diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0324e49..d071bbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Changelog for ecszap
 
 ## unreleased
 
+### Enhancement
+* Add `ecszap.WrapCoreOption` for convenience [pull#22](https://github.com/elastic/ecs-logging-go-zap/pull/22)
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Change `stacktrace` to `stack_trace` in output and in json and yaml config option for `EncoderConfig.EnableStacktrace` [pull#21](https://github.com/elastic/ecs-logging-go-zap/pull/21)
 
@@ -24,4 +27,4 @@ Changelog for ecszap
 * remove `ecszap.NewJSONEncoder` [pull#12](https://github.com/elastic/ecs-logging-go-zap/pull/12)
 
 ## 0.1.0
-Initial Pre-Release supporting [MVP](https://github.com/elastic/ecs-logging/tree/master/spec#minimum-viable-product) for ECS conformant logging 
\ No newline at end of file
+Initial Pre-Release supporting [MVP](https://github.com/elastic/ecs-logging/tree/master/spec#minimum-viable-product) for ECS conformant logging 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 399a6a3..172736e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ logger := zap.New(core, zap.AddCaller())
 ```
 
 ### Transition from existing configurations
+Depending on your needs there are different ways how to create the logger:
+
 ```go
 encoderConfig := ecszap.ECSCompatibleEncoderConfig(zap.NewDevelopmentEncoderConfig())
 encoder := zapcore.NewJSONEncoder(encoderConfig)
@@ -138,6 +140,13 @@ core := zapcore.NewCore(encoder, os.Stdout, zap.DebugLevel)
 logger := zap.New(ecszap.WrapCore(core), zap.AddCaller())
 ```
 
+```go
+config := zap.NewProductionConfig()
+config.EncoderConfig = ecszap.ECSCompatibleEncoderConfig(config.EncoderConfig)
+logger, err := config.Build(ecszap.WrapCoreOption(), zap.AddCaller())
+```
+
+
 ## References
 * Introduction to ECS [blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/introducing-the-elastic-common-schema).
 * Logs UI [blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/infrastructure-and-logs-ui-new-ways-for-ops-to-interact-with-elasticsearch).
diff --git a/core.go b/core.go
index 618c6fb..4a6aec7 100644
--- a/core.go
+++ b/core.go
@@ -33,14 +33,19 @@ func NewCore(cfg EncoderConfig, ws zapcore.WriteSyncer, enab zapcore.LevelEnable
 	return WrapCore(zapcore.NewCore(enc, ws, enab))
 }
 
-// WrapCore wraps a given core with ECS core functionality. For ECS
-// compatibility, ensure that the wrapped zapcore.Core uses an encoder
+// WrapCore wraps a core with ECS core functionality and returns a zapcore.Core.
+// For ECS compatibility, ensure that the wrapped zapcore.Core uses an encoder
 // that is created from an ECS compatible configuration. For further details
 // check out ecszap.EncoderConfig or ecszap.ECSCompatibleEncoderConfig.
 func WrapCore(c zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
 	return &core{c}
 }
 
+// WrapCoreOption returns a zap.Option, wrapping the underlying zapcore.Core.
+func WrapCoreOption() zap.Option {
+	return zap.WrapCore(WrapCore)
+}
+
 type core struct {
 	zapcore.Core
 }
diff --git a/logger_test.go b/logger_test.go
index 071415f..8183b27 100644
--- a/logger_test.go
+++ b/logger_test.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
-	errs "github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ func TestECSZapLogger_With(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{name: "newCoreFromConfig",
 			core: NewCore(NewDefaultEncoderConfig(), &out, zap.DebugLevel)},
-		{name: "",
+		{name: "wrappedCore",
 			core: func() zapcore.Core {
 				ecsEncCfg := ECSCompatibleEncoderConfig(zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig())
 				enc := zapcore.NewJSONEncoder(ecsEncCfg)
@@ -81,17 +79,19 @@ func TestECSZapLogger_With(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// log a wrapped error
 			out.reset()
-			err := errors.New("boom")
-			logger.Error("some error", zap.Error(errs.Wrap(err, "crash")))
-			out.requireContains(t, []string{"error"})
+			logger.With(zap.Error(errors.New("test error"))).Error("boom")
+			out.requireContains(t, []string{"error", "message"})
+			assert.Equal(t, "boom", out.m["message"])
+			outErr, ok := out.m["error"].(map[string]interface{})
+			require.True(t, ok, out.m["error"])
+			assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"message": "test error"}, outErr)
 
 			// Adding logger wide fields and a logger name
 			out.reset()
 			logger = logger.With(zap.String("foo", "bar"))
-			logger = logger.With(zap.Error(errors.New("wrapCore Error")))
 			logger = logger.Named("mylogger")
 			logger.Debug("debug message")
-			out.requireContains(t, []string{"log.logger", "foo", "error"})
+			out.requireContains(t, []string{"log.logger", "foo"})
 
 			// Use loosely typed logger
 			out.reset()
@@ -104,20 +104,6 @@ func TestECSZapLogger_With(t *testing.T) {
 				"@timestamp", "log.level", "log.origin", "foo", "count"})
 
 			out.reset()
-
 		})
 	}
-	// Wrapped logger
-	out.reset()
-	cfg := ECSCompatibleEncoderConfig(zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig())
-	encoder := zapcore.NewJSONEncoder(cfg)
-	core := zapcore.NewCore(encoder, &out, zap.DebugLevel)
-	logger := zap.New(WrapCore(core), zap.AddCaller())
-	defer logger.Sync()
-	logger.With(zap.Error(errors.New("wrapCore"))).Error("boom")
-	out.requireContains(t, []string{"error", "message"})
-	assert.Equal(t, "boom", out.m["message"])
-	outErr, ok := out.m["error"].(map[string]interface{})
-	require.True(t, ok, out.m["error"])
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"message": "wrapCore"}, outErr)
 }