diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 38297db..3f10bd3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
   include/pybind11/pybind11.h
   include/pybind11/pytypes.h
   include/pybind11/stl.h
+  include/pybind11/stl_bind.h
   include/pybind11/typeid.h
 )
 
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
   example/example14.cpp
   example/example15.cpp
   example/example16.cpp
+  example/example17.cpp
   example/issues.cpp
 )
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93e30dc..376f562 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 Sylvain Corlay,
 Axel Huebl,
 @hulucc,
+Sergey Lyskov
 Johan Mabille,
 Tomasz Miąsko, and
 Ben Pritchard.
diff --git a/docs/advanced.rst b/docs/advanced.rst
index e83ba27..837450e 100644
--- a/docs/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced.rst
@@ -779,6 +779,10 @@
 |                                      | accesses in ``__getitem__``, |
 |                                      | ``__setitem__``, etc.)       |
 +--------------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| :class:`pybind11::value_error`       | ``ValueError`` (used to      |
+|                                      | indicate wrong value passed  |
+|                                      | in ``container.remove(...)`` |
++--------------------------------------+------------------------------+
 | :class:`pybind11::error_already_set` | Indicates that the Python    |
 |                                      | exception flag has already   |
 |                                      | been initialized             |
@@ -1531,4 +1535,3 @@
 
 .. [#f4] http://www.sphinx-doc.org
 .. [#f5] http://github.com/pybind/pbtest
-
diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index b4199e8..470684a 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 void init_ex14(py::module &);
 void init_ex15(py::module &);
 void init_ex16(py::module &);
+void init_ex17(py::module &);
 void init_issues(py::module &);
 
 #if defined(PYBIND11_TEST_EIGEN)
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
     init_ex14(m);
     init_ex15(m);
     init_ex16(m);
+    init_ex17(m);
     init_issues(m);
 
     #if defined(PYBIND11_TEST_EIGEN)
diff --git a/example/example17.cpp b/example/example17.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ae4cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example17.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+    example/example17.cpp -- Usage of stl_binders functions
+
+    Copyright (c) 2016 Sergey Lyskov
+
+    All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+    BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+*/
+
+#include "example.h"
+
+#include <pybind11/stl_bind.h>
+
+class El {
+public:
+	El() = delete;
+	El(int v) : a(v) { }
+
+	int a;
+};
+
+std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream &s, El const&v) {
+	s << "El{" << v.a << '}';
+	return s;
+}
+
+void init_ex17(py::module &m) {
+	pybind11::class_<El>(m, "El")
+		.def(pybind11::init<int>());
+
+	pybind11::bind_vector<unsigned int>(m, "VectorInt");
+
+	pybind11::bind_vector<El>(m, "VectorEl");
+
+    pybind11::bind_vector<std::vector<El>>(m, "VectorVectorEl");
+}
diff --git a/example/example17.py b/example/example17.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65e586b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example17.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+from example import VectorInt, El, VectorEl, VectorVectorEl
+
+v_int = VectorInt([0, 0])
+print(len(v_int))
+
+print(bool(v_int))
+
+v_int2 = VectorInt([0, 0])
+print(v_int == v_int2)
+
+v_int2[1] = 1
+print(v_int != v_int2)
+
+v_int2.append(2)
+v_int2.append(3)
+v_int2.insert(0, 1)
+v_int2.insert(0, 2)
+v_int2.insert(0, 3)
+print(v_int2)
+
+v_int.append(99)
+v_int2[2:-2] = v_int
+print(v_int2)
+del v_int2[1:3]
+print(v_int2)
+del v_int2[0]
+print(v_int2)
+
+v_a = VectorEl()
+v_a.append(El(1))
+v_a.append(El(2))
+print(v_a)
+
+vv_a = VectorVectorEl()
+vv_a.append(v_a)
+vv_b = vv_a[0]
+print(vv_b)
diff --git a/example/example17.ref b/example/example17.ref
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e47a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example17.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+2
+True
+True
+True
+VectorInt[3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3]
+VectorInt[3, 2, 0, 0, 99, 2, 3]
+VectorInt[3, 0, 99, 2, 3]
+VectorInt[0, 99, 2, 3]
+VectorEl[El{1}, El{2}]
+VectorEl[El{1}, El{2}]
diff --git a/include/pybind11/common.h b/include/pybind11/common.h
index 38f8bc8..e60684f 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/common.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
 class error_already_set : public std::runtime_error { public: error_already_set() : std::runtime_error(detail::error_string())  {} };
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(stop_iteration)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(index_error)
+PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(value_error)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(cast_error) /// Thrown when pybind11::cast or handle::call fail due to a type casting error
 
 [[noreturn]] PYBIND11_NOINLINE inline void pybind11_fail(const char *reason) { throw std::runtime_error(reason); }
diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
index 38bc5fc..abbf479 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
             }
         } catch (const error_already_set &)      {                                                 return nullptr;
         } catch (const index_error &e)           { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError,    e.what()); return nullptr;
+        } catch (const value_error &e)           { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,    e.what()); return nullptr;
         } catch (const stop_iteration &e)        { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_StopIteration, e.what()); return nullptr;
         } catch (const std::bad_alloc &e)        { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_MemoryError,   e.what()); return nullptr;
         } catch (const std::domain_error &e)     { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,    e.what()); return nullptr;
diff --git a/include/pybind11/stl_bind.h b/include/pybind11/stl_bind.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cf303a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/pybind11/stl_bind.h
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+/*
+    pybind11/std_bind.h: Binding generators for STL data types
+
+    Copyright (c) 2016 Sergey Lyskov and Wenzel Jakob
+
+    All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+    BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "operators.h"
+
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <sstream>
+
+NAMESPACE_BEGIN(pybind11)
+NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
+
+/* SFINAE helper class used by 'is_comparable */
+template <typename T>  struct container_traits {
+    template <typename T2> static std::true_type test_comparable(decltype(std::declval<const T2 &>() == std::declval<const T2 &>())*);
+    template <typename T2> static std::false_type test_comparable(...);
+    template <typename T2> static std::true_type test_value(typename T2::value_type *);
+    template <typename T2> static std::false_type test_value(...);
+    template <typename T2> static std::true_type test_pair(typename T2::first_type *, typename T2::second_type *);
+    template <typename T2> static std::false_type test_pair(...);
+
+    static constexpr const bool is_comparable = std::is_same<std::true_type, decltype(test_comparable<T>(nullptr))>::value;
+    static constexpr const bool is_pair = std::is_same<std::true_type, decltype(test_pair<T>(nullptr, nullptr))>::value;
+    static constexpr const bool is_vector = std::is_same<std::true_type, decltype(test_value<T>(nullptr))>::value;
+    static constexpr const bool is_element = !is_pair && !is_vector;
+};
+
+/* Default: is_comparable -> std::false_type */
+template <typename T, typename SFINAE = void>
+struct is_comparable : std::false_type { };
+
+/* For non-map data structures, check whether operator== can be instantiated */
+template <typename T>
+struct is_comparable<
+    T, typename std::enable_if<container_traits<T>::is_element &&
+                               container_traits<T>::is_comparable>::type>
+    : std::true_type { };
+
+/* For a vector/map data structure, recursively check the value type (which is std::pair for maps) */
+template <typename T>
+struct is_comparable<T, typename std::enable_if<container_traits<T>::is_vector>::type> {
+    static constexpr const bool value =
+        is_comparable<typename T::value_type>::value;
+};
+
+/* For pairs, recursively check the two data types */
+template <typename T>
+struct is_comparable<T, typename std::enable_if<container_traits<T>::is_pair>::type> {
+    static constexpr const bool value =
+        is_comparable<typename T::first_type>::value &&
+        is_comparable<typename T::second_type>::value;
+};
+
+/* Fallback functions */
+template <typename, typename, typename... Args> void vector_if_copy_constructible(const Args&...) { }
+template <typename, typename, typename... Args> void vector_if_equal_operator(const Args&...) { }
+template <typename, typename, typename... Args> void vector_if_insertion_operator(const Args&...) { }
+
+template<typename Vector, typename Class_, typename std::enable_if<std::is_copy_constructible<typename Vector::value_type>::value, int>::type = 0>
+void vector_if_copy_constructible(Class_ &cl) {
+    cl.def(pybind11::init<const Vector &>(),
+           "Copy constructor");
+}
+
+template<typename Vector, typename Class_, typename std::enable_if<is_comparable<Vector>::value, int>::type = 0>
+void vector_if_equal_operator(Class_ &cl) {
+    using T = typename Vector::value_type;
+
+    cl.def(self == self);
+    cl.def(self != self);
+
+    cl.def("count",
+        [](const Vector &v, const T &x) {
+            return std::count(v.begin(), v.end(), x);
+        },
+        arg("x"),
+        "Return the number of times ``x`` appears in the list"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("remove", [](Vector &v, const T &x) {
+            auto p = std::find(v.begin(), v.end(), x);
+            if (p != v.end())
+                v.erase(p);
+            else
+                throw pybind11::value_error();
+        },
+        arg("x"),
+        "Remove the first item from the list whose value is x. "
+        "It is an error if there is no such item."
