diff --git a/benches/bench.rs b/benches/bench.rs
index c571b85..661b0d9 100644
--- a/benches/bench.rs
+++ b/benches/bench.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,27 @@ fn bench_extend(b: &mut Bencher) {
     });
 }
 
+#[bench]
+fn bench_extend_from_slice(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let v: Vec<u64> = (0..100).collect();
+    b.iter(|| {
+        let mut vec: SmallVec<[u64; 16]> = SmallVec::new();
+        vec.extend_from_slice(&v);
+        vec
+    });
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn bench_insert_from_slice(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let v: Vec<u64> = (0..100).collect();
+    b.iter(|| {
+        let mut vec: SmallVec<[u64; 16]> = SmallVec::new();
+        vec.insert_from_slice(0, &v);
+        vec.insert_from_slice(0, &v);
+        vec
+    });
+}
+
 #[bench]
 fn bench_pushpop(b: &mut Bencher) {
     #[inline(never)]
diff --git a/lib.rs b/lib.rs
index e44c1f7..762b838 100644
--- a/lib.rs
+++ b/lib.rs
@@ -477,6 +477,29 @@ impl<A: Array> SmallVec<A> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<A: Array> SmallVec<A> where A::Item: Copy {
+    pub fn insert_from_slice(&mut self, index: usize, slice: &[A::Item]) {
+        self.reserve(slice.len());
+
+        let len = self.len;
+        assert!(index <= len);
+
+        unsafe {
+            let slice_ptr = slice.as_ptr();
+            let ptr = self.as_mut_ptr().offset(index as isize);
+            ptr::copy(ptr, ptr.offset(slice.len() as isize), len - index);
+            ptr::copy(slice_ptr, ptr, slice.len());
+            self.set_len(len + slice.len());
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn extend_from_slice(&mut self, slice: &[A::Item]) {
+        let len = self.len();
+        self.insert_from_slice(len, slice);
+    }
+}
+
 impl<A: Array> ops::Deref for SmallVec<A> {
     type Target = [A::Item];
     #[inline]
@@ -1068,6 +1091,28 @@ pub mod tests {
         v.grow(5);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_insert_from_slice() {
+        let mut v: SmallVec<[u8; 8]> = SmallVec::new();
+        for x in 0..4 {
+            v.push(x);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(v.len(), 4);
+        v.insert_from_slice(1, &[5, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(&v.iter().map(|v| *v).collect::<Vec<_>>(), &[0, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_extend_from_slice() {
+        let mut v: SmallVec<[u8; 8]> = SmallVec::new();
+        for x in 0..4 {
+            v.push(x);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(v.len(), 4);
+        v.extend_from_slice(&[5, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(&v.iter().map(|v| *v).collect::<Vec<_>>(), &[0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     #[should_panic]
     fn test_drop_panic_smallvec() {