diff --git a/src/zip_eq_impl.rs b/src/zip_eq_impl.rs
index 864930bc0..caf540282 100644
--- a/src/zip_eq_impl.rs
+++ b/src/zip_eq_impl.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::iter::FusedIterator;
+
 use super::size_hint;
 
 /// An iterator which iterates two other iterators simultaneously
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ impl<I, J> Iterator for ZipEq<I, J>
             (None, None) => None,
             (Some(a), Some(b)) => Some((a, b)),
             (None, Some(_)) | (Some(_), None) =>
-            panic!("itertools: .zip_eq() reached end of one iterator before the other")
+                panic!("itertools: .zip_eq() reached end of one iterator before the other")
         }
     }
 
@@ -54,7 +56,27 @@ impl<I, J> Iterator for ZipEq<I, J>
     }
 }
 
+impl<I, J> DoubleEndedIterator for ZipEq<I, J>
+    where I: DoubleEndedIterator,
+          J: DoubleEndedIterator {
+    fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        match (self.a.next_back(), self.b.next_back()) {
+            (None, None) => None,
+            (Some(a), Some(b)) => Some((a, b)),
+            (None, Some(_)) | (Some(_), None) =>
+                panic!("itertools: .zip_eq() reached start of one iterator before the other")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<I, J> ExactSizeIterator for ZipEq<I, J>
     where I: ExactSizeIterator,
           J: ExactSizeIterator
 {}
+
+// technically we only need at least one of the iterators to implement FusedIterator, but for that we either need
+// negative trait bounds or maybe specialization
+impl<I, J> FusedIterator for ZipEq<I, J>
+    where I: FusedIterator,
+          J: FusedIterator
+{}
diff --git a/tests/zip.rs b/tests/zip.rs
index 5801b4232..7ba7fc5cc 100644
--- a/tests/zip.rs
+++ b/tests/zip.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ fn test_zip_longest_size_hint() {
 fn test_double_ended_zip_longest() {
     let xs = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
     let ys = [1, 2, 3, 7];
-    let a = xs.iter().map(|&x| x);
-    let b = ys.iter().map(|&x| x);
+    let a = xs.iter().copied();
+    let b = ys.iter().copied();
     let mut it = a.zip_longest(b);
     assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(Both(1, 1)));
     assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(Both(2, 2)));
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ fn test_double_ended_zip_longest() {
 fn test_double_ended_zip() {
     let xs = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
     let ys = [1, 2, 3, 7];
-    let a = xs.iter().map(|&x| x);
-    let b = ys.iter().map(|&x| x);
+    let a = xs.iter().copied();
+    let b = ys.iter().copied();
     let mut it = multizip((a, b));
     assert_eq!(it.next_back(), Some((4, 7)));
     assert_eq!(it.next_back(), Some((3, 3)));
@@ -75,3 +75,18 @@ fn zip_eq_panic2()
 
     zip_eq(&a, &b).count();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn zip_eq_backwards() {
+    let mut it = zip_eq(0..3, 4..7);
+    assert_eq!(it.next_back(), Some((2, 6)));
+    assert_eq!(it.next_back(), Some((1, 5)));
+    assert_eq!(it.next_back(), Some((0, 4)));
+    assert_eq!(it.next_back(), None);
+}
+
+#[should_panic]
+#[test]
+fn zip_eq_backwards_panic() {
+    zip_eq(&[1, 2], &[1, 2, 3]).rev().count();
+}