diff --git a/lib/Encoding/UTF8.php b/lib/Encoding/UTF8.php
index 42b4940..cf528cc 100644
--- a/lib/Encoding/UTF8.php
+++ b/lib/Encoding/UTF8.php
@@ -6,15 +6,39 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace MensBeam\Intl\Encoding;
 
-class UTF8 {
+class UTF8  implements \Iterator {
     protected $string;
     protected $posByte = 0;
     protected $posChar = 0;
-    protected $length = null;
+    protected $lenByte = null;
+    protected $lenChar = null;
+    protected $current;
 
+    public function rewind() {
+        $this->posByte = 0;
+        $this->posChar = 0;
+        $this->current = null;
+    }
+
+    public function valid() {
+        return $this->posByte < $this->lenByte;
+    }
+
+    public function current() {
+        return $this->current ?? ($this->current = $this->nextChr());
+    }
+
+    public function key() {
+        return isset($this->current) ? $this->posChar - 1 : $this->posChar;
+    }
+
+    public function next() {
+        $this->current = null;
+    }
 
     public function __construct(string $string) {
         $this->string = $string;
+        $this->lenByte = strlen($string);
     }
 
     public function posByte(): int {
@@ -171,14 +195,14 @@ class UTF8 {
      * Note that this involves processing to the end of the string
     */
     public function len(): int {
-        return $this->length ?? (function() {
+        return $this->lenChar ?? (function() {
             $pC = $this->posChar;
             $pB = $this->posByte;
             while ($this->nextChr() !== "");
-            $this->length = $this->posChar;
+            $this->lenChar = $this->posChar;
             $this->posChar = $pC;
             $this->posByte = $pB;
-            return $this->length;
+            return $this->lenChar;
         })();
     }
 
diff --git a/perf/perf.php b/perf/perf.php
index 83ff4ba..cbc6cc6 100644
--- a/perf/perf.php
+++ b/perf/perf.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See LICENSE and AUTHORS files for details */
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
-namespace MensBeam\UTF8;
+namespace MensBeam\Intl\Encoding;
 
 require __DIR__."/../tests/bootstrap.php";
 
@@ -30,7 +30,14 @@ $tests = [
     }],
     'Native characters' => ["", function(string $text) {
         $c = null;
-        $i = new \MensBeam\UTF8\UTF8($text);
+        $i = new UTF8($text);
+        while ($c !== "") {
+            $c = $i->nextChr();
+        }
+    }],
+    'Native iterator' => ["", function(string $text) {
+        $c = null;
+        $i = new UTF8($text);
         while ($c !== "") {
             $c = $i->nextChr();
         }
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ $tests = [
     }],
     'Native code points' => ["", function(string $text) {
         $p = null;
-        $i = new \MensBeam\UTF8\UTF8($text);
+        $i = new UTF8($text);
         while ($p !== false) {
             $p = $i->nextOrd();
         }
diff --git a/tests/cases/Encoding/TestUTF8.php b/tests/cases/Encoding/TestUTF8.php
index 867a358..2b33988 100644
--- a/tests/cases/Encoding/TestUTF8.php
+++ b/tests/cases/Encoding/TestUTF8.php
@@ -55,6 +55,29 @@ class TestUTF8 extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals($exp, $out);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideStrings
+     * @covers MensBeam\Intl\Encoding\UTF8::rewind
+     * @covers MensBeam\Intl\Encoding\UTF8::valid
+     * @covers MensBeam\Intl\Encoding\UTF8::current
+     * @covers MensBeam\Intl\Encoding\UTF8::key
+     * @covers MensBeam\Intl\Encoding\UTF8::next
+    */
+    public function testIterateThroughAString(string $input, array $exp) {
+        $out = [];
+        $exp = array_map(function ($v) {
+            return \IntlChar::chr($v);
+        }, $exp);
+        $s = new UTF8($input);
+        $a = 0;
+        $this->assertTrue(true); // prevent risky test of empty string
+        foreach ($s as $index => $c) {
+            $this->assertSame($a, $index, "Character key at index $a reported incorrectly");
+            $this->assertSame(bin2hex($exp[$a]), bin2hex($c), "Character at index $a decoded incorrectly");
+            $a++;
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideStrings
      * @covers MensBeam\Intl\Encoding\UTF8::sync