diff --git a/lib/chai/core/assertions.js b/lib/chai/core/assertions.js
index 0a55c58e..28f021cf 100644
--- a/lib/chai/core/assertions.js
+++ b/lib/chai/core/assertions.js
@@ -3133,7 +3133,6 @@ function isSubsetOf(subset, superset, cmp, contains, ordered) {
  * @namespace BDD
  * @api public
  */
-
 Assertion.addMethod('members', function (subset, msg) {
   if (msg) flag(this, 'message', msg);
   var obj = flag(this, 'object')
@@ -3170,6 +3169,38 @@ Assertion.addMethod('members', function (subset, msg) {
   );
 });
 
+/**
+ * ### .iterable
+ *
+ * Asserts that the target is an iterable, which means that it has a iterator.
+ *
+ *     expect([1, 2]).to.be.iterable;
+ *
+ * Add `.not` earlier in the chain to negate `.iterable`.
+ *
+ *     expect(1).to.not.be.iterable;
+ *     expect(true).to.not.be.iterable;
+ *
+ * A custom error message can be given as the second argument to `expect`.
+ *
+ *     expect(1, 'nooo why fail??').to.be.iterable;
+ *
+ * @name iterable
+ * @namespace BDD
+ * @api public
+ */
+Assertion.addProperty('iterable', function(msg) {
+  if (msg) flag(this, 'message', msg);
+  var obj = flag(this, 'object');
+
+  this.assert(
+    obj != undefined && obj[Symbol.iterator]
+    , 'expected #{this} to be an iterable'
+    , 'expected #{this} to not be an iterable'
+    , obj
+  );
+});
+
 /**
  * ### .oneOf(list[, msg])
  *
diff --git a/lib/chai/interface/assert.js b/lib/chai/interface/assert.js
index 3c1eb2d3..a4488247 100644
--- a/lib/chai/interface/assert.js
+++ b/lib/chai/interface/assert.js
@@ -2376,6 +2376,33 @@ assert.oneOf = function (inList, list, msg) {
   new Assertion(inList, msg, assert.oneOf, true).to.be.oneOf(list);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ### isIterable(obj, [message])
+ *
+ * Asserts that the target is an iterable, which means that it has a iterator
+ * with the exception of `String.`
+ *
+ *     assert.isIterable([1, 2]);
+ *
+ * @param {unknown} obj
+ * @param {string} [msg]
+ * @namespace Assert
+ * @api public
+ */
+assert.isIterable = function(obj, msg) {
+  if (obj == undefined || !obj[Symbol.iterator]) {
+    msg = msg ?
+      `${msg} expected ${inspect(obj)} to be an iterable` :
+      `expected ${inspect(obj)} to be an iterable`;
+
+    throw new AssertionError(
+      msg,
+      undefined,
+      assert.isIterable
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * ### .changes(function, object, property, [message])
  *
diff --git a/test/assert.js b/test/assert.js
index 1416f120..dbbfc39d 100644
--- a/test/assert.js
+++ b/test/assert.js
@@ -2315,6 +2315,33 @@ describe('assert', function () {
     }, 'blah: the argument to most must be a number');
   });
 
+  it('iterable', function() {
+    assert.isIterable([1, 2, 3]);
+    assert.isIterable(new Map([[1, 'one'], [2, 'two'], [3, 'three']]));
+    assert.isIterable(new Set([1, 2, 3]));
+    assert.isIterable('hello');
+
+    err(function() {
+      assert.isIterable(42);
+    }, 'expected 42 to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      assert.isIterable(undefined);
+    }, 'expected undefined to be an iterable'); 
+
+    err(function() {
+      assert.isIterable(null);
+    }, 'expected null to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      assert.isIterable(true);
+    }, 'expected true to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      assert.isIterable({ key: 'value' });
+    }, 'expected { key: \'value\' } to be an iterable');
+  });
+
   it('change', function() {
     var obj = { value: 10, str: 'foo' },
         heroes = ['spiderman', 'superman'],
diff --git a/test/expect.js b/test/expect.js
index ba03c8a2..fb0d0960 100644
--- a/test/expect.js
+++ b/test/expect.js
@@ -3569,6 +3569,33 @@ describe('expect', function () {
     }, 'expected [ { a: 1 }, { b: 2 }, { c: 3 } ] to not be an ordered superset of [ { a: 1 }, { b: 2 } ]');
   });
 
+  it('iterable', function() {
+    expect([1, 2, 3]).to.be.iterable;
+    expect(new Map([[1, 'one'], [2, 'two'], [3, 'three']])).to.be.iterable;
+    expect(new Set([1, 2, 3])).to.be.iterable;
+    expect('hello').to.be.iterable;
+
+    err(function() {
+      expect(42).to.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected 42 to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      expect(undefined).to.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected undefined to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      expect(null).to.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected null to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      expect(true).to.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected true to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      expect({ key: 'value' }).to.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected { key: \'value\' } to be an iterable');
+  })
+
   it('change', function() {
     var obj = { value: 10, str: 'foo' },
         heroes = ['spiderman', 'superman'],
diff --git a/test/should.js b/test/should.js
index f205b023..487d4a0a 100644
--- a/test/should.js
+++ b/test/should.js
@@ -2937,6 +2937,25 @@ describe('should', function() {
     }, 'expected [ { a: 1 }, { b: 2 }, { c: 3 } ] to not be an ordered superset of [ { a: 1 }, { b: 2 } ]');
   });
 
+  it ('iterable', function() {
+    ([1, 2, 3]).should.be.iterable;
+    (new Map([[1, 'one'], [2, 'two'], [3, 'three']])).should.be.iterable;
+    (new Set([1, 2, 3])).should.be.iterable;
+    ('hello').should.be.iterable;
+
+    err(function() {
+      (42).should.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected 42 to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      (true).should.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected true to be an iterable');
+
+    err(function() {
+      ({ key: 'value' }).should.be.iterable;
+    }, 'expected { key: \'value\' } to be an iterable');
+  })
+
   it('change', function() {
     var obj = { value: 10, str: 'foo' },
         heroes = ['spiderman', 'superman'],