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__contains__",
+        [](const Vector &v, const T &x) {
+            return std::find(v.begin(), v.end(), x) != v.end();
+        },
+        arg("x"),
+        "Return true the container contains ``x``"
+    );
+}
+
+template <typename Vector, typename Class_> auto vector_if_insertion_operator(Class_ &cl, const char *name)
+    -> decltype(std::declval<std::ostream&>() << std::declval<typename Vector::value_type>(), void()) {
+    using size_type = typename Vector::size_type;
+
+    cl.def("__repr__",
+           [name](Vector &v) {
+            std::ostringstream s;
+            s << name << '[';
+            for (size_type i=0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
+                s << v[i];
+                if (i != v.size() - 1)
+                    s << ", ";
+            }
+            s << ']';
+            return s.str();
+        },
+        "Return the canonical string representation of this list."
+    );
+}
+
+NAMESPACE_END(detail)
+
+
+template <typename T, typename Allocator = std::allocator<T>, typename holder_type = std::unique_ptr<std::vector<T, Allocator>>, typename... Args>
+pybind11::class_<std::vector<T, Allocator>, holder_type> bind_vector(pybind11::module &m, const char *name, Args&&... args) {
+    using Vector = std::vector<T, Allocator>;
+    using SizeType = typename Vector::size_type;
+    using Class_ = pybind11::class_<Vector, holder_type>;
+
+    Class_ cl(m, name, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+
+    cl.def(pybind11::init<>());
+
+    // Register copy constructor (if possible)
+    detail::vector_if_copy_constructible<Vector, Class_>(cl);
+
+    // Register comparison-related operators and functions (if possible)
+    detail::vector_if_equal_operator<Vector, Class_>(cl);
+
+    // Register stream insertion operator (if possible)
+    detail::vector_if_insertion_operator<Vector, Class_>(cl, name);
+
+    cl.def("__init__", [](Vector &v, iterable it) {
+        new (&v) Vector();
+        try {
+            v.reserve(len(it));
+            for (handle h : it)
+               v.push_back(h.cast<typename Vector::value_type>());
+        } catch (...) {
+            v.~Vector();
+            throw;
+        }
+    });
+    cl.def("append", (void (Vector::*) (const T &)) & Vector::push_back,
+           arg("x"),
+           "Add an item to the end of the list");
+
+    cl.def("extend",
+       [](Vector &v, Vector &src) {
+           v.reserve(v.size() + src.size());
+           v.insert(v.end(), src.begin(), src.end());
+       },
+       arg("L"),
+       "Extend the list by appending all the items in the given list"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("insert",
+        [](Vector &v, SizeType i, const T &x) {
+            v.insert(v.begin() + i, x);
+        },
+        arg("i") , arg("x"),
+        "Insert an item at a given position."
