diff --git a/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilder.java b/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilder.java
index 3dc5df265820d..37f3af6a8c1da 100644
--- a/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilder.java
+++ b/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilder.java
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ public String toString() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * A helper method to combine multiple predicates by a logical OR
+     * A helper method to combine two predicates by a logical OR.
+     * If you want to combine multiple predicates see {@link #in(Predicate...)}
      */
     public static Predicate or(final Predicate left, final Predicate right) {
         notNull(left, "left");
@@ -125,6 +126,13 @@ public String toString() {
             }
         };
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * A helper method to return true if any of the predicates matches.
+     */
+    public static Predicate in(List<Predicate> predicates) {
+        return in(predicates.toArray(new Predicate[0]));
+    }
 
     public static Predicate isEqualTo(final Expression left, final Expression right) {
         return new BinaryPredicateSupport(left, right) {
@@ -442,6 +450,17 @@ public static Predicate and(List<Predicate> predicates) {
         return answer;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Concat the given predicates into a single predicate, which only matches
+     * if all the predicates matches.
+     * 
+     * @param predicates predicates
+     * @return a single predicate containing all the predicates
+     */
+    public static Predicate and(Predicate... predicates) {
+        return and(Arrays.asList(predicates));
+    }
+
     /**
      * A constant predicate.
      *
diff --git a/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilderTest.java b/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilderTest.java
index 1b244f113a18a..6ada574ce6d49 100644
--- a/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilderTest.java
+++ b/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/builder/PredicateBuilderTest.java
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@
  */
 package org.apache.camel.builder;
 
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
 import org.apache.camel.Message;
 import org.apache.camel.Predicate;
 import org.apache.camel.TestSupport;
 import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext;
 import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultExchange;
+
 import static org.apache.camel.builder.Builder.constant;
 import static org.apache.camel.builder.PredicateBuilder.in;
 import static org.apache.camel.builder.PredicateBuilder.not;
@@ -67,6 +71,31 @@ public void testCompoundAndPredicates() throws Exception {
         assertMatches(and);
     }
 
+    public void testCompoundAndPredicatesVarargs() throws Exception {
+        Predicate p1 = header("name").isEqualTo(constant("James"));
+        Predicate p2 = header("size").isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(constant(10));
+        Predicate p3 = header("location").contains(constant("London"));
+        Predicate and = PredicateBuilder.and(p1, p2, p3);
+
+        assertMatches(and);
+    }
+
+    public void testOrSignatures() throws Exception {
+        Predicate p1 = header("name").isEqualTo(constant("does-not-apply"));
+        Predicate p2 = header("size").isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(constant(10));
+        Predicate p3 = header("location").contains(constant("does-not-apply"));
+
+        // check method signature with two parameters
+        assertMatches(PredicateBuilder.or(p1, p2));
+        assertMatches(PredicateBuilder.or(p2, p3));
+
+        // check method signature with varargs
+        assertMatches(PredicateBuilder.in(p1, p2, p3));
+
+        // maybe a list of predicates?
+        assertMatches(PredicateBuilder.in(Arrays.asList(p1, p2, p3)));
+    }
+
     public void testCompoundAndOrPredicates() throws Exception {
         Predicate p1 = header("name").isEqualTo(constant("Hiram"));
         Predicate p2 = header("size").isGreaterThan(constant(100));