comparator<T>(fn)
+}
+private class Function2Comparator<T>(val compareFn: (T,T) -> Int):  Comparator<T> {
+
+    public fun toString(): String {
+        return "Function2Comparator${compareFn}"
+    }
+
+    public override fun compare(a: T?, b: T?): Int {
+        if (a === b) return 0
+        if (a == null) return - 1
+        if (b == null) return 1
+        return (compareFn)(a, b)
+    }
+
     public override fun equals(obj: Any?): Boolean {
         return this == obj
     }
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/MapTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/MapTest.kt
index 9b149f2d370..f003bd977f6 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/MapTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/MapTest.kt
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ class MapTest {
 
     test fun createLinkedMap() {
         val map = linkedMap(#("c", 3), #("b", 2), #("a", 1))
-        assertEquals(3, map.size)
         assertEquals(1, map.get("a"))
         assertEquals(2, map.get("b"))
         assertEquals(3, map.get("c"))
@@ -130,13 +129,34 @@ class MapTest {
 
     test fun createSortedMap() {
         val map = sortedMap(#("c", 3), #("b", 2), #("a", 1))
-        assertEquals(3, map.size)
         assertEquals(1, map.get("a"))
         assertEquals(2, map.get("b"))
         assertEquals(3, map.get("c"))
         assertEquals(arrayList("a", "b", "c"), map.keySet()!!.toList())
     }
 
+    test fun toSortedMap() {
+        val map = hashMap<String,Int>(#("c", 3), #("b", 2), #("a", 1))
+        val sorted = map.toSortedMap<String,Int>()
+        assertEquals(1, sorted.get("a"))
+        assertEquals(2, sorted.get("b"))
+        assertEquals(3, sorted.get("c"))
+        assertEquals(arrayList("a", "b", "c"), sorted.keySet()!!.toList())
+    }
+
+    test fun toSortedMapWithComparator() {
+        val map = hashMap(#("c", 3), #("bc", 2), #("bd", 4), #("abc", 1))
+        val c = comparator<String>{ a, b ->
+            val answer = a.length() - b.length()
+            if (answer == 0) a.compareTo(b) else answer
+        }
+        val sorted = map.toSortedMap(c)
+        assertEquals(arrayList("c", "bc", "bd", "abc"), sorted.keySet()!!.toList())
+        assertEquals(1, sorted.get("abc"))
+        assertEquals(2, sorted.get("bc"))
+        assertEquals(3, sorted.get("c"))
+    }
+
     /**
     TODO
     test case for http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-1773