diff --git a/overpass/__init__.py b/overpass/__init__.py
index 267865a7b4d..9ddfcd7477d 100644
--- a/overpass/__init__.py
+++ b/overpass/__init__.py
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 from .errors import (
     OverpassError, OverpassSyntaxError, TimeoutError, MultipleRequestsError, ServerLoadError, UnknownOverpassError
 )
+from .utils import *
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diff --git a/overpass/utils.py b/overpass/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cf3f1236a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overpass/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class Utils(object):
+
+	@classmethod
+	def to_overpass_id(self, osmid, area=False):
+		AREA_BASE = 2400000000
+		RELATION_BASE = 3600000000
+		if area:
+			return int(osmid) + AREA_BASE
+		return int(osmid) + RELATION_BASE
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