diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f840aaa5f..fc5fd459d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ pub use dimension::{
     RemoveAxis,
 };
 
+use dimension::stride_offset;
+
 pub use dimension::NdIndex;
 pub use indexes::Indexes;
 pub use shape_error::ShapeError;
@@ -923,6 +925,40 @@ impl<'a, A, D> ArrayView<'a, A, D>
     {
         iterators::new_outer_iter(self)
     }
+
+    /// Split the array along `axis` and return one view strictly before the
+    /// split and one view after the split.
+    ///
+    /// **Panics** if `axis` is out of bounds.
+    pub fn axis_split_at(self, axis: usize, index: Ix)
+        -> (Self, Self)
+    {
+        assert!(index <= self.shape()[axis]);
+        let left_ptr = self.ptr;
+        let right_ptr = if index == self.shape()[axis] {
+            self.ptr
+        } else {
+            let offset = stride_offset(index, self.strides.slice()[axis]);
+            unsafe {
+                self.ptr.offset(offset)
+            }
+        };
+
+        let mut dim_left = self.dim.clone();
+        dim_left.slice_mut()[axis] = index;
+        let left = unsafe {
+            Self::new_(left_ptr, dim_left, self.strides.clone())
+        };
+
+        let mut dim_right = self.dim.clone();
+        dim_right.slice_mut()[axis] = self.dim.slice()[axis] - index;
+        let right = unsafe {
+            Self::new_(right_ptr, dim_right, self.strides.clone())
+        };
+
+        (left, right)
+    }
+
 }
 
 impl<'a, A, D> ArrayViewMut<'a, A, D>
@@ -1018,6 +1054,41 @@ impl<'a, A, D> ArrayViewMut<'a, A, D>
     {
         iterators::new_outer_iter_mut(self)
     }
+
+    /// Split the array along `axis` and return one mutable view strictly
+    /// before the split and one mutable view after the split.
+    ///
+    /// **Panics** if `axis` is out of bounds.
+    pub fn axis_split_at(self, axis: usize, index: Ix)
+        -> (Self, Self)
+    {
+        assert!(index <= self.shape()[axis]);
+        let left_ptr = self.ptr;
+        let right_ptr = if index == self.shape()[axis] {
+            self.ptr
+        }
+        else {
+            let offset = stride_offset(index, self.strides.slice()[axis]);
+            unsafe {
+                self.ptr.offset(offset)
+            }
+        };
+
+        let mut dim_left = self.dim.clone();
+        dim_left.slice_mut()[axis] = index;
+        let left = unsafe {
+            Self::new_(left_ptr, dim_left, self.strides.clone())
+        };
+
+        let mut dim_right = self.dim.clone();
+        dim_right.slice_mut()[axis] = self.dim.slice()[axis] - index;
+        let right = unsafe {
+            Self::new_(right_ptr, dim_right, self.strides.clone())
+        };
+
+        (left, right)
+    }
+
 }
 
 impl<A, S, D> ArrayBase<S, D> where S: Data<Elem=A>, D: Dimension
@@ -1439,6 +1510,7 @@ impl<A, S, D> ArrayBase<S, D> where S: Data<Elem=A>, D: Dimension
         iterators::new_axis_iter_mut(self.view_mut(), axis)
     }
 
+
     /// Return an iterator that traverses over `axis` by chunks of `size`,
     /// yielding non-overlapping views along that axis.
     ///
diff --git a/tests/array.rs b/tests/array.rs
index 0274dd428..63f1e9496 100644
--- a/tests/array.rs
+++ b/tests/array.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extern crate ndarray;
 use ndarray::{RcArray, S, Si,
     OwnedArray,
 };
-use ndarray::{arr0, arr1, arr2,
+use ndarray::{arr0, arr1, arr2, arr3,
     aview0,
     aview1,
     aview2,
@@ -658,3 +658,50 @@ fn deny_wraparound_reshape() {
     let five = OwnedArray::<f32, _>::zeros(5);
     let _five_large = five.into_shape((3, 7, 29, 36760123, 823996703)).unwrap();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn split_at() {
+    let mut a = arr2(&[[1., 2.], [3., 4.]]);
+
+    {
+        let (c0, c1) = a.view().axis_split_at(1, 1);
+
+        assert_eq!(c0, arr2(&[[1.], [3.]]));
+        assert_eq!(c1, arr2(&[[2.], [4.]]));
+    }
+
+    {
+        let (mut r0, mut r1) = a.view_mut().axis_split_at(0, 1);
+        r0[[0, 1]] = 5.;
+        r1[[0, 0]] = 8.;
+    }
+    assert_eq!(a, arr2(&[[1., 5.], [8., 4.]]));
+
+
+    let b = RcArray::linspace(0., 59., 60).reshape((3, 4, 5));
+
+    let (left, right) = b.view().axis_split_at(2, 2);
+    assert_eq!(left.shape(), [3, 4, 2]);
+    assert_eq!(right.shape(), [3, 4, 3]);
+    assert_eq!(left, arr3(&[[[0., 1.], [5., 6.], [10., 11.], [15., 16.]],
+                            [[20., 21.], [25., 26.], [30., 31.], [35., 36.]],
+                            [[40., 41.], [45., 46.], [50., 51.], [55., 56.]]]));
+
+    // we allow for an empty right view when index == dim[axis]
+    let (_, right) = b.view().axis_split_at(1, 4);
+    assert_eq!(right.shape(), [3, 0, 5]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic]
+fn deny_split_at_axis_out_of_bounds() {
+    let a = arr2(&[[1., 2.], [3., 4.]]);
+    a.view().axis_split_at(2, 0);
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic]
+fn deny_split_at_index_out_of_bounds() {
+    let a = arr2(&[[1., 2.], [3., 4.]]);
+    a.view().axis_split_at(1, 3);
+}