diff --git a/src/libcore/iter/mod.rs b/src/libcore/iter/mod.rs
index 2c3b8864a115..df4f5e5c5764 100644
--- a/src/libcore/iter/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/iter/mod.rs
@@ -550,6 +550,25 @@ impl<A, B> Iterator for Chain<A, B> where
         }
     }
 
+    fn fold<Acc, F>(self, init: Acc, mut f: F) -> Acc
+        where F: FnMut(Acc, Self::Item) -> Acc,
+    {
+        let mut accum = init;
+        match self.state {
+            ChainState::Both | ChainState::Front => {
+                accum = self.a.fold(accum, &mut f);
+            }
+            _ => { }
+        }
+        match self.state {
+            ChainState::Both | ChainState::Back => {
+                accum = self.b.fold(accum, &mut f);
+            }
+            _ => { }
+        }
+        accum
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn nth(&mut self, mut n: usize) -> Option<A::Item> {
         match self.state {
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
index 27eb25537f31..58b6444ef88c 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
@@ -985,6 +985,18 @@ fn test_empty() {
     assert_eq!(it.next(), None);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_chain_fold() {
+    let xs = [1, 2, 3];
+    let ys = [1, 2, 0];
+
+    let mut iter = xs.iter().chain(&ys);
+    iter.next();
+    let mut result = Vec::new();
+    iter.fold((), |(), &elt| result.push(elt));
+    assert_eq!(&[2, 3, 1, 2, 0], &result[..]);
+}
+
 #[bench]
 fn bench_rposition(b: &mut Bencher) {
     let it: Vec<usize> = (0..300).collect();