diff --git a/src/include/iterator b/src/include/iterator
index dbd712b9e23..e86231eb297 100644
--- a/src/include/iterator
+++ b/src/include/iterator
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2012,2019                        */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2012,2020                        */
 /* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ back_insert_iterator<BackInsertionSequence>
 
 /**
  * begin(array)
- * Returns pointer to beginning of array
+ * @param[in] c_array  - an array of arbitrary type
+ * @return Returns pointer to beginning of array
  *
  * Example:
  *    int c_array[] = {0, 1, 2};
@@ -194,9 +195,42 @@ T* begin(T (&c_array)[size])
     return &c_array[0];
 }
 
+/**
+ * begin(container)
+ * @param[in] c - a container with a begin method
+ * @return Returns an iterator to the beginning of the sequence represented by c
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *      std::vector<int> v = { 3, 1, 4 };
+ *      auto vi = std::begin(v);
+ *      std::cout << *vi << '\n';
+ */
+template< typename C >
+auto begin(const C& c) -> decltype(c.begin())
+{
+    return c.begin();
+}
+
+/**
+ * begin(container)
+ * @param[in] c - a container with a begin method
+ * @return Returns an iterator to the beginning of the sequence represented by c
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *      std::vector<int> v = { 3, 1, 4 };
+ *      auto vi = std::begin(v);
+ *      std::cout << *vi << '\n';
+ */
+template< typename C >
+auto begin(C& c) -> decltype(c.begin())
+{
+    return c.begin();
+}
+
 /**
  * end(array)
- * Returns pointer to end of array (i.e. the element after the last element)
+ * @param[in] c_array - an array of arbitrary type
+ * @return Returns pointer to end of array (i.e. the element after the last element)
  *
  * Example:
  *    int c_array[] = {0, 1, 2};
@@ -208,6 +242,40 @@ T* end(T (&c_array)[size])
     return &c_array[0] + size;
 }
 
+/**
+ * end(container)
+ * @param[in] c - a container with an end method
+ * @return Returns an iterator to the ending of the sequence represented by c
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *      std::vector<int> v = { 3, 1, 4 };
+ *      if (std::find(std::begin(v), std::end(v), 5) != std::end(v)) {
+ *          std::cout << "found a 5 in vector v!\n";
+ *      }
+ */
+template< typename C >
+auto end(const C& c) -> decltype(c.end())
+{
+    return c.end();
+}
+
+/**
+ * end(container)
+ * @param[in] c - a container with an end method
+ * @return Returns an iterator to the ending of the sequence represented by c
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *      std::vector<int> v = { 3, 1, 4 };
+ *      if (std::find(std::begin(v), std::end(v), 5) != std::end(v)) {
+ *          std::cout << "found a 5 in vector v!\n";
+ *      }
+ */
+template< typename C >
+auto end(C& c) -> decltype(c.end())
+{
+    return c.end();
+}
+
 }; // namespace std.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/usr/testcore/lib/stltest.H b/src/usr/testcore/lib/stltest.H
index 34cb64d4abd..4c55ca89a3a 100644
--- a/src/usr/testcore/lib/stltest.H
+++ b/src/usr/testcore/lib/stltest.H
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2011,2019                        */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2011,2020                        */
 /* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
@@ -812,5 +812,67 @@ class STLTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        /// Test std::begin() and std::end() on a vector
+        void testVectorTypeBeginEnd()
+        {
+            constexpr size_t MAX_ENTRIES = 1025;
+            std::vector<int> baseA(MAX_ENTRIES, 0); // base-type array
+
+            // Initialize base array to known values
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < baseA.size(); i++)
+            {
+                baseA[i] = i;
+            }
+
+            // use std::begin() and std::end() to copy base-type array to vector
+            std::vector<int> baseV ( std::begin(baseA), std::end(baseA));
+
+            if (baseV.size() != MAX_ENTRIES)
+            {
+                TS_FAIL("testVectorTypeBeginEnd: expected %d elements, found %d in vector",
+                  MAX_ENTRIES, baseV.size());
+            }
+
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_ENTRIES; i++)
+            {
+                if (baseA[i] != baseV[i])
+                {
+                    TS_FAIL("testVectorTypeBeginEnd: No match at index %d (base %d vs vector %d)",
+                      i, baseA[i], baseV[i]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// Test std::begin() and std::end() on a map
+        void testMapTypeBeginEnd()
+        {
+            constexpr size_t MAX_ENTRIES = 1025;
+            std::map<int, int> baseA; // base-type map
+
+            // Initialize base array to known values
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_ENTRIES; i++)
+            {
+                baseA[i] = i;
+            }
+
+            // use std::begin() and std::end() to copy base map to map
+            std::map<int, int> baseV ( std::begin(baseA), std::end(baseA));
+
+            if (baseV.size() != MAX_ENTRIES)
+            {
+                TS_FAIL("testMapTypeBeginEnd: expected %d elements, found %d in vector",
+                  MAX_ENTRIES, baseV.size());
+            }
+
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_ENTRIES; i++)
+            {
+                if (baseA[i] != baseV[i])
+                {
+                    TS_FAIL("testMapTypeBeginEnd: No match at index %d (base %d vs vector %d)",
+                      i, baseA[i], baseV[i]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
 };
 #endif