diff --git a/src/Option/From.php b/src/Option/From.php
index 8fbb6e3..1f21ba8 100644
--- a/src/Option/From.php
+++ b/src/Option/From.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace Prewk\Option;
 
+use Traversable;
 use Prewk\Option;
 
 /**
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public static function emptyable($thing): Option
      */
     public static function first($iterable): Option
     {
-        if (!is_iterable($iterable)) {
+        if (!is_array($iterable) && !($iterable instanceof Traversable)) {
             throw new OptionException("Couldn't create Option from first item in non-iterable");
         }