diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 579ab75..8870a48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
 			<version>2.2.3</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -73,12 +78,6 @@
 			<version>1.8.4</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 
 
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillAttachment.java b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillAttachment.java
index 1e7c92c..0d5b6e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillAttachment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillAttachment.java
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 package com.cribbstechnologies.clients.mandrill.model;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+
 public class MandrillAttachment {
 
     String type;
@@ -12,6 +20,28 @@ public MandrillAttachment(String type, String name, String content) {
         this.content = content;
     }
 
+    public MandrillAttachment(File file, String type) {
+        this.name = file.getName();
+        this.type = type;
+        try {
+            FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
+            this.content = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(IOUtils.toByteArray(is)));
+            is.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Can't encode attachment file " + file);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public MandrillAttachment(InputStream is, String fileName, String type) {
+        this.name = fileName;
+        this.type = type;
+        try {
+            this.content = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(IOUtils.toByteArray(is)));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Can't encode attachment " + fileName);
+        }
+    }
+
     public String getContent() {
         return this.content;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillRecipient.java b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillRecipient.java
index f9842fe..52ef440 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillRecipient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/MandrillRecipient.java
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ public class MandrillRecipient {
 	String name;
     String type;
 	
+	public MandrillRecipient(String email) {
+		this(email, email);
+	}
+
 	public MandrillRecipient(String name, String email) {
 		this.email = email;
 		this.name = name;