diff --git a/src/libcollections/vec.rs b/src/libcollections/vec.rs
index e5f9b2513e27..8f6c343205d6 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/vec.rs
@@ -1511,6 +1511,9 @@ pub struct IntoIter<T> {
     end: *const T
 }
 
+unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for IntoIter<T> { }
+unsafe impl<T: Sync> Sync for IntoIter<T> { }
+
 impl<T> IntoIter<T> {
     #[inline]
     /// Drops all items that have not yet been moved and returns the empty vector.