diff --git a/pixie/stdlib.pxi b/pixie/stdlib.pxi
index 77b3cede..23a9f7e4 100644
--- a/pixie/stdlib.pxi
+++ b/pixie/stdlib.pxi
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ If further arguments are passed, invokes the method named by symbol, passing the
     (if (next coll)
       (recur (next coll))
       (first coll))
-    
+
     (satisfies? ISeqable coll)
     (recur (seq coll))))
 
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ not enough elements were present."
 
    ISeqable
    (-seq [self]
-       (reduce conj self)))
+     (sequence xform coll)))
 
 (defn eduction
   "Returns a reducible/iterable application of the transducers
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ For more information, see http://clojure.org/special_forms#binding-forms"}
         val
        not-found)))
   ISeq
-  (-first [this] 
+  (-first [this]
     (when (not= start stop)
       start))
   (-next  [this]
@@ -2188,6 +2188,20 @@ For more information, see http://clojure.org/special_forms#binding-forms"}
   ([pred coll]
    (filter (complement pred) coll)))
 
+(defn sequence
+  "Returns a lazy sequence of `data`, optionally transforming it using `xform`"
+  ([coll]
+   (if (seq? coll) coll
+       (or (seq coll) ())))
+  ([xform coll]
+   (let [step (defn step [xform acc xs]
+                (if-let [s (seq xs)]
+                  (let [next-acc ((xform conj) acc (first s))]
+                    (if (= acc next-acc) (step xform next-acc (next s))
+                        (concat (drop (count acc) next-acc) (step xform next-acc (next s)))))
+                  nil))]
+     (lazy-seq (step xform [] coll)))))
+
 (defn distinct
   {:doc "Returns the distinct elements in the collection."
    :signatures [[] [coll]]
@@ -3080,7 +3094,7 @@ ex: (vary-meta x assoc :foo 42)"
 (deftype Iterate [f x]
   IReduce
   (-reduce [self rf init]
-    (loop [next (f x) 
+    (loop [next (f x)
            acc (rf init x)]
       (if (reduced? acc)
         @acc
diff --git a/tests/pixie/tests/test-stdlib.pxi b/tests/pixie/tests/test-stdlib.pxi
index 12ad9912..8805cd14 100644
--- a/tests/pixie/tests/test-stdlib.pxi
+++ b/tests/pixie/tests/test-stdlib.pxi
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
                   (seq)))
   ;; expanding transducer with nils
   (t/assert= '(1 2 3 nil 4 5 6 nil)
-             (eduction cat [[1 2 3 nil] [4 5 6 nil]])))
+             (seq (eduction cat [[1 2 3 nil] [4 5 6 nil]]))))
 
 (t/deftest test-trace
   (try
@@ -767,3 +767,23 @@
   (t/assert= (reduce (fn [a v] (reduced "foo")) 0 (iterate inc 1)) "foo")
   (t/assert= (reduce (fn [a v] (if (< a 10) (+ a v) (reduced a))) 0 (iterate (partial + 2) 1)) 16))
 
+(t/deftest test-sequence-empty-sequences
+  (t/assert= '() (take 1 (sequence (map inc) '())))
+  (t/assert= '() (take 1 (sequence (map inc) [])))
+  (t/assert= '() (take 1 (sequence (map inc) #{})))
+  (t/assert= '() (take 1 (sequence (map inc) {}))))
+
+(t/deftest test-sequence-non-empty-sequences
+  (t/assert= '(1 3) (take 2 (sequence (comp
+                                       (filter even?)
+                                       (map inc)) (range 3))))
+  (t/assert= '(1) (take 1 (sequence (distinct) (repeat 4 1)))))
+
+(t/deftest test-sequence-early-terminating-sequences
+  (t/assert= '() (take 5 (sequence (filter (fn [x] false)) (repeat 8 8))))
+  (t/assert= '(1 2) (take 3 (sequence (map identity) [1 2])))
+  (t/assert= #{[:a 1] [:b 2]} (into #{} (take 3 (sequence (filter (fn [[k v]]
+                                                                    (keyword? k)) {:a 1
+                                                                                   :b 2
+                                                                                   "c" 3
+                                                                                   "d" 4}))))))