diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/apiaccessor.py b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/apiaccessor.py
index 4ffae57..c721ae1 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/apiaccessor.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/apiaccessor.py
@@ -51,5 +51,8 @@
     def get_content_type_id(self, obj):
         return obj.self_content_type_id
 
+    def create_obj(self, cls, **kwargs):
+        return cls.objects.new(**kwargs)
+
 
 
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/djangoaccessor.py b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/djangoaccessor.py
index b670406..6703ffb 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/djangoaccessor.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/djangoaccessor.py
@@ -80,3 +80,6 @@
     def get_content_type_id(self, obj):
         return ContentType.objects.get_for_model(obj)
 
+    def create_obj(self, cls, **kwargs):
+        return cls(**kwargs)
+
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py
index c715095..a7c69bc 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
     def journal_object(self, o, operation, msg=None, timestamp=None):
         pass
 
+    def create_obj(self, cls, **kwargs):
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
 def import_models_to_globals():
     # add all models to globals
     for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
diff --git a/xos/xos_client/xosapi/orm.py b/xos/xos_client/xosapi/orm.py
index 463f2f8..f8bcc63 100644
--- a/xos/xos_client/xosapi/orm.py
+++ b/xos/xos_client/xosapi/orm.py
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@
 
     def new(self, **kwargs):
         cls = self._stub.all_grpc_classes[self._modelName]
-        return make_ORMWrapper(cls(), self._stub, is_new=True)
+        o = make_ORMWrapper(cls(), self._stub, is_new=True)
+        for (k,v) in  kwargs.items():
+            setattr(o, k, v)
+        return o
 
 class ORMModelClass(object):
     def __init__(self, stub, model_name, package_name):