diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea3a48e5d..4387b27f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Xcodeproj Changelog
 
+## Master
+
+##### Enhancements
+
+* Add method to create new variant groups (groups for localized versions of the same file)  
+  [Tim Bodeit](https://github.com/timbodeit)
+  [Xcodeproj#315](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Xcodeproj/pull/315)
+
+
 ## 0.28.2 (2015-10-09)
 
 ##### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/group.rb b/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/group.rb
index 33a6da89a..f9b906c9b 100644
--- a/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/group.rb
+++ b/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/group.rb
@@ -264,6 +264,34 @@ def new_group(name, path = nil, source_tree = :group)
           group
         end
 
+        # Creates a new variant group and adds it to the group
+        #
+        # @note   @see new_group
+        #
+        # @param  [#to_s] name
+        #         the name of the new group.
+        #
+        # @param  [#to_s] path
+        #         The, preferably absolute, path of the variant group.
+        #         Pass the path of the folder containing all the .lproj bundles,
+        #         that contain files for the variant group.
+        #         Do not pass the path of a specific bundle (such as en.lproj)
+        #
+        # @param  [Symbol] source_tree
+        #         The source tree key to use to configure the path (@see
+        #         GroupableHelper::SOURCE_TREES_BY_KEY).
+        #
+        # @return [PBXVariantGroup] the new variant group.
+        #
+        def new_variant_group(name, path = nil, source_tree = :group)
+          group = project.new(PBXVariantGroup)
+          children << group
+          group.name = name
+          group.set_source_tree(source_tree)
+          group.set_path(path)
+          group
+        end
+
         # Traverses the children groups and finds the group with the given
         # path, if exists.
         #
diff --git a/spec/project/object/group_spec.rb b/spec/project/object/group_spec.rb
index a8b272585..7a9bd7d60 100644
--- a/spec/project/object/group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/project/object/group_spec.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,26 @@ module ProjectSpecs
       end
     end
 
+    describe '#new_variant_group' do
+      it 'creates a new variant group' do
+        group = @group.new_variant_group('LocalizedResource')
+        group.name.should == 'LocalizedResource'
+        group.parent.should == @group
+        group.should.is_a?(PBXVariantGroup)
+      end
+
+      it 'sets the source tree to group if not path is provided' do
+        group = @group.new_group('LocalizedResource')
+        group.source_tree.should == '<group>'
+      end
+
+      it 'sets the path according to the source tree if provided' do
+        group = @group.new_group('LocalizedResource', '/project_dir/localized_resources')
+        group.source_tree.should == '<group>'
+        group.path.should == 'localized_resources'
+      end
+    end
+
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
     it 'removes groups and files recursively' do