diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index fcb1f7f..553529a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ def test_simpleops(self):
         elem.extend([e])
         self.serialize_check(elem, '<body><tag /><tag2 /></body>')
         elem.remove(e)
+        elem.extend(iter([e]))
+        self.serialize_check(elem, '<body><tag /><tag2 /></body>')
+        elem.remove(e)
 
         element = ET.Element("tag", key="value")
         self.serialize_check(element, '<tag key="value" />') # 1
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
index 168418e..9924680 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def extend(self, elements):
         """
         for element in elements:
             self._assert_is_element(element)
-        self._children.extend(elements)
+            self._children.append(element)
 
     def insert(self, index, subelement):
         """Insert *subelement* at position *index*."""