diff --git a/src/leveldb.nim b/src/leveldb.nim
index e50eddd..508ad3d 100644
--- a/src/leveldb.nim
+++ b/src/leveldb.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import options, leveldb/raw
+import options, strutils, leveldb/raw
 
 type
   LevelDb* = ref object
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ 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):
+    if key.startsWith(prefix):
+      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 8bb8f3d..5d587cb 100644
--- a/tests/test.nim
+++ b/tests/test.nim
@@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ suite "leveldb":
     initData(db)
     check(toSeq(db.iter(seek = "ab", reverse = true)) ==
           @[("ba", "2"), ("aa", "1")])
+
+  test "iter prefix":
+    initData(db)
+    check(toSeq(db.iterPrefix(prefix = "b")) ==
+          @[("ba", "2"), ("bb", "3")])