diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index 178c5b9..af31039 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -630,6 +630,8 @@ def __len__(self):
             return len(self._parts)
 
     def __getitem__(self, idx):
+        if isinstance(idx, slice):
+            return tuple(self[i] for i in range(*idx.indices(len(self))))
         if idx < 0 or idx >= len(self):
             raise IndexError(idx)
         return self._pathcls._from_parsed_parts(self._drv, self._root,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index 17292dc..f145179 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -440,6 +440,12 @@ def test_parents_common(self):
         self.assertEqual(par[0], P('a/b'))
         self.assertEqual(par[1], P('a'))
         self.assertEqual(par[2], P('.'))
+        self.assertEqual(par[0:1], (P('a/b'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:2], (P('a/b'), P('a')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:-1], (P('a/b'), P('a')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[1:], (P('a'), P('.')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::2], (P('a/b'), P('.')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::-1], (P('.'), P('a'), P('a/b')))
         self.assertEqual(list(par), [P('a/b'), P('a'), P('.')])
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
             par[-1]
@@ -454,6 +460,12 @@ def test_parents_common(self):
         self.assertEqual(par[0], P('/a/b'))
         self.assertEqual(par[1], P('/a'))
         self.assertEqual(par[2], P('/'))
+        self.assertEqual(par[0:1], (P('/a/b'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:2], (P('/a/b'), P('/a')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:-1], (P('/a/b'), P('/a')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[1:], (P('/a'), P('/')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::2], (P('/a/b'), P('/')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::-1], (P('/'), P('/a'), P('/a/b')))
         self.assertEqual(list(par), [P('/a/b'), P('/a'), P('/')])
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
             par[3]
@@ -905,6 +917,12 @@ def test_parents(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(par), 2)
         self.assertEqual(par[0], P('z:a'))
         self.assertEqual(par[1], P('z:'))
+        self.assertEqual(par[0:1], (P('z:a'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:-1], (P('z:a'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:2], (P('z:a'), P('z:')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[1:], (P('z:'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::2], (P('z:a'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::-1], (P('z:'), P('z:a')))
         self.assertEqual(list(par), [P('z:a'), P('z:')])
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
             par[2]
@@ -913,6 +931,12 @@ def test_parents(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(par), 2)
         self.assertEqual(par[0], P('z:/a'))
         self.assertEqual(par[1], P('z:/'))
+        self.assertEqual(par[0:1], (P('z:/a'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[0:-1], (P('z:/a'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:2], (P('z:/a'), P('z:/')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[1:], (P('z:/'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::2], (P('z:/a'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::-1], (P('z:/'), P('z:/a'),))
         self.assertEqual(list(par), [P('z:/a'), P('z:/')])
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
             par[2]
@@ -921,6 +945,12 @@ def test_parents(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(par), 2)
         self.assertEqual(par[0], P('//a/b/c'))
         self.assertEqual(par[1], P('//a/b'))
+        self.assertEqual(par[0:1], (P('//a/b/c'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[0:-1], (P('//a/b/c'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[:2], (P('//a/b/c'), P('//a/b')))
+        self.assertEqual(par[1:], (P('//a/b'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::2], (P('//a/b/c'),))
+        self.assertEqual(par[::-1], (P('//a/b'), P('//a/b/c')))
         self.assertEqual(list(par), [P('//a/b/c'), P('//a/b')])
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
             par[2]