diff --git a/docs/src/heaps.md b/docs/src/heaps.md
index 4a78ac587..52ee9beb9 100644
--- a/docs/src/heaps.md
+++ b/docs/src/heaps.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ extract_all!(h)      # removes all elements and returns sorted array
 
 extract_all_rev!(h)  # removes all elements and returns reverse sorted array
 
+values(h)            # returns the elements of the heap in an arbitrary order
+
 sizehint!(h, n)      # reserve capacity for at least `n` elements
 ```
 
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ update!(h, i, v)           # updates the value of an element (referred to by the
 delete!(h, i)              # deletes the node with handle i from the heap
 
 v, i = top_with_handle(h)  # returns the top value of a heap and its handle
+
+ks = keys(h)               # returns the handles associated with the heap in an arbitrary order
 ```
 
 Currently, both min/max versions of binary heap (type `BinaryHeap`) and
diff --git a/src/heaps/binary_heap.jl b/src/heaps/binary_heap.jl
index f3850d5d6..25db7c171 100644
--- a/src/heaps/binary_heap.jl
+++ b/src/heaps/binary_heap.jl
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ Removes and returns the element at the top of the heap `h`.
 """
 Base.pop!(h::BinaryHeap) = heappop!(h.valtree, h.ordering)
 
+"""
+    values(h::BinaryHeap)
+
+Returns the elements of the heap in an arbitrary order.
+"""
+Base.values(h::BinaryHeap) = h.valtree
+
 # Suggest that heap `h` reserve capacity for at least `n` elements. This can improve performance.
 function Base.sizehint!(h::BinaryHeap, n::Integer)
     sizehint!(h.valtree, n)
diff --git a/src/heaps/minmax_heap.jl b/src/heaps/minmax_heap.jl
index 25b877b08..98254d6d5 100644
--- a/src/heaps/minmax_heap.jl
+++ b/src/heaps/minmax_heap.jl
@@ -232,13 +232,20 @@ Remove up to the `k` largest values from the heap.
     return [popmax!(h) for _ in 1:min(length(h), k)]
 end
 
-
 function Base.push!(h::BinaryMinMaxHeap, v)
     valtree = h.valtree
     push!(valtree, v)
     @inbounds _minmax_heap_bubble_up!(valtree, length(valtree))
 end
 
+"""
+    values(h::BinaryMinMaxHeap)
+
+Returns the elements of the heap in an arbitrary order.
+"""
+Base.values(h::BinaryMinMaxHeap) = h.valtree
+
+
 """
     first(h::BinaryMinMaxHeap)
 
diff --git a/src/heaps/mutable_binary_heap.jl b/src/heaps/mutable_binary_heap.jl
index 699aa538c..fd98afaa4 100644
--- a/src/heaps/mutable_binary_heap.jl
+++ b/src/heaps/mutable_binary_heap.jl
@@ -246,6 +246,20 @@ end
 
 Base.pop!(h::MutableBinaryHeap{T}) where {T} = _binary_heap_pop!(h.ordering, h.nodes, h.node_map)
 
+"""
+    keys(h::MutableBinaryHeap)
+
+Returns the handles of the heap in an arbitrary order.
+"""
+Base.keys(h::MutableBinaryHeap) = h.node_map
+
+"""
+    values(h::MutableBinaryHeap)
+
+Returns an iterator over the elements of the heap in an arbitrary order.
+"""
+Base.values(h::MutableBinaryHeap) = (h.nodes[i].value for i in h.node_map)
+
 """
     update!{T}(h::MutableBinaryHeap{T}, i::Int, v::T)
 
diff --git a/test/test_binheap.jl b/test/test_binheap.jl
index 2c7c2151a..4b7199f79 100644
--- a/test/test_binheap.jl
+++ b/test/test_binheap.jl
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
             @test reverse(sort(vs)) == extract_all_rev!(BinaryMinHeap(vs))
         end
 
+        @testset "values" begin
+            @test sort(vs) == sort(values(BinaryMinHeap(vs)))
+        end
+
         @testset "push!" begin
             @testset "push! hmin" begin
                 hmin = BinaryMinHeap{Int}()
diff --git a/test/test_minmax_heap.jl b/test/test_minmax_heap.jl
index 1c2a67b43..5a28c84df 100644
--- a/test/test_minmax_heap.jl
+++ b/test/test_minmax_heap.jl
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ using Base.Order: Forward, Reverse
         end
     end
 
+    @testset "values" begin
+        vs = [10, 4, 6, 1, 16, 2, 20, 17, 13, 5]
+
+        @test sort(vs) == sort(values(BinaryMinMaxHeap{Int}(vs)))
+    end
+
     @testset "empty!" begin
         h = BinaryMinMaxHeap([1, 4, 3, 10, 2])
         ret = empty!(h)
diff --git a/test/test_mutable_binheap.jl b/test/test_mutable_binheap.jl
index e12c12313..80854a5f6 100644
--- a/test/test_mutable_binheap.jl
+++ b/test/test_mutable_binheap.jl
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ end
         @test isequal(list_values(h), vs)
         @test isequal(heap_values(h), [16, 14, 10, 8, 7, 3, 9, 1, 4, 2])
         @test sizehint!(h, 100) === h
+        @test sort(vs) == sort(collect(values(h)))
+        @test 1:length(h) == sort(keys(h))
     end
 
     @testset "make mutable binary custom ordering heap" begin