diff --git a/src/adaptors/rotmat.rs b/src/adaptors/rotmat.rs
index 1bef1a86..86a51438 100644
--- a/src/adaptors/rotmat.rs
+++ b/src/adaptors/rotmat.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@ impl<N: Clone + DivisionRing + Algebraic> Rotmat<Mat3<N>>
                             xaxis.y.clone(), yaxis.y.clone(), zaxis.y.clone(),
                             xaxis.z        , yaxis.z        , zaxis.z)
   }
+
+  pub fn look_at_z(&mut self, at: &Vec3<N>, up: &Vec3<N>)
+  {
+    let zaxis = at.normalized();
+    let xaxis = up.cross(&zaxis).normalized();
+    let yaxis = zaxis.cross(&xaxis);
+
+    self.submat = Mat3::new(xaxis.x.clone(), yaxis.x.clone(), zaxis.x.clone(),
+                            xaxis.y.clone(), yaxis.y.clone(), zaxis.y.clone(),
+                            xaxis.z        , yaxis.z        , zaxis.z)
+  }
 }
 
 impl<N: Trigonometric + DivisionRing + Clone>
diff --git a/src/adaptors/transform.rs b/src/adaptors/transform.rs
index 00dba499..da3422bc 100644
--- a/src/adaptors/transform.rs
+++ b/src/adaptors/transform.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ impl<N: Clone + DivisionRing + Algebraic> Transform<Rotmat<Mat3<N>>, Vec3<N>>
     self.submat.look_at(&(*at - *eye), up);
     self.subtrans = eye.clone();
   }
+
+  pub fn look_at_z(&mut self, eye: &Vec3<N>, at: &Vec3<N>, up: &Vec3<N>)
+  {
+    self.submat.look_at_z(&(*at - *eye), up);
+    self.subtrans = eye.clone();
+  }
 }
 
 impl<M: Dim, V> Dim for Transform<M, V>