diff --git a/core/sequences/sequences-docs.factor b/core/sequences/sequences-docs.factor
index 9f18fd4e66..f3a12d9209 100644
--- a/core/sequences/sequences-docs.factor
+++ b/core/sequences/sequences-docs.factor
@@ -1262,6 +1262,17 @@ HELP: shorten
     "V{ 1 2 3 }"
 } } ;
 
+HELP: iota
+{ $values { "n" integer } { "iota" iota } }
+{ $description "Creates an immutable virtual sequence containing the integers from 0 to " { $snippet "n-1" } "." }
+{ $examples
+  { $example
+    "USING: math.parser sequences ;"
+    "3 iota [ sq ] map ."
+    "{ \"0\" \"1\" \"2\" }"
+  }
+} ;
+
 ARTICLE: "sequences-unsafe" "Unsafe sequence operations"
 "The " { $link nth-unsafe } " and " { $link set-nth-unsafe } " sequence protocol bypasses bounds checks for increased performance."
 $nl
diff --git a/core/sequences/sequences.factor b/core/sequences/sequences.factor
index 91c9d52404..2a499845bd 100644
--- a/core/sequences/sequences.factor
+++ b/core/sequences/sequences.factor
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ M: integer nth-unsafe drop ;
 
 INSTANCE: integer immutable-sequence
 
+! In the future, this will replace integer sequences
+TUPLE: iota { n read-only } ;
+
+: iota ( n -- iota ) \ iota boa ; inline
+
+M: iota length n>> ;
+M: iota nth-unsafe drop ;
+
+INSTANCE: iota immutable-sequence
+
 : first-unsafe ( seq -- first )
     0 swap nth-unsafe ; inline