diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 02fbc3bb..2511b2ee 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ Patches and Suggestions
  - Wouter Bolsterlee <uws@xs4all.nl>
 
  - Michael Davis <mike.philip.davis@gmail.com> <mike.davis@workiva.com>
+
+ - Vinod Gupta <codervinod@gmail.com>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 696a6a96..5793d708 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Dropped support for python 2.6 and 3.3 [#297][297]
 
+- Audience parameter now supports iterables [#205][205]
+
 ### Fixed
+
 ### Added
 
 [v1.5.3][1.5.3]
diff --git a/jwt/api_jws.py b/jwt/api_jws.py
index 223b22be..ad3ff6ae 100644
--- a/jwt/api_jws.py
+++ b/jwt/api_jws.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import binascii
 import json
 import warnings
-
 from collections import Mapping
 
 from .algorithms import (
diff --git a/jwt/api_jwt.py b/jwt/api_jwt.py
index 5ddc8a30..edef7701 100644
--- a/jwt/api_jwt.py
+++ b/jwt/api_jwt.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import warnings
-
 from calendar import timegm
-from collections import Mapping
+from collections import Iterable, Mapping
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from .api_jws import PyJWS
@@ -103,8 +102,8 @@ def _validate_claims(self, payload, options, audience=None, issuer=None,
         if isinstance(leeway, timedelta):
             leeway = leeway.total_seconds()
 
-        if not isinstance(audience, (string_types, type(None))):
-            raise TypeError('audience must be a string or None')
+        if not isinstance(audience, (string_types, type(None), Iterable)):
+            raise TypeError('audience must be a string, iterable, or None')
 
         self._validate_required_claims(payload, options)
 
@@ -177,7 +176,11 @@ def _validate_aud(self, payload, audience):
             raise InvalidAudienceError('Invalid claim format in token')
         if any(not isinstance(c, string_types) for c in audience_claims):
             raise InvalidAudienceError('Invalid claim format in token')
-        if audience not in audience_claims:
+
+        if isinstance(audience, string_types):
+            audience = [audience]
+
+        if not any(aud in audience_claims for aud in audience):
             raise InvalidAudienceError('Invalid audience')
 
     def _validate_iss(self, payload, issuer):
diff --git a/jwt/contrib/algorithms/pycrypto.py b/jwt/contrib/algorithms/pycrypto.py
index e6afaa59..e49cdbfe 100644
--- a/jwt/contrib/algorithms/pycrypto.py
+++ b/jwt/contrib/algorithms/pycrypto.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import Crypto.Hash.SHA256
 import Crypto.Hash.SHA384
 import Crypto.Hash.SHA512
-
 from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
 from Crypto.Signature import PKCS1_v1_5
 
diff --git a/tests/test_api_jws.py b/tests/test_api_jws.py
index 4e440bd7..60671a29 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_jws.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_jws.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 
 import json
-
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from jwt.algorithms import Algorithm
diff --git a/tests/test_api_jwt.py b/tests/test_api_jwt.py
index 8ce3f2cc..58b47f2c 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_jwt.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_jwt.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 import json
 import time
-
 from calendar import timegm
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from decimal import Decimal
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ def test_decode_with_invalid_audience_param_throws_exception(self, jwt):
             jwt.decode(example_jwt, secret, audience=1)
 
         exception = context.value
-        assert str(exception) == 'audience must be a string or None'
+        assert str(exception) == 'audience must be a string, iterable, or None'
 
     def test_decode_with_nonlist_aud_claim_throws_exception(self, jwt):
         secret = 'secret'
@@ -281,6 +280,23 @@ def test_check_audience_when_valid(self, jwt):
         token = jwt.encode(payload, 'secret')
         jwt.decode(token, 'secret', audience='urn:me')
 
+    def test_check_audience_list_when_valid(self, jwt):
+        payload = {
+            'some': 'payload',
+            'aud': 'urn:me'
+        }
+        token = jwt.encode(payload, 'secret')
+        jwt.decode(token, 'secret', audience=['urn:you', 'urn:me'])
+
+    def test_raise_exception_invalid_audience_list(self, jwt):
+        payload = {
+            'some': 'payload',
+            'aud': 'urn:me'
+        }
+        token = jwt.encode(payload, 'secret')
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidAudienceError):
+            jwt.decode(token, 'secret', audience=['urn:you', 'urn:him'])
+
     def test_check_audience_in_array_when_valid(self, jwt):
         payload = {
             'some': 'payload',
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 79c77b0c..be189f2c 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import struct
-
 from calendar import timegm
 from datetime import datetime