+    );
+
+    cl.def("pop",
+        [](Vector &v) {
+            if (v.empty())
+                throw pybind11::index_error();
+            T t = v.back();
+            v.pop_back();
+            return t;
+        },
+        "Remove and return the last item"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("pop",
+        [](Vector &v, SizeType i) {
+            if (i >= v.size())
+                throw pybind11::index_error();
+            T t = v[i];
+            v.erase(v.begin() + i);
+            return t;
+        },
+        arg("i"),
+        "Remove and return the item at index ``i``"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__bool__",
+        [](const Vector &v) -> bool {
+            return !v.empty();
+        },
+        "Check whether the list is nonempty"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__getitem__",
+        [](const Vector &v, SizeType i) {
+            if (i >= v.size())
+                throw pybind11::index_error();
+            return v[i];
+        }
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__setitem__",
+        [](Vector &v, SizeType i, const T &t) {
+            if (i >= v.size())
+                throw pybind11::index_error();
+            v[i] = t;
+        }
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__delitem__",
+        [](Vector &v, SizeType i) {
+            if (i >= v.size())
+                throw pybind11::index_error();
+            v.erase(v.begin() + i);
+        },
+        "Delete list elements using a slice object"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__len__", &Vector::size);
+
+    cl.def("__iter__",
+        [](Vector &v) {
+            return pybind11::make_iterator(v.begin(), v.end());
+        },
+        pybind11::keep_alive<0, 1>() /* Essential: keep list alive while iterator exists */
+    );
+
+    /// Slicing protocol
+    cl.def("__getitem__",
+        [](const Vector &v, slice slice) -> Vector * {
+            ssize_t start, stop, step, slicelength;
+
+            if (!slice.compute(v.size(), &start, &stop, &step, &slicelength))
+                throw pybind11::error_already_set();
+
+            Vector *seq = new Vector();
+            seq->reserve((size_t) slicelength);
+
+            for (int i=0; i<slicelength; ++i) {
+                seq->push_back(v[start]);
+                start += step;
+            }
+            return seq;
+        },
+        arg("s"),
+        "Retrieve list elements using a slice object"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__setitem__",
+        [](Vector &v, slice slice,  const Vector &value) {
+            ssize_t start, stop, step, slicelength;
+            if (!slice.compute(v.size(), &start, &stop, &step, &slicelength))
+                throw pybind11::error_already_set();
+
+            if ((size_t) slicelength != value.size())
+                throw std::runtime_error("Left and right hand size of slice assignment have different sizes!");
+
+            for (int i=0; i<slicelength; ++i) {
+                v[start] = value[i];
+                start += step;
+            }
+        },
+        "Assign list elements using a slice object"
+    );
+
+    cl.def("__delitem__",
+        [](Vector &v, slice slice) {
+            ssize_t start, stop, step, slicelength;
+
+            if (!slice.compute(v.size(), &start, &stop, &step, &slicelength))
+                throw pybind11::error_already_set();
+
+            if (step == 1 && false) {
+                v.erase(v.begin() + start, v.begin() + start + slicelength);
+            } else {
+                for (ssize_t i = 0; i < slicelength; ++i) {
+                    v.erase(v.begin() + start);
+                    start += step - 1;
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "Delete list elements using a slice object"
+    );
+
+#if 0
+    // C++ style functions deprecated, leaving it here as an example
+    cl.def(pybind11::init<size_type>());
+
+    cl.def("resize",
+         (void (Vector::*) (size_type count)) & Vector::resize,
+         "changes the number of elements stored");
+
+    cl.def("erase",
+        [](Vector &v, SizeType i) {
+        if (i >= v.size())
+            throw pybind11::index_error();
+        v.erase(v.begin() + i);
+    }, "erases element at index ``i``");
+
+    cl.def("empty",         &Vector::empty,         "checks whether the container is empty");
+    cl.def("size",          &Vector::size,          "returns the number of elements");
+    cl.def("push_back", (void (Vector::*)(const T&)) &Vector::push_back, "adds an element to the end");
+    cl.def("pop_back",                               &Vector::pop_back, "removes the last element");
+
+    cl.def("max_size",      &Vector::max_size,      "returns the maximum possible number of elements");
+    cl.def("reserve",       &Vector::reserve,       "reserves storage");
+    cl.def("capacity",      &Vector::capacity,      "returns the number of elements that can be held in currently allocated storage");
+    cl.def("shrink_to_fit", &Vector::shrink_to_fit, "reduces memory usage by freeing unused memory");
+
+    cl.def("clear", &Vector::clear, "clears the contents");
+    cl.def("swap",   &Vector::swap, "swaps the contents");
+
+    cl.def("front", [](Vector &v) {
+        if (v.size()) return v.front();
+        else throw pybind11::index_error();
+    }, "access the first element");
+
+    cl.def("back", [](Vector &v) {
+        if (v.size()) return v.back();
+        else throw pybind11::index_error();
+    }, "access the last element ");
+
+#endif
+
+    return cl;
+}
+
+NAMESPACE_END(pybind11)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4c6e156..07465bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         'include/pybind11/numpy.h',
         'include/pybind11/pybind11.h',
         'include/pybind11/stl.h',
+        'include/pybind11/stl_bind.h',
         'include/pybind11/common.h',
         'include/pybind11/functional.h',
         'include/pybind11/operators.h',