diff --git a/src/libcore/iter.rs b/src/libcore/iter.rs
index 93d8d7d6e48a9..3b62c8da1ebe1 100644
--- a/src/libcore/iter.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/iter.rs
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ use cmp;
 use cmp::Ord;
 use mem;
 use num::{ToPrimitive, Int};
-use ops::Add;
+use ops::{Add, Deref};
 use option::{Option, Some, None};
 use uint;
+
 #[deprecated = "renamed to Extend"] pub use self::Extend as Extendable;
 
 /// Conversion from an `Iterator`
@@ -1021,6 +1022,44 @@ impl<T: Clone> MinMaxResult<T> {
     }
 }
 
+/// A trait for iterators that contain cloneable elements
+pub trait CloneIteratorExt<A> {
+    /// Creates an iterator that clones the elements it yields. Useful for converting an
+    /// Iterator<&T> to an Iterator<T>.
+    fn cloned(self) -> Cloned<Self>;
+}
+
+
+impl<A: Clone, D: Deref<A>, I: Iterator<D>> CloneIteratorExt<A> for I {
+    fn cloned(self) -> Cloned<I> {
+        Cloned { it: self }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An iterator that clones the elements of an underlying iterator
+pub struct Cloned<I> {
+    it: I,
+}
+
+impl<A: Clone, D: Deref<A>, I: Iterator<D>> Iterator<A> for Cloned<I> {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<A> {
+        self.it.next().cloned()
+    }
+
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (uint, Option<uint>) {
+        self.it.size_hint()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<A: Clone, D: Deref<A>, I: DoubleEndedIterator<D>>
+        DoubleEndedIterator<A> for Cloned<I> {
+    fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option<A> {
+        self.it.next_back().cloned()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<A: Clone, D: Deref<A>, I: ExactSize<D>> ExactSize<A> for Cloned<I> {}
+
 /// A trait for iterators that are cloneable.
 pub trait CloneableIterator {
     /// Repeats an iterator endlessly
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
index 32aff498ba109..d046faa82d405 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
@@ -440,6 +440,23 @@ fn test_rev() {
             vec![16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_cloned() {
+    let xs = [2u8, 4, 6, 8];
+
+    let mut it = xs.iter().cloned();
+    assert_eq!(it.len(), 4);
+    assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(2));
+    assert_eq!(it.len(), 3);
+    assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(4));
+    assert_eq!(it.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(it.next_back(), Some(8));
+    assert_eq!(it.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(it.next_back(), Some(6));
+    assert_eq!(it.len(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(it.next_back(), None);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_double_ended_map() {
     let xs = [1i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];