diff --git a/src/libcore/vec.rs b/src/libcore/vec.rs
index a2e7a20bdf2..1b2a50f9b40 100644
--- a/src/libcore/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/vec.rs
@@ -396,6 +396,15 @@ fn shift<T>(&v: [T]) -> T {
     }
 }
 
+#[doc = "Prepend an element to the vector"]
+fn unshift<T>(&v: [T], +x: T) {
+    let mut vv = [x];
+    v <-> vv;
+    while len(vv) > 0 {
+        push(v, shift(vv));
+    }
+}
+
 #[doc = "Remove the last element from a vector and return it"]
 fn pop<T>(&v: [const T]) -> T unsafe {
     let ln = len(v);
@@ -2197,6 +2206,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert addr == addr_imm;
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_unshift() {
+        let mut x = [1, 2, 3];
+        unshift(x, 0);
+        assert x == [0, 1, 2, 3];
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_capacity() {
         let mut v = [0u64];