diff --git a/field_map.go b/field_map.go
index 0a95f2b01..d0690b5f0 100644
--- a/field_map.go
+++ b/field_map.go
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ func (m FieldMap) SetField(tag Tag, field FieldValueWriter) FieldMap {
 	return m
 }
 
+//SetInt is a SetField wrapper for int fields
+func (m FieldMap) SetInt(tag Tag, value int) FieldMap {
+	return m.SetField(tag, FIXInt(value))
+}
+
+//SetString is a SetField wrapper for string fields
+func (m FieldMap) SetString(tag Tag, value string) FieldMap {
+	return m.SetField(tag, FIXString(value))
+}
+
 //Clear purges all fields from field map
 func (m *FieldMap) Clear() {
 	m.tagLookup = make(map[Tag]TagValues)
diff --git a/field_map_test.go b/field_map_test.go
index 2f73e3b58..c7404eb60 100644
--- a/field_map_test.go
+++ b/field_map_test.go
@@ -84,3 +84,37 @@ func TestFieldMap_Total(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Total should includes all fields but checkSum- got ", fMap.total())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFieldMap_TypedSetAndGet(t *testing.T) {
+	var fMap FieldMap
+	fMap.init()
+
+	fMap.SetString(1, "hello")
+	fMap.SetInt(2, 256)
+
+	s, err := fMap.GetString(1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Unexpected Error", err)
+	} else if s != "hello" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v got %v", "hello", s)
+	}
+
+	i, err := fMap.GetInt(2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Unexpected Error", err)
+	} else if i != 256 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v got %v", 256, i)
+	}
+
+	_, err = fMap.GetInt(1)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Type mismatch should occur error but nil")
+	}
+
+	s, err = fMap.GetString(2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Type mismatch should occur error but nil")
+	} else if s != "256" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v got %v", "256", s)
+	}
+}