diff --git a/py/misc.h b/py/misc.h
index 1bf4d8f29184d603c13b331f681a0597faecc11a..22158c71a7b790a3f9793ae1bc073bf5ba69b1de 100644
--- a/py/misc.h
+++ b/py/misc.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ typedef unsigned int uint;
 #define m_renew(type, ptr, old_num, new_num) ((type*)(m_realloc((ptr), sizeof(type) * (old_num), sizeof(type) * (new_num))))
 #define m_del(type, ptr, num) m_free(ptr, sizeof(type) * (num))
 #define m_del_obj(type, ptr) (m_del(type, ptr, 1))
+#define m_del_var(obj_type, var_type, var_num, ptr) (m_free(ptr, sizeof(obj_type) + sizeof(var_type) * (var_num)))
 
 void *m_malloc(int num_bytes);
 void *m_malloc0(int num_bytes);
diff --git a/py/mpqstrraw.h b/py/mpqstrraw.h
index e4404a36f06422b845b9cb745169f665bb6de13f..e33194fd45e5cd832190e6ff40a01a90ebbe774a 100644
--- a/py/mpqstrraw.h
+++ b/py/mpqstrraw.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Q(set)
 Q(sum)
 Q(tuple)
 Q(type)
+Q(zip)
 
 Q(append)
 Q(pop)
diff --git a/py/obj.h b/py/obj.h
index a9a5827ee7ff513db0576eb235a8179349dc7527..8a2cba62bb8ecd468ab94b4c2549f5fbdccc4137 100644
--- a/py/obj.h
+++ b/py/obj.h
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ mp_obj_t mp_obj_complex_binary_op(int op, mp_float_t lhs_real, mp_float_t lhs_im
 // tuple
 extern const mp_obj_type_t tuple_type;
 void mp_obj_tuple_get(mp_obj_t self_in, uint *len, mp_obj_t **items);
+void mp_obj_tuple_del(mp_obj_t self_in);
 
 // list
 extern const mp_obj_type_t list_type;
@@ -306,6 +307,10 @@ void mp_obj_set_store(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t item);
 extern const mp_obj_type_t slice_type;
 void mp_obj_slice_get(mp_obj_t self_in, machine_int_t *start, machine_int_t *stop, machine_int_t *step);
 
+// zip
+extern const mp_obj_type_t zip_type;
+
+
 // functions
 typedef struct _mp_obj_fun_native_t { // need this so we can define const objects (to go in ROM)
     mp_obj_base_t base;
diff --git a/py/objtuple.c b/py/objtuple.c
index 7685cc449feb07dbf931659e58584bf18860c37b..5c1169ed55d3b848309a30a6ac9c5536ca994c47 100644
--- a/py/objtuple.c
+++ b/py/objtuple.c
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ mp_obj_t mp_obj_new_tuple(uint n, const mp_obj_t *items) {
     mp_obj_tuple_t *o = m_new_obj_var(mp_obj_tuple_t, mp_obj_t, n);
     o->base.type = &tuple_type;
     o->len = n;
-    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-        o->items[i] = items[i];
+    if (items) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+            o->items[i] = items[i];
+        }
     }
     return o;
 }
@@ -138,8 +140,18 @@ mp_obj_t mp_obj_new_tuple_reverse(uint n, const mp_obj_t *items) {
 void mp_obj_tuple_get(mp_obj_t self_in, uint *len, mp_obj_t **items) {
     assert(MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(self_in, &tuple_type));
     mp_obj_tuple_t *self = self_in;
-    *len = self->len;
-    *items = &self->items[0];
+    if (len) {
+        *len = self->len;
+    }
+    if (items) {
+        *items = &self->items[0];
+    }
+}
+
+void mp_obj_tuple_del(mp_obj_t self_in) {
+    assert(MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(self_in, &tuple_type));
+    mp_obj_tuple_t *self = self_in;
+    m_del_var(mp_obj_tuple_t, mp_obj_t, self->len, self);
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/py/objzip.c b/py/objzip.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ab80af0b52ea8931b7a93855bc71f84a2ea7478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/objzip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "misc.h"
+#include "mpconfig.h"
+#include "obj.h"
+#include "runtime.h"
+
+typedef struct _mp_obj_zip_t {
+    mp_obj_base_t base;
+    int n_iters;
+    mp_obj_t iters[];
+} mp_obj_zip_t;
+
+static mp_obj_t zip_getiter(mp_obj_t self_in) {
+    return self_in;
+}
+
+static mp_obj_t zip_iternext(mp_obj_t self_in);
+
+static mp_obj_t zip_make_new(mp_obj_t type_in, int n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
+    /* NOTE: args are backwards */
+    mp_obj_zip_t *o = m_new_obj_var(mp_obj_zip_t, mp_obj_t, n_args);
+    o->base.type = &zip_type;
+    o->n_iters = n_args;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_args; i++) {
+        o->iters[i] = rt_getiter(args[n_args-i-1]);
+    }
+    return o;
+}
+
+const mp_obj_type_t zip_type = {
+    { &mp_const_type },
+    "zip",
+    .make_new = zip_make_new,
+    .iternext = zip_iternext,
+    .getiter = zip_getiter,
+};
+
+static mp_obj_t zip_iternext(mp_obj_t self_in) {
+    assert(MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(self_in, &zip_type));
+    mp_obj_zip_t *self = self_in;
+    mp_obj_t *items;
+    if (self->n_iters == 0) {
+        return mp_const_stop_iteration;
+    }
+    mp_obj_t o = mp_obj_new_tuple(self->n_iters, NULL);
+    mp_obj_tuple_get(o, NULL, &items);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < self->n_iters; i++) {
+        mp_obj_t next = rt_iternext(self->iters[i]);
+        if (next == mp_const_stop_iteration) {
+            mp_obj_tuple_del(o);
+            return mp_const_stop_iteration;
+        }
+        items[i] = next;
+    }
+    return o;
+}
diff --git a/py/py.mk b/py/py.mk
index a44a8bad021b3ec271869eb2487b828aa3e8b083..95f9c0767139e8ec1c0e46b593c6cd201b420ea9 100644
--- a/py/py.mk
+++ b/py/py.mk
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ PY_O_BASENAME = \
 	vm.o \
 	showbc.o \
 	repl.o \
+	objzip.o \
 
 # prepend the build destination prefix to the py object files
 
diff --git a/py/runtime.c b/py/runtime.c
index 2af86b6abd641121eb9ce2fdceebc0b3ca946cda..02f965dd631f71a30df4d7857ff7c0bc42c43c73 100644
--- a/py/runtime.c
+++ b/py/runtime.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ void rt_init(void) {
     mp_map_add_qstr(&map_builtins, MP_QSTR_set, (mp_obj_t)&set_type);
     mp_map_add_qstr(&map_builtins, MP_QSTR_tuple, (mp_obj_t)&tuple_type);
     mp_map_add_qstr(&map_builtins, MP_QSTR_type, (mp_obj_t)&mp_const_type);
+    mp_map_add_qstr(&map_builtins, MP_QSTR_zip, (mp_obj_t)&zip_type);
 
     // built-in user functions; TODO covert all to &mp_builtin_xxx's
     mp_map_add_qstr(&map_builtins, MP_QSTR_abs, rt_make_function_1(mp_builtin_abs));
diff --git a/tests/basics/tests/zip.py b/tests/basics/tests/zip.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0109094f4e3b59d09077e0195b0a978d8ce5cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/tests/zip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+print(list(zip()))
+print(list(zip([1], {2,3})))