diff --git a/datascience/tables.py b/datascience/tables.py
index 243f5f751..1c0a84b20 100644
--- a/datascience/tables.py
+++ b/datascience/tables.py
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ def _add_column_and_format(self, table, label, column):
     #################
 
     def __getitem__(self, label):
-        return self.values(label)
+        if isinstance(label, slice) or hasattr(label, '__index__'):
+            return self._with_columns(column[label]
+                                      for column in self._columns.values())
+        else:
+            return self.values(label)
 
     def __setitem__(self, label, values):
         self.append_column(label, values)
diff --git a/tests/test_tables.py b/tests/test_tables.py
index a72bfe21d..20b7a9413 100644
--- a/tests/test_tables.py
+++ b/tests/test_tables.py
@@ -749,3 +749,13 @@ def test_q_chaining(table):
     letter | count | points
     a      | 9     | 1
     """)
+
+def test_row_slicing(table):
+    t = table[:2]
+    assert_equal(t.column_labels, ('letter', 'count', 'points'))
+    assert_array_equal(t.columns[0], ['a', 'b'])
+    assert_array_equal(t.columns[1], [9, 3])
+    assert_array_equal(t.columns[2], [1, 2])
+
+    t_row = table[-1]
+    assert_equal(len(t_row.rows), 1)