diff --git a/src/data/finsupp/basic.lean b/src/data/finsupp/basic.lean
index 7dc0ad83be63c..79a9eec06f24b 100644
--- a/src/data/finsupp/basic.lean
+++ b/src/data/finsupp/basic.lean
@@ -1113,6 +1113,16 @@ have ∀ c, f.sum (λ a b, g a b c) ≠ 0 → (∃ a, f a ≠ 0 ∧ ¬ (g a (f a
   ⟨a, mem_support_iff.mp ha, ne⟩,
 by simpa only [finset.subset_iff, mem_support_iff, finset.mem_bUnion, sum_apply, exists_prop]
 
+lemma support_finset_sum [decidable_eq β] [add_comm_monoid M] {s : finset α} {f : α → (β →₀ M)} :
+  (finset.sum s f).support ⊆ s.bUnion (λ x, (f x).support) :=
+begin
+  rw ←finset.sup_eq_bUnion,
+  induction s using finset.cons_induction_on with a s ha ih,
+  { refl },
+  { rw [finset.sum_cons, finset.sup_cons],
+    exact support_add.trans (finset.union_subset_union (finset.subset.refl _) ih), },
+end
+
 @[simp] lemma sum_zero [has_zero M] [add_comm_monoid N] {f : α →₀ M} :
   f.sum (λa b, (0 : N)) = 0 :=
 finset.sum_const_zero
diff --git a/src/data/mv_polynomial/basic.lean b/src/data/mv_polynomial/basic.lean
index bd25fc5de8f09..4595b3a7c501b 100644
--- a/src/data/mv_polynomial/basic.lean
+++ b/src/data/mv_polynomial/basic.lean
@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ lemma support_add : (p + q).support ⊆ p.support ∪ q.support := finsupp.suppo
 lemma support_X [nontrivial R] : (X n : mv_polynomial σ R).support = {single n 1} :=
 by rw [X, support_monomial, if_neg]; exact one_ne_zero
 
+@[simp] lemma support_zero : (0 : mv_polynomial σ R).support = ∅ := rfl
+
+lemma support_sum {α : Type*} {s : finset α} {f : α → mv_polynomial σ R} :
+  (∑ x in s, f x).support ⊆ s.bUnion (λ x, (f x).support) := finsupp.support_finset_sum
+
 end support
 
 section coeff