diff --git a/include/pybind11/pytypes.h b/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
index ab804b1..fa5ed7c 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@
     }
     size_t size() const { return (size_t) PyTuple_Size(m_ptr); }
     detail::tuple_accessor operator[](size_t index) const { return {*this, index}; }
+    detail::item_accessor operator[](handle h) const { return object::operator[](h); }
     detail::tuple_iterator begin() const { return {*this, 0}; }
     detail::tuple_iterator end() const { return {*this, PyTuple_GET_SIZE(m_ptr)}; }
 };
@@ -1220,6 +1221,7 @@
     PYBIND11_OBJECT_DEFAULT(sequence, object, PySequence_Check)
     size_t size() const { return (size_t) PySequence_Size(m_ptr); }
     detail::sequence_accessor operator[](size_t index) const { return {*this, index}; }
+    detail::item_accessor operator[](handle h) const { return object::operator[](h); }
     detail::sequence_iterator begin() const { return {*this, 0}; }
     detail::sequence_iterator end() const { return {*this, PySequence_Size(m_ptr)}; }
 };
@@ -1232,6 +1234,7 @@
     }
     size_t size() const { return (size_t) PyList_Size(m_ptr); }
     detail::list_accessor operator[](size_t index) const { return {*this, index}; }
+    detail::item_accessor operator[](handle h) const { return object::operator[](h); }
     detail::list_iterator begin() const { return {*this, 0}; }
     detail::list_iterator end() const { return {*this, PyList_GET_SIZE(m_ptr)}; }
     template <typename T> void append(T &&val) const {
diff --git a/tests/test_pytypes.cpp b/tests/test_pytypes.cpp
index af7391d..e6c955f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pytypes.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_pytypes.cpp
@@ -289,4 +289,8 @@
         l.append(a << b);
         return l;
     });
+
+    m.def("test_list_slicing", [](py::list a) {
+        return a[py::slice(0, -1, 2)];
+    });
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_pytypes.py b/tests/test_pytypes.py
index 6611909..0116d4e 100644
--- a/tests/test_pytypes.py
+++ b/tests/test_pytypes.py
@@ -246,3 +246,8 @@
         li = [a == b, a != b, a < b, a <= b, a > b, a >= b, a + b,
               a - b, a * b, a / b, a | b, a & b, a ^ b, a >> b, a << b]
         assert m.test_number_protocol(a, b) == li
+
+
+def test_list_slicing():
+    li = list(range(100))
+    assert li[::2] == m.test_list_slicing(li)