diff --git a/collects/racket/list.rkt b/collects/racket/list.rkt
index fe32f68ba4..1b6440beb6 100644
--- a/collects/racket/list.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/list.rkt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
          split-at
          drop-right
          take-right
+         take-while
+         drop-while
          split-at-right
 
          append*
@@ -151,6 +153,29 @@
       (cons (car list) (loop (cdr list) (cdr lead)))
       '())))
 
+;; taken from srfi-1 and tweaked
+(define (take-while pred lis)
+  (unless (procedure? pred)
+    (raise-argument-error 'take-while "procedure?" 0 pred lis))
+  (unless (list? lis)
+    (raise-argument-error 'take-while "list?" 1 pred lis))
+  (let recur ([lis lis])
+    (if (null? lis) '()
+        (let ([x (car lis)])
+          (if (pred x)
+              (cons x (recur (cdr lis)))
+              '())))))
+
+(define (drop-while pred lis)
+  (unless (procedure? pred)
+    (raise-argument-error 'drop-while "procedure?" 0 pred lis))
+  (unless (list? lis)
+    (raise-argument-error 'drop-while "list?" 1 pred lis))
+  (let recur ([lis lis])
+    (cond [(null? lis) '()]
+          [(pred (car lis)) (recur (cdr lis))]
+          [else lis])))
+
 (define (split-at-right list n)
   (unless (exact-nonnegative-integer? n)
     (raise-argument-error 'split-at-right "exact-nonnegative-integer?" n))
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/pairs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/pairs.scrbl
index afa2d49968..82bf402453 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/pairs.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/pairs.scrbl
@@ -821,6 +821,28 @@ Returns the same result as
 
 except that it can be faster.}
 
+@defproc[(take-while [pred procedure?] [lst list?])
+         list?]{
+Returns a fresh list whose elements are taken successively from
+@racket[lst] as long as they satisfy @racket[pred]. The returned
+list includes up to, but not including, the first element in
+@racket[lst] for which @racket[pred] returns @racket[#f].
+
+@mz-examples[#:eval list-eval
+  (take-while even? '(2 4 5 8))
+  (take-while odd? '(2 4 6 8))
+]}
+
+@defproc[(drop-while [pred procedure?] [lst list?])
+         list?]{
+Returns a fresh list with elements successively removed from
+@racket[lst] from the front as long as they satisfy @racket[pred].
+
+@mz-examples[#:eval list-eval
+  (drop-while even? '(2 4 5 8))
+  (drop-while odd? '(2 4 6 8))
+]}
+
 @defproc[(take-right [lst any/c] [pos exact-nonnegative-integer?]) any/c]{
 Returns the @racket[list]'s @racket[pos]-length tail. If @racket[lst]
 has fewer than @racket[pos] elements, then the
diff --git a/collects/tests/racket/list.rktl b/collects/tests/racket/list.rktl
index 4701146326..5eacca11a4 100644
--- a/collects/tests/racket/list.rktl
+++ b/collects/tests/racket/list.rktl
@@ -212,6 +212,23 @@
     (err/rt-test (fun '(1) 2) exn:application:mismatch?)
     (err/rt-test (fun '(1 2 . 3) 3) exn:application:mismatch?)))
 
+;; ---------- take/drop-while ----------
+
+(let ()
+  (define list-1 '(2 4 6 8 1 3 5))
+  (err/rt-test (take-while 5 '()) exn:application:mismatch?)
+  (err/rt-test (drop-while 5 '()) exn:application:mismatch?)
+  (err/rt-test (take-while even? 1) exn:application:mismatch?)
+  (err/rt-test (drop-while even? 1) exn:application:mismatch?)
+  (test '(2 4 6 8) take-while even? list-1)
+  (test '(1 3 5) drop-while even? list-1)
+  (test '() take-while odd? list-1)
+  (test list-1 drop-while odd? list-1)
+  (test list-1 take-while number? list-1)
+  (test '() drop-while number? list-1)
+  (test '() take-while list? '())
+  (test '() drop-while list? '()))
+
 ;; ---------- append* ----------
 (let ()
   (test '()        append* '())