diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 41eea5a6..9198c4c3 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -486,6 +486,10 @@ class Response(object):
         """Returns true if :attr:`status_code` is 'OK'."""
         return self.ok
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """Allows you to use a response as an iterator."""
+        return self.iter_content(128)
+
     @property
     def ok(self):
         try:
diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index 54c732db..c4b94b2c 100644
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@ class RequestsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         r = requests.get(httpbin('get'))
         self.assertTrue(r.elapsed.total_seconds() > 0.0)
 
+    def test_response_is_iterable(self):
+        r = requests.Response()
+        io = StringIO.StringIO('abc')
+        r.raw = io
+        self.assertTrue(next(iter(r)))
+        io.close()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()