diff --git a/tests/addcol-iter.vdj b/tests/addcol-iter.vdj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f976e288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/addcol-iter.vdj
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!vd -p
+{"sheet": null, "col": null, "row": null, "longname": "open-file", "input": "sample_data/sample.tsv", "keystrokes": "o", "comment": null, "replayable": true}
+{"sheet": "sample", "col": "OrderDate", "row": "", "longname": "addcol-iter", "input": "range(1, 100)", "comment": "add column with values from a Python sequence expression, repeating it if needed to fill", "replayable": true}
+{"sheet": "sample", "col": "A", "row": "", "longname": "type-int", "input": "", "keystrokes": "#", "comment": "set type of current column to int", "replayable": true}
+{"sheet": "sample", "col": "A", "row": "", "longname": "key-col-on", "input": "", "comment": "set current column as a key column", "replayable": true}
diff --git a/tests/golden/addcol-iter.tsv b/tests/golden/addcol-iter.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07bbc0f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/addcol-iter.tsv
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+A	OrderDate	Region	Rep	Item	Units	Unit_Cost	Total
+1	2016-01-06	East	Jones	Pencil	95	1.99	189.05
+2	2016-01-23	Central	Kivell	Binder	50	19.99	999.50
+3	2016-02-09	Central	Jardine	Pencil	36	4.99	179.64
+4	2016-02-26	Central	Gill	Pen	27	19.99	539.73
+5	2016-03-15	West	Sorvino	Pencil	56	2.99	167.44
+6	2016-04-01	East	Jones	Binder	60	4.99	299.40
+7	2016-04-18	Central	Andrews	Pencil	75	1.99	149.25
+8	2016-05-05	Central	Jardine	Pencil	90	4.99	449.10
+9	2016-05-22	West	Thompson	Pencil	32	1.99	63.68
+10	2016-06-08	East	Jones	Binder	60	8.99	539.40
+11	2016-06-25	Central	Morgan	Pencil	90	4.99	449.10
+12	2016-07-12	East	Howard	Binder	29	1.99	57.71
+13	2016-07-29	East	Parent	Binder	81	19.99	1619.19
+14	2016-08-15	East	Jones	Pencil	35	4.99	174.65
+15	2016-09-01	Central	Smith	Desk	2	125.00	250.00
+16	2016-09-18	East	Jones	Pen Set	16	15.99	255.84
+17	2016-10-05	Central	Morgan	Binder	28	8.99	251.72
+18	2016-10-22	East	Jones	Pen	64	8.99	575.36
+19	2016-11-08	East	Parent	Pen	15	19.99	299.85
+20	2016-11-25	Central	Kivell	Pen Set	96	4.99	479.04
+21	2016-12-12	Central	Smith	Pencil	67	1.29	86.43
+22	2016-12-29	East	Parent	Pen Set	74	15.99	1183.26
+23	2017-01-15	Central	Gill	Binder	46	8.99	413.54
+24	2017-02-01	Central	Smith	Binder	87	15.00	1305.00
+25	2017-02-18	East	Jones	Binder	4	4.99	19.96
+26	2017-03-07	West	Sorvino	Binder	7	19.99	139.93
+27	2017-03-24	Central	Jardine	Pen Set	50	4.99	249.50
+28	2017-04-10	Central	Andrews	Pencil	66	1.99	131.34
+29	2017-04-27	East	Howard	Pen	96	4.99	479.04
+30	2017-05-14	Central	Gill	Pencil	53	1.29	68.37
+31	2017-05-31	Central	Gill	Binder	80	8.99	719.20
+32	2017-06-17	Central	Kivell	Desk	5	125.00	625.00
+33	2017-07-04	East	Jones	Pen Set	62	4.99	309.38
+34	2017-07-21	Central	Morgan	Pen Set	55	12.49	686.95
+35	2017-08-07	Central	Kivell	Pen Set	42	23.95	1005.90
+36	2017-08-24	West	Sorvino	Desk	3	275.00	825.00
+37	2017-09-10	Central	Gill	Pencil	7	1.29	9.03
+38	2017-09-27	West	Sorvino	Pen	76	1.99	151.24
+39	2017-10-14	West	Thompson	Binder	57	19.99	1139.43
+40	2017-10-31	Central	Andrews	Pencil	14	1.29	18.06
+41	2017-11-17	Central	Jardine	Binder	11	4.99	54.89
+42	2017-12-04	Central	Jardine	Binder	94	19.99	1879.06
+43	2017-12-21	Central	Andrews	Binder	28	4.99	139.72
diff --git a/visidata/expr.py b/visidata/expr.py
index 11fa2dde9..84ad4d904 100644
--- a/visidata/expr.py
+++ b/visidata/expr.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def inputExpr(self, prompt, *args, **kwargs):
 Sheet.addCommand('g=', 'setcol-expr', 'cursorCol.setValuesFromExpr(someSelectedRows, inputExpr("set selected="), curcol=cursorCol)', 'set current column for selected rows to result of Python expression')
 Sheet.addCommand('z=', 'setcell-expr', 'cursorCol.setValues([cursorRow], evalExpr(inputExpr("set expr="), row=cursorRow, curcol=cursorCol))', 'evaluate Python expression on current row and set current cell with result of Python expression')
 Sheet.addCommand('gz=', 'setcol-iter', 'cursorCol.setValues(someSelectedRows, *list(itertools.islice(eval(input("set column= ", "expr", completer=CompleteExpr())), len(someSelectedRows))))', 'set current column for selected rows to the items in result of Python sequence expression')
+Sheet.addCommand('', 'addcol-iter', 'iter_expr=inputExpr("new column iterator expr: "); it = eval(iter_expr, getGlobals()); c=SettableColumn(); addColumnAtCursor(c); c.setValues(rows, *it)', 'add column with values from a Python sequence expression, repeating it if needed to fill')
 
 Sheet.addCommand(None, 'show-expr', 'status(evalExpr(inputExpr("show expr="), row=cursorRow, curcol=cursorCol))', 'evaluate Python expression on current row and show result on status line')
 
diff --git a/visidata/tests/test_commands.py b/visidata/tests/test_commands.py
index d47a26050..98577db95 100644
--- a/visidata/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/visidata/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def isTestableCommand(longname, cmdlist):
                  'addcol-incr-step': '2',
                  'setcol-incr-step': '2',
                  'setcol-iter': 'range(1, 100)',
+                 'addcol-iter': 'range(1, 100)',
                  'setcol-format-enum': '1=cat',
                  'open-ping': 'github.com',
                  'setcol-input': '5',