diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
index 7f5c9ae..2c4104c 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
@@ -46,6 +46,96 @@ Array::array() const
     return nullptr; // unreachable
 }
 
+Array::iterator
+Array::begin()
+{
+    if (auto a = as<QPDF_Array>()) {
+        if (!a->sp) {
+            return a->elements.begin();
+        }
+        if (!sp_elements) {
+            sp_elements = std::make_unique<std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>>(getAsVector());
+        }
+        return sp_elements->begin();
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+Array::iterator
+Array::end()
+{
+    if (auto a = as<QPDF_Array>()) {
+        if (!a->sp) {
+            return a->elements.end();
+        }
+        if (!sp_elements) {
+            sp_elements = std::make_unique<std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>>(getAsVector());
+        }
+        return sp_elements->end();
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+Array::const_iterator
+Array::cbegin()
+{
+    if (auto a = as<QPDF_Array>()) {
+        if (!a->sp) {
+            return a->elements.cbegin();
+        }
+        if (!sp_elements) {
+            sp_elements = std::make_unique<std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>>(getAsVector());
+        }
+        return sp_elements->cbegin();
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+Array::const_iterator
+Array::cend()
+{
+    if (auto a = as<QPDF_Array>()) {
+        if (!a->sp) {
+            return a->elements.cend();
+        }
+        if (!sp_elements) {
+            sp_elements = std::make_unique<std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>>(getAsVector());
+        }
+        return sp_elements->cend();
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+Array::const_reverse_iterator
+Array::crbegin()
+{
+    if (auto a = as<QPDF_Array>()) {
+        if (!a->sp) {
+            return a->elements.crbegin();
+        }
+        if (!sp_elements) {
+            sp_elements = std::make_unique<std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>>(getAsVector());
+        }
+        return sp_elements->crbegin();
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+Array::const_reverse_iterator
+Array::crend()
+{
+    if (auto a = as<QPDF_Array>()) {
+        if (!a->sp) {
+            return a->elements.crend();
+        }
+        if (!sp_elements) {
+            sp_elements = std::make_unique<std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>>(getAsVector());
+        }
+        return sp_elements->crend();
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
 QPDFObjectHandle
 Array::null() const
 {
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh
index efe276c..61ce62a 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh
@@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ namespace qpdf
         {
         }
 
+        using iterator = std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>::iterator;
+        using const_iterator = std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>::const_iterator;
+        using const_reverse_iterator = std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>::const_reverse_iterator;
+
+        iterator begin();
+
+        iterator end();
+
+        const_iterator cbegin();
+
+        const_iterator cend();
+
+        const_reverse_iterator crbegin();
+
+        const_reverse_iterator crend();
+
         int size() const;
         std::pair<bool, QPDFObjectHandle> at(int n) const;
         bool setAt(int at, QPDFObjectHandle const& oh);
@@ -35,6 +51,8 @@ namespace qpdf
         QPDF_Array* array() const;
         void checkOwnership(QPDFObjectHandle const& item) const;
         QPDFObjectHandle null() const;
+
+        std::unique_ptr<std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>> sp_elements{};
     };
 
     // BaseDictionary is only used as a base class. It does not contain any methods exposed in the