diff --git a/tests/tests_itertools.py b/tests/tests_itertools.py
index bfb6eb2cd..0c030e751 100644
--- a/tests/tests_itertools.py
+++ b/tests/tests_itertools.py
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ def test_product():
         assert list(product(a, a[::-1], file=our_file)) == list(it.product(a, a[::-1]))
 
         assert list(product(a, NoLenIter(a), file=our_file)) == list(it.product(a, NoLenIter(a)))
+
+        assert list(product(a, repeat=2, file=our_file)) == list(it.product(a, repeat=2))
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py b/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py
index e67651a41..2d3a7f194 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 __all__ = ['product']
 
 
-def product(*iterables, **tqdm_kwargs):
+def product(*iterables, repeat=1, **tqdm_kwargs):
     """
     Equivalent of `itertools.product`.
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def product(*iterables, **tqdm_kwargs):
             total *= i
         kwargs.setdefault("total", total)
     with tqdm_class(**kwargs) as t:
-        it = itertools.product(*iterables)
+        it = itertools.product(*iterables, repeat=repeat)
         for i in it:
             yield i
             t.update()