diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index d5336f2..04bfffc 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -2584,6 +2584,146 @@
     PyObject_GC_Del,                    /* tp_free */
 };
 
+/* accumulate object ************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyObject *total;
+    PyObject *it;
+} accumulateobject;
+
+static PyTypeObject accumulate_type;
+
+static PyObject *
+accumulate_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    static char *kwargs[] = {"iterable", "start", NULL};
+    PyObject *iterable;
+    PyObject *it;
+    PyObject *start = NULL;
+    accumulateobject *lz;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O:accumulate",
+				                     kwargs, &iterable, &start))
+	return NULL;
+
+    /* Get iterator. */
+    it = PyObject_GetIter(iterable);
+    if (it == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* Default start value */
+    if (start == NULL) {
+	    start = PyLong_FromLong(0);
+	    if (start == NULL) {
+	        Py_DECREF(it);
+	        return NULL;
+	    }
+    } else {
+        Py_INCREF(start);
+    }
+
+    /* create accumulateobject structure */
+    lz = (accumulateobject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (lz == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(it);
+	    Py_DECREF(start);
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    lz->total = start;
+    lz->it = it;
+    return (PyObject *)lz;
+}
+
+static void
+accumulate_dealloc(accumulateobject *lz)
+{
+    PyObject_GC_UnTrack(lz);
+    Py_XDECREF(lz->total);
+    Py_XDECREF(lz->it);
+    Py_TYPE(lz)->tp_free(lz);
+}
+
+static int
+accumulate_traverse(accumulateobject *lz, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(lz->it);
+    Py_VISIT(lz->total);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+accumulate_next(accumulateobject *lz)
+{
+    PyObject *val, *oldtotal, *newtotal;
+    
+    val = PyIter_Next(lz->it);
+    if (val == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    
+    newtotal = PyNumber_Add(lz->total, val);
+	Py_DECREF(val);
+    if (newtotal == NULL)
+	    return NULL;
+
+    oldtotal = lz->total;
+    lz->total = newtotal;
+    Py_DECREF(oldtotal);
+    
+    Py_INCREF(newtotal);
+    return newtotal;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(accumulate_doc,
+"accumulate(iterable, start=0) --> accumulate object\n\
+\n\
+Return series of accumulated sums.");
+
+static PyTypeObject accumulate_type = {
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
+    "itertools.accumulate",             /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(accumulateobject),           /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                                  /* tp_itemsize */
+    /* methods */
+    (destructor)accumulate_dealloc,     /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                                  /* tp_print */
+    0,                                  /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                                  /* tp_setattr */
+    0,                                  /* tp_reserved */
+    0,                                  /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                  /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                                  /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                                  /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                  /* tp_hash */
+    0,                                  /* tp_call */
+    0,                                  /* tp_str */
+    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,            /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                                  /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                                  /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC |
+        Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE,            /* tp_flags */
+    accumulate_doc,                     /* tp_doc */
+    (traverseproc)accumulate_traverse,  /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                                  /* tp_clear */
+    0,                                  /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                                  /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    PyObject_SelfIter,                  /* tp_iter */
+    (iternextfunc)accumulate_next,      /* tp_iternext */
+    0,                                  /* tp_methods */
+    0,                                  /* tp_members */
+    0,                                  /* tp_getset */
+    0,                                  /* tp_base */
+    0,                                  /* tp_dict */
+    0,                                  /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                                  /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                                  /* tp_dictoffset */
+    0,                                  /* tp_init */
+    0,                                  /* tp_alloc */
+    accumulate_new,                     /* tp_new */
+    PyObject_GC_Del,                    /* tp_free */
+};
+
 
 /* compress object ************************************************************/
 
@@ -3496,6 +3636,7 @@
 repeat(elem [,n]) --> elem, elem, elem, ... endlessly or up to n times\n\
 \n\
 Iterators terminating on the shortest input sequence:\n\
+accumulate(p, start=0) --> p0, p0+p1, p0+p1+p2\n\
 chain(p, q, ...) --> p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ... \n\
 compress(data, selectors) --> (d[0] if s[0]), (d[1] if s[1]), ...\n\
 dropwhile(pred, seq) --> seq[n], seq[n+1], starting when pred fails\n\
@@ -3541,6 +3682,7 @@
     PyObject *m;
     char *name;
     PyTypeObject *typelist[] = {
+        &accumulate_type,
         &combinations_type,
         &cwr_type,
         &cycle_type,