diff --git a/set.js b/set.js
index 8070fd4..fd8e1a0 100644
--- a/set.js
+++ b/set.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var value = true
   }
 
 var Set = function(input){
+  if (!(this instanceof Set)) return new Set(input)
   this._set = unique(input || [])
 }
 
diff --git a/test/set-test.js b/test/set-test.js
index aaf30e0..ee1c103 100644
--- a/test/set-test.js
+++ b/test/set-test.js
@@ -195,5 +195,21 @@ vows.describe('Set').addBatch({
             }
         }
     }
+
+    , "Initialized with [0,1,2,3,4] without the new keyword": {
+        topic: Set([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
+
+        , "will be a Set": function(topic){
+            assert.instanceOf(topic, Set)
+        }
+
+        , "is not empty": function(topic){
+            assert.isFalse(topic.empty())
+        }
+
+        , "contains a 0": function(topic){
+            assert.isTrue(topic.contains(0))
+        }
+    }
 }
 }).export(module)