diff --git a/src/modules/random.c b/src/modules/random.c
index b6be294f..32e5ed42 100644
--- a/src/modules/random.c
+++ b/src/modules/random.c
@@ -218,12 +218,21 @@ static bool Random_randint(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
 static bool Random_choice(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     PY_CHECK_ARGC(2);
     mt19937* ud = py_touserdata(py_arg(0));
-    py_TValue* p;
-    int length = pk_arrayview(py_arg(1), &p);
-    if(length == -1) return TypeError("choice(): argument must be a list or tuple");
-    if(length == 0) return IndexError("cannot choose from an empty sequence");
-    int index = mt19937__randint(ud, 0, length - 1);
-    py_assign(py_retval(), p + index);
+    if (py_isstr(py_arg(1))) {
+        c11_sv sv = py_tosv(py_arg(1));
+        int length = c11_sv__u8_length(sv);
+        if(length == 0) return IndexError("cannot choose from an empty sequence");
+        int index = mt19937__randint(ud, 0, length - 1);
+        c11_sv ch = c11_sv__u8_getitem(sv, index);
+        py_newstrv(py_retval(), ch);
+    } else {
+        py_TValue* p;
+        int length = pk_arrayview(py_arg(1), &p);
+        if(length == -1) return TypeError("choice(): argument must be a list, tuple or str");
+        if(length == 0) return IndexError("cannot choose from an empty sequence");
+        int index = mt19937__randint(ud, 0, length - 1);
+        py_assign(py_retval(), p + index);
+    }
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/public/PyList.c b/src/public/PyList.c
index 67e15d71..ba937307 100644
--- a/src/public/PyList.c
+++ b/src/public/PyList.c
@@ -263,8 +263,22 @@ static bool list_extend(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     List* self = py_touserdata(py_arg(0));
     py_TValue* p;
     int length = pk_arrayview(py_arg(1), &p);
-    if(length == -1) return TypeError("extend() argument must be a list or tuple");
-    c11_vector__extend(self, p, length);
+    if(length >= 0) {
+        c11_vector__extend(self, p, length);
+    } else {
+        // get iterator
+        if (!py_iter(py_arg(1))) return false;
+        py_StackRef tmp_iter = py_pushtmp();
+        py_assign(tmp_iter, py_retval());
+        while(true) {
+            int res = py_next(tmp_iter);
+            if (res == 0) break;
+            if (res == -1) return false;
+            assert(res == 1);
+            c11_vector__push(py_TValue, self, *py_retval());
+        }
+        py_pop();
+    }
     py_newnone(py_retval());
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/tests/050_list.py b/tests/050_list.py
index 5d61040f..109c9901 100644
--- a/tests/050_list.py
+++ b/tests/050_list.py
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ b = a.copy(); del b[-1:]; assert b == [1, 2, 3]
 b = a.copy(); del b[:]; assert b == []
 assert a == [1, 2, 3, 4]
 
+# test extend with iterable
+c = [1]
+c.extend('123')
+assert c == [1, '1', '2', '3']
+c.extend(range(1, 6))
+assert c == [1, '1', '2', '3', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+
 # test cyclic reference
 # a = []
 # a.append(0)
diff --git a/tests/705_random.py b/tests/705_random.py
index 274fe14e..db11ff72 100644
--- a/tests/705_random.py
+++ b/tests/705_random.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ for i in range(10):
 for i in range(10):
     assert r.choice(tuple(a)) in a
 
+for i in range(10):
+    assert r.choice('hello') in 'hello'
+
 for i in range(10):
     assert r.randint(1, 1) == 1