diff -r 13e47495a7be Lib/pathlib.py
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py	Mon Nov 25 09:40:27 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py	Mon Nov 25 11:24:26 2013 +0100
@@ -962,6 +962,20 @@
             if self._closed:
                 self._raise_closed()
 
+    def iterfiles(self):
+        """ Iterate over the files (without directories) in this directory. """
+        for f in self.iterdir():
+            if f.is_file():
+                yield f
+
+    def iterdirs(self):
+        """Iterate over the directories in this directory.  Does not yield any
+        result for the special paths '.' and '..'.
+        """
+        for f in self.iterdir():
+             if f.is_dir():
+                 yield f
+
     def glob(self, pattern):
         """Iterate over this subtree and yield all existing files (of any
         kind, including directories) matching the given pattern.
diff -r 13e47495a7be Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py	Mon Nov 25 09:40:27 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py	Mon Nov 25 11:24:26 2013 +0100
@@ -1187,6 +1187,26 @@
         self.assertIn(cm.exception.errno, (errno.ENOTDIR,
                                            errno.ENOENT, errno.EINVAL))
 
+    def test_iterfiles(self):
+        P = self.cls
+        p = P(BASE)
+        it = p.iterfiles()
+        paths = set(it)
+        expected = ['fileA']
+        if not symlink_skip_reason:
+            expected += ['linkA']
+        self.assertEqual(paths, { P(BASE, q) for q in expected })
+
+    def test_iterdirs(self):
+        P = self.cls
+        p = P(BASE)
+        it = p.iterdirs()
+        paths = set(it)
+        expected = ['dirA', 'dirB', 'dirC']
+        if not symlink_skip_reason:
+            expected += ['linkB']
+        self.assertEqual(paths, { P(BASE, q) for q in expected })
+
     def test_glob_common(self):
         def _check(glob, expected):
             self.assertEqual(set(glob), { P(BASE, q) for q in expected })