diff --git a/src/pocketpy.h b/src/pocketpy.h
index e3325176..ed922957 100644
--- a/src/pocketpy.h
+++ b/src/pocketpy.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ inline void init_builtins(VM* _vm) {
     _vm->bind_method<0>("range", "__iter__", CPP_LAMBDA(
         vm->PyIter(RangeIter(vm, args[0]))
     ));
+    _vm->_type_info("range")->m__iter__ = PyGetIter<RangeIter>;
 
     _vm->bind_method<0>("NoneType", "__repr__", CPP_LAMBDA(VAR("None")));
     _vm->bind_method<0>("NoneType", "__json__", CPP_LAMBDA(VAR("null")));
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ inline void init_builtins(VM* _vm) {
 
     _vm->bind_method<0>("str", "__str__", CPP_LAMBDA(args[0]));
     _vm->bind_method<0>("str", "__iter__", CPP_LAMBDA(vm->PyIter(StringIter(vm, args[0]))));
+    _vm->_type_info("str")->m__iter__ = PyGetIter<StringIter>;
 
     _vm->bind_method<0>("str", "__repr__", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args) {
         const Str& self = _CAST(Str&, args[0]);
@@ -539,13 +541,13 @@ inline void init_builtins(VM* _vm) {
     _vm->bind_method<0>("list", "__iter__", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args) {
         return vm->PyIter(ArrayIter<List>(vm, args[0]));
     });
-
     _vm->bind_method<1>("list", "__getitem__", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args) {
         return PyArrayGetItem<List>(vm, args[0], args[1]);
     });
     _vm->bind_method<2>("list", "__setitem__", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args) {
         return PyListSetItem(vm, args[0], args[1], args[2]);
     });
+    _vm->_type_info("list")->m__iter__ = PyGetIter<ArrayIter<List>>;
     _vm->_type_info("list")->m__getitem__ = PyArrayGetItem<List>;
     _vm->_type_info("list")->m__setitem__ = PyListSetItem;
 
@@ -566,6 +568,7 @@ inline void init_builtins(VM* _vm) {
     _vm->bind_method<0>("tuple", "__iter__", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args) {
         return vm->PyIter(ArrayIter<Tuple>(vm, args[0]));
     });
+    _vm->_type_info("tuple")->m__iter__ = PyGetIter<ArrayIter<Tuple>>;
 
     _vm->bind_method<1>("tuple", "__getitem__", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args) {
         return PyArrayGetItem<Tuple>(vm, args[0], args[1]);
diff --git a/src/vm.h b/src/vm.h
index 8b173e86..9767f0ac 100644
--- a/src/vm.h
+++ b/src/vm.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct PyTypeInfo{
     // cached special methods
     PyObject* (*m__getitem__)(VM* vm, PyObject*, PyObject*) = nullptr;
     PyObject* (*m__setitem__)(VM* vm, PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*) = nullptr;
+    PyObject* (*m__iter__)(VM* vm, PyObject*) = nullptr;
 };
 
 struct FrameId{
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ public:
 
     PyObject* asIter(PyObject* obj){
         if(is_type(obj, tp_iterator)) return obj;
+        const PyTypeInfo* ti = _inst_type_info(obj);
+        if(ti->m__iter__) return ti->m__iter__(this, obj);
         PyObject* self;
         PyObject* iter_f = get_unbound_method(obj, __iter__, &self, false);
         if(self != PY_NULL) return call_method(self, iter_f);
@@ -1278,4 +1281,9 @@ inline PyObject* PyStrGetItem(VM* vm, PyObject* obj, PyObject* index){
     return VAR(self.u8_getitem(i));
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+inline PyObject* PyGetIter(VM* vm, PyObject* obj){
+    return vm->PyIter(T(vm, obj));
+}
+
 }   // namespace pkpy
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