diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Utility/CollectionTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Utility/CollectionTest.php
index 56bf34cca4e..2fb99f77575 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Utility/CollectionTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Utility/CollectionTest.php
@@ -241,4 +241,18 @@ public function testReduce() {
 			->will($this->returnValue(16));
 		$this->assertEquals(16, $collection->reduce($callable, 10));
 	}
+
+/**
+ * Tests extract
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtract() {
+		$items = [['a' => ['b' => ['c' => 1]]], 2];
+		$collection = new Collection($items);
+		$map = $collection->extract('a.b.c');
+		$this->assertInstanceOf('\Cake\Utility\Iterator\ExtractIterator', $map);
+		$this->assertEquals([1, null], iterator_to_array($map));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Utility/Iterator/ExtractIteratorTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Utility/Iterator/ExtractIteratorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..308e7b7d309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Utility/Iterator/ExtractIteratorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * For full copyright and license information, please see the LICENSE.txt
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
+ * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 3.0.0
+ * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
+ */
+namespace Cake\Test\TestCase\Utility\Iterator;
+
+use ArrayObject;
+use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
+use Cake\Utility\Iterator\ExtractIterator;
+
+/**
+ * ExtractIterator Test
+ *
+ */
+class ExtractIteratorTest extends TestCase {
+
+/**
+ * Tests it is possible to extract a column in the first level of an array
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtractFromArrayShallow() {
+		$items = [
+			['a' => 1, 'b' =>2],
+			['a' => 3, 'b' => 4]
+		];
+		$extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'a');
+		$this->assertEquals([1, 3], iterator_to_array($extractor));
+
+		$extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'b');
+		$this->assertEquals([2, 4], iterator_to_array($extractor));
+
+		$extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'c');
+		$this->assertEquals([null, null], iterator_to_array($extractor));
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Tests it is possible to extract a column in the first level of an object
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtractFromObjectShallow() {
+		$items = [
+			new ArrayObject(['a' => 1, 'b' =>2]),
+			new ArrayObject(['a' => 3, 'b' => 4])
+		];
+		$extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'a');
+		$this->assertEquals([1, 3], iterator_to_array($extractor));
+
+		$extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'b');
+		$this->assertEquals([2, 4], iterator_to_array($extractor));
+
+		$extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'c');
+		$this->assertEquals([null, null], iterator_to_array($extractor));
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Tests it is possible to extract a column deeply nested in the structure
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtractFromArrayDeep() {
+		$items = [
+			['a' => ['b' => ['c' => 10]], 'b' =>2],
+			['a' => ['b' => ['d' => 15]], 'b' => 4],
+			['a' => ['x' => ['z' => 20]], 'b' => 4],
+			['a' => ['b' => ['c' => 25]], 'b' =>2],
+		];
+		$extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'a.b.c');
+		$this->assertEquals([10, null, null, 25], iterator_to_array($extractor));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Cake/Utility/Collection.php b/Cake/Utility/Collection.php
index 55bfc5b8e9d..ab2009f1349 100644
--- a/Cake/Utility/Collection.php
+++ b/Cake/Utility/Collection.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 namespace Cake\Utility;
 
 use ArrayIterator;
+use Cake\Utility\Iterator\ExtractIterator;
 use Cake\Utility\Iterator\FilterIterator;
 use Cake\Utility\Iterator\ReplaceIterator;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
@@ -241,12 +242,34 @@ public function reduce(callable $c, $zero) {
 		return $result;
 	}
 
-	public function mapReduce(callable $map, callable $reduce) {
-	}
-
-
-	public function extract($property) {
-
+/**
+ * Returns a new collection containing the column or property value found in each
+ * of th elements, as requested in the $matcher param.
+ *
+ * The matcher can be a string with a property name to extract or a dot separated
+ * path of properties that should be followed to get the last one in the path.
+ *
+ * If a column or property could not be found for a particular element in the
+ * collection, that position is filled with null.
+ *
+ * ### Example:
+ *
+ * Extract the user name for all comments in the array:
+ *
+ * {{{
+ * $items = [
+ *	['comment' => ['body' => 'cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Mark']],
+ *	['comment' => ['body' => 'very cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Renan']]
+ * ];
+ * $extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'comment.user.name'');
+ * }}}
+ *
+ * @param string $path a dot separated string symbolizing the path to follow
+ * inside the hierarchy of each value so that the column can be extracted.
+ * @return \Cake\Utility\Iterator\ExtractIterator
+ */
+	public function extract($matcher) {
+		return new ExtractIterator($this, $matcher);
 	}
 
 	public function max() {
diff --git a/Cake/Utility/Iterator/ExtractIterator.php b/Cake/Utility/Iterator/ExtractIterator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..430072d92e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cake/Utility/Iterator/ExtractIterator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * For full copyright and license information, please see the LICENSE.txt
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
+ * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 3.0.0
+ * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
+ */
+namespace Cake\Utility\Iterator;
+
+use Cake\Utility\Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Creates an iterator from another iterator that extract the requested column
+ * or property based on a path
+ */
+class ExtractIterator extends Collection {
+
+/**
+ * A path to follow inside a hierarchy in order to get a particular property,
+ * which name is the last in this array
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+	protected $_path;
+
+
+/**
+ * Creates the iterator that will return the requested property for each value
+ * in the collection expressed in $path
+ *
+ * ### Example:
+ *
+ * Extract the user name for all comments in the array:
+ *
+ * {{{
+ * $items = [
+ *	['comment' => ['body' => 'cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Mark']],
+ *	['comment' => ['body' => 'very cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Renan']]
+ * ];
+ * $extractor = new ExtractIterator($items, 'comment.user.name'');
+ * }}}
+ *
+ * @param array|\Traversable $items The list of values to iterate
+ * @param string $path a dot separated string symbolizing the path to follow
+ * inside the hierarchy of each value so that the column can be extracted.
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function __construct($items, $path) {
+		$this->_path = explode('.', $path);
+		parent::__construct($items);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the column value defined in $path or null if the path could not be
+ * followed
+ *
+ * @return mixed
+ */
+	public function current() {
+		$current = parent::current();
+		$value = null;
+		foreach ($this->_path as $column) {
+			if (!isset($current[$column])) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			$value = $current[$column];
+			$current = $value;
+		}
+		return $value;
+	}
+
+}