diff --git a/src/leveldb.nim b/src/leveldb.nim
index 508ad3d..fe1b4ea 100644
--- a/src/leveldb.nim
+++ b/src/leveldb.nim
@@ -122,11 +122,22 @@ iterator iter*(self: LevelDb, seek: string = "", reverse: bool = false): (
     else:
       leveldb_iter_next(iterPtr)
 
-iterator iterPrefix*(self: LevelDb, prefix: string = ""): (string, string) =
-  for (key, value) in iter(self, prefix):
+iterator iterPrefix*(self: LevelDb, prefix: string): (string, string) =
+  for (key, value) in iter(self, prefix, reverse = false):
     if key.startsWith(prefix):
       yield (key, value)
 
+iterator iterRange*(self: LevelDb, start, limit: string): (string, string) =
+  let reverse: bool = limit < start
+  for (key, value) in iter(self, start, reverse = reverse):
+    if reverse:
+      if key < limit:
+        break
+    else:
+      if key > limit:
+        break
+    yield (key, value)
+
 proc removeDb*(name: string) =
   var err: cstring = nil
   let options = leveldb_options_create()
diff --git a/tests/test.nim b/tests/test.nim
index 5d587cb..6b614b1 100644
--- a/tests/test.nim
+++ b/tests/test.nim
@@ -57,3 +57,13 @@ suite "leveldb":
     initData(db)
     check(toSeq(db.iterPrefix(prefix = "b")) ==
           @[("ba", "2"), ("bb", "3")])
+
+  test "iter range":
+    initData(db)
+    check(toSeq(db.iterRange(start = "a", limit = "ba")) ==
+          @[("aa", "1"), ("ba", "2")])
+
+  test "iter range reverse":
+    initData(db)
+    check(toSeq(db.iterRange(start = "bb", limit = "b")) ==
+          @[("bb", "3"), ("ba", "2")])