diff --git a/src/fix.py b/src/fix.py
index 06ce72c37..229049aa9 100644
--- a/src/fix.py
+++ b/src/fix.py
@@ -126,5 +126,10 @@ def all(p, seq):
             return False
     return True
 
+def rsplit(s, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
+    L = s[::-1].split(sep, maxsplit)
+    L.reverse()
+    return [s[::-1] for s in L]
+
 
 # vim:set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab textwidth=78:
diff --git a/test/test_fix.py b/test/test_fix.py
index ed20453c1..92fcb3e7f 100644
--- a/test/test_fix.py
+++ b/test/test_fix.py
@@ -88,5 +88,12 @@ class FunctionsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def testIlen(self):
         self.assertEqual(itertools.ilen(iter(range(10))), 10)
 
+    def testRsplit(self):
+        self.assertEqual(rsplit('foo bar baz'), 'foo bar baz'.split())
+        self.assertEqual(rsplit('foo bar baz', maxsplit=1),
+                         ['foo bar', 'baz']) 
+        self.assertEqual(rsplit('foo        bar baz', maxsplit=1),
+                         ['foo        bar', 'baz'])
+
 
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