diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 20746fa..8ce0e48 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1137,6 +1137,46 @@
 
 
 static PyObject *
+builtin_next(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	PyObject *it, *res;
+	PyObject *def = NULL;
+
+	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "next", 1, 2, &it, &def))
+		return NULL;
+	if (!PyIter_Check(it)) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+			"%.200s object is not an iterator", it->ob_type->tp_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	
+	res = (*it->ob_type->tp_iternext)(it);
+	if (res == NULL) {
+		if (def) {
+			if (PyErr_Occurred() &&
+			    !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration))
+				return NULL;
+			PyErr_Clear();
+			Py_INCREF(def);
+			return def;
+		} else if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+			return NULL;
+		} else {
+			PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(next_doc,
+"next(iterator[, default])\n\
+\n\
+Return the next item from the iterator. If default is given and the iterator\n\
+is exhausted, it is returned instead of raising StopIteration.");
+
+
+static PyObject *
 builtin_setattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	PyObject *v;
@@ -2252,6 +2292,7 @@
  	{"map",		builtin_map,        METH_VARARGS, map_doc},
  	{"max",		(PyCFunction)builtin_max,        METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, max_doc},
  	{"min",		(PyCFunction)builtin_min,        METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, min_doc},
+	{"next",	(PyCFunction)builtin_next,       METH_VARARGS, next_doc},
  	{"oct",		builtin_oct,        METH_O, oct_doc},
  	{"open",	(PyCFunction)builtin_open,       METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, open_doc},
  	{"ord",		builtin_ord,        METH_O, ord_doc},