diff --git a/src/base/edition.rs b/src/base/edition.rs
index 4a99b77f6..8bd6ad190 100644
--- a/src/base/edition.rs
+++ b/src/base/edition.rs
@@ -751,3 +751,25 @@ where
         self.data.extend(iter);
     }
 }
+
+/// Extend the number of rows of the `Vector` with elements from
+/// a given iterator.
+impl<N, S> Extend<N> for Matrix<N, Dynamic, U1, S>
+where
+    N: Scalar,
+    S: Extend<N>,
+{
+    /// Extend the number of rows of a `Vector` with elements
+    /// from the given iterator.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```
+    /// use nalgebra::DVector;
+    /// let mut vector = DVector::from_vec(3, vec![0, 1, 2]);
+    /// vector.extend(vec![3, 4, 5]);
+    /// assert!(vector.eq(&DVector::from_vec(6, vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5])));
+    /// ```
+    fn extend<I: IntoIterator<Item=N>>(&mut self, iter: I) {
+        self.data.extend(iter);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/base/matrix_vec.rs b/src/base/matrix_vec.rs
index 8dfd940e5..b821afdb3 100644
--- a/src/base/matrix_vec.rs
+++ b/src/base/matrix_vec.rs
@@ -258,3 +258,14 @@ impl<N, R: Dim> Extend<N> for MatrixVec<N, R, Dynamic>
           "The number of elements produced by the given iterator was not a multiple of the number of rows.");
     }
 }
+
+impl<N> Extend<N> for MatrixVec<N, Dynamic, U1>
+{
+    /// Extends the number of rows of the `MatrixVec` with elements
+    /// from the given iterator.
+    fn extend<I: IntoIterator<Item=N>>(&mut self, iter: I)
+    {
+        self.data.extend(iter);
+        self.nrows = Dynamic::new(self.data.len());
+    }
+}