diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be583d37e..36fa84273 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memchr 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "tempdir 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "walkdir 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/globset/Cargo.toml b/globset/Cargo.toml
index 96d47e3fd..ab3feb07e 100644
--- a/globset/Cargo.toml
+++ b/globset/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ fnv = "1.0"
 log = "0.3"
 memchr = "2"
 regex = "0.2.1"
+walkdir = "2.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 glob = "0.2"
+tempdir = "0.3"
 
 [features]
 simd-accel = ["regex/simd-accel"]
diff --git a/globset/src/lib.rs b/globset/src/lib.rs
index dd6922e6d..b4d40a67f 100644
--- a/globset/src/lib.rs
+++ b/globset/src/lib.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ extern crate fnv;
 extern crate log;
 extern crate memchr;
 extern crate regex;
+extern crate walkdir;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+extern crate tempdir;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::hash;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str;
 
 use aho_corasick::{Automaton, AcAutomaton, FullAcAutomaton};
@@ -417,6 +421,44 @@ impl GlobSet {
             ],
         })
     }
+
+    /// Iterate files and directories matching this globset at the given directory.
+    pub fn iter_at<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, dir: P) -> GlobWalker {
+        GlobWalker {
+            glob: self,
+            base: dir.as_ref().into(),
+            walker: walkdir::WalkDir::new(dir).into_iter()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An iterator for recursively yielding glob matches.
+///
+/// The order of elements yielded by this iterator is unspecified.
+pub struct GlobWalker<'a> {
+    glob: &'a GlobSet,
+    base: PathBuf,
+    walker: walkdir::IntoIter,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator for GlobWalker<'a> {
+    type Item = walkdir::DirEntry;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        for entry in &mut self.walker {
+            if let Ok(entry) = entry {
+                // Strip the common base directory so that the matcher will be
+                // able to recognize the file name.
+                // `unwrap` here is safe, since walkdir returns the files with relation
+                // to the given base-dir.
+                if self.glob.is_match(entry.path().strip_prefix(&*self.base).unwrap()) {
+                    return Some(entry)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        None
+    }
 }
 
 /// GlobSetBuilder builds a group of patterns that can be used to
@@ -804,6 +846,8 @@ impl RequiredExtensionStrategyBuilder {
 mod tests {
     use super::GlobSetBuilder;
     use glob::Glob;
+    use ::tempdir::TempDir;
+    use ::std::fs::{File, create_dir_all};
 
     #[test]
     fn set_works() {
@@ -832,4 +876,63 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!set.is_match(""));
         assert!(!set.is_match("a"));
     }
+
+    fn touch(dir: &TempDir, names: &[&str]) {
+        for name in names {
+            File::create(dir.path().join(name)).expect("Failed to create a test file");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn do_the_globwalk() {
+        let dir = TempDir::new("globset_walkdir").expect("Failed to create temporary folder");
+        let dir_path = dir.path();
+        create_dir_all(dir_path.join("src/some_mod")).expect("");
+        create_dir_all(dir_path.join("tests")).expect("");
+        create_dir_all(dir_path.join("contrib")).expect("");
+
+        touch(&dir, &[
+            "a.rs",
+            "b.rs",
+            "avocado.rs",
+            "lib.c",
+            "src/hello.rs",
+            "src/world.rs",
+            "src/some_mod/unexpected.rs",
+            "src/cruel.txt",
+            "contrib/README.md",
+            "contrib/README.rst",
+            "contrib/lib.rs",
+        ][..]);
+
+
+        let mut builder = GlobSetBuilder::new();
+        builder.add(Glob::new("src/**/*.rs").unwrap());
+        builder.add(Glob::new("*.c").unwrap());
+        builder.add(Glob::new("**/lib.rs").unwrap());
+        builder.add(Glob::new("**/*.{md,rst}").unwrap());
+        let set = builder.build().unwrap();
+
+        let mut expected = vec!["src/some_mod/unexpected.rs",
+                                "src/world.rs",
+                                "src/hello.rs",
+                                "lib.c",
+                                "contrib/lib.rs",
+                                "contrib/README.md",
+                                "contrib/README.rst"];
+
+        for matched_file in set.iter_at(dir_path) {
+            let path = matched_file.path().strip_prefix(dir_path).unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
+
+            let del_idx = if let Some(idx) = expected.iter().position(|n| &path == n) {
+                idx
+            } else {
+                panic!("Iterated file is unexpected: {}", path);
+            };
+            expected.remove(del_idx);
+        }
+
+        let empty: &[&str] = &[][..];
+        assert_eq!(expected, empty);
+    }
 }