diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/events.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/events.rs
index fbf2bcb928..8eb9532815 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/events.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/events.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ impl IntoIterator for SpanEvents {
 }
 
 impl SpanEvents {
+    /// Create a new `SpanEvents` from a list of events and a dropped count
+    pub fn new(events: Vec<Event>, dropped_count: u32) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            events,
+            dropped_count,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn add_event(&mut self, event: Event) {
         self.events.push(event);
     }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/links.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/links.rs
index 33d8074fa3..bed64f5ab5 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/links.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/links.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ impl IntoIterator for SpanLinks {
 }
 
 impl SpanLinks {
+    /// Create a new `SpanLinks` from a list of events and a dropped count
+    pub fn new(links: Vec<Link>, dropped_count: u32) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            links,
+            dropped_count,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn add_link(&mut self, link: Link) {
         self.links.push(link);
     }