diff --git a/identity_credential/Cargo.toml b/identity_credential/Cargo.toml
index 7372290a8..156230562 100644
--- a/identity_credential/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_credential/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ anyhow = { version = "1" }
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.64", default-features = false }
 bls12_381_plus = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.28", default-features = false, features = ["rust_backend"], optional = true }
-futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
+futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"], optional = true }
 identity_core = { version = "=1.4.0", path = "../identity_core", default-features = false }
 identity_did = { version = "=1.4.0", path = "../identity_did", default-features = false }
 identity_document = { version = "=1.4.0", path = "../identity_document", default-features = false }
diff --git a/identity_credential/src/credential/jwt_serialization.rs b/identity_credential/src/credential/jwt_serialization.rs
index a92eb78ce..feb3de531 100644
--- a/identity_credential/src/credential/jwt_serialization.rs
+++ b/identity_credential/src/credential/jwt_serialization.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'credential, T> CredentialJwtClaims<'credential, T>
 where
   T: ToOwned<Owned = T> + Serialize + DeserializeOwned,
 {
-  pub(super) fn new(credential: &'credential Credential<T>, custom: Option<Object>) -> Result<Self> {
+  pub(crate) fn new(credential: &'credential Credential<T>, custom: Option<Object>) -> Result<Self> {
     let Credential {
       context,
       id,
diff --git a/identity_credential/src/error.rs b/identity_credential/src/error.rs
index 1c814c389..a5bbc1f86 100644
--- a/identity_credential/src/error.rs
+++ b/identity_credential/src/error.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 //! Errors that may occur when working with Verifiable Credentials.
 
+use crate::sd_jwt_vc;
+
 /// Alias for a `Result` with the error type [`Error`].
 pub type Result<T, E = Error> = ::core::result::Result<T, E>;
 
@@ -79,4 +81,9 @@ pub enum Error {
   /// Cause by an invalid attribute path
   #[error("Attribute Not found")]
   SelectiveDisclosureError,
+
+  /// Failure of an SD-JWT VC operation.
+  #[cfg(feature = "sd-jwt-vc")]
+  #[error(transparent)]
+  SdJwtVc(#[from] sd_jwt_vc::Error),
 }
diff --git a/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/builder.rs b/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/builder.rs
index df7daafa3..8bef4059c 100644
--- a/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/builder.rs
+++ b/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/builder.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use identity_core::common::StringOrUrl;
 use identity_core::common::Timestamp;
 use identity_core::common::Url;
+use identity_core::convert::ToJson;
 use sd_jwt_payload_rework::Hasher;
 use sd_jwt_payload_rework::JsonObject;
 use sd_jwt_payload_rework::JwsSigner;
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ use sd_jwt_payload_rework::SdJwtBuilder;
 use sd_jwt_payload_rework::Sha256Hasher;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::json;
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+use crate::credential::Credential;
+use crate::credential::CredentialJwtClaims;
 
 use super::Error;
 use super::Result;
@@ -101,6 +106,25 @@ impl<H: Hasher> SdJwtVcBuilder<H> {
     })
   }
 
+  /// Creates a new [`SdJwtVcBuilder`] starting from a [`Credential`] that is converted to a JWT claim set.
+  pub fn new_from_credential(credential: Credential, hasher: H) -> std::result::Result<Self, crate::Error> {
+    let mut vc_jwt_claims = CredentialJwtClaims::new(&credential, None)?
+      .to_json_value()
+      .map_err(|e| crate::Error::JwtClaimsSetSerializationError(Box::new(e)))?;
+    // When converting a VC to its JWT claims representation, some VC specific claims are putted into a `vc` object
+    // property. Flatten out `vc`, keeping the other JWT claims intact.
+    {
+      let claims = vc_jwt_claims.as_object_mut().expect("serialized VC is a JSON object");
+      let Value::Object(vc_properties) = claims.remove("vc").expect("serialized VC has `vc` property") else {
+        unreachable!("`vc` property's value is a JSON object");
+      };
+      for (key, value) in vc_properties {
+        claims.insert(key, value);
+      }
+    }
+    Ok(Self::new_with_hasher(vc_jwt_claims, hasher)?)
+  }
+
   /// Substitutes a value with the digest of its disclosure.
   ///
   /// ## Notes
@@ -244,7 +268,10 @@ impl<H: Hasher> SdJwtVcBuilder<H> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+
   use super::*;
+  use crate::credential::CredentialBuilder;
+  use crate::credential::Subject;
   use crate::sd_jwt_vc::tests::TestSigner;
 
   #[tokio::test]
@@ -327,4 +354,33 @@ mod tests {
 
     Ok(())
   }
+
+  #[tokio::test]
+  async fn building_sd_jwt_vc_from_credential_works() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let credential = CredentialBuilder::default()
+      .id(Url::parse("https://example.com/credentials/42")?)
+      .issuance_date(Timestamp::now_utc())
+      .issuer(Url::parse("https://example.com/issuers/42")?)
+      .subject(Subject::with_id(Url::parse("https://example.com/subjects/42")?))
+      .build()?;
+
+    let sd_jwt_vc = SdJwtVcBuilder::new_from_credential(credential.clone(), Sha256Hasher::default())?
+      .vct(Url::parse("https://example.com/types/0")?)
+      .finish(&TestSigner, "HS256")
+      .await?;
+
+    assert_eq!(sd_jwt_vc.claims().nbf.as_ref().unwrap(), &credential.issuance_date);
+    assert_eq!(&sd_jwt_vc.claims().iss, credential.issuer.url());
+    assert_eq!(
+      sd_jwt_vc.claims().sub.as_ref().unwrap().as_url(),
+      credential.credential_subject.first().unwrap().id.as_ref()
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+      sd_jwt_vc.claims().get("jti"),
+      Some(&json!(credential.id.as_ref().unwrap()))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(sd_jwt_vc.claims().get("type"), Some(&json!("VerifiableCredential")));
+
+    Ok(())
+  }
 }
diff --git a/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/status.rs b/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/status.rs
index 173844729..1c68db6d4 100644
--- a/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/status.rs
+++ b/identity_credential/src/sd_jwt_vc/status.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ pub enum StatusMechanism {
   /// Reference to a status list containing this token's status.
   #[serde(rename = "status_list")]
   StatusList(StatusListRef),
+  /// A non-standard status mechanism.
+  #[serde(untagged)]
+  Custom(serde_json::Value),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]