diff --git a/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/dynamic_bitset.hpp b/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/dynamic_bitset.hpp
index 08e39bc..ecd8a6e 100644
--- a/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/dynamic_bitset.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/dynamic_bitset.hpp
@@ -672,6 +672,17 @@ public:
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     void           push_back( bool bit );
 
+    //!     Increases the size of the bitset by one, and sets the value
+    //!     of the new least significant bit to `bit`.
+    //!
+    //!     \par Throws
+    //!     An allocation error if memory is exhausted (`std::bad_alloc`
+    //!     if `allocator_type` is a `std::allocator`).
+    //!
+    //!     \param bit The value to set the least significant bit to.
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    void           push_front( bool bit );
+
     //!     Decreases the size of the bitset by one, removing the most
     //!     significant bit.
     //!
@@ -680,6 +691,14 @@ public:
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     void           pop_back();
 
+    //!     Decreases the size of the bitset by one, removing the least
+    //!     significant bit.
+    //!
+    //!     \pre
+    //!     `! this->empty()`
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    void           pop_front();
+
     //!     Appends the bits in `block` to this bitset (appends to the
     //!     most significant end). This increases the size of the bitset
     //!     by `bits_per_block`. Let `s` be the old size of the bitset,
diff --git a/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/impl/dynamic_bitset.ipp b/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/impl/dynamic_bitset.ipp
index 314be40..71e3c84 100644
--- a/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/impl/dynamic_bitset.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/dynamic_bitset/impl/dynamic_bitset.ipp
@@ -759,6 +759,16 @@ dynamic_bitset< Block, AllocatorOrContainer >::
     resize( sz + 1, bit );
 }
 
+template< typename Block, typename AllocatorOrContainer >
+void
+dynamic_bitset< Block, AllocatorOrContainer >::
+    push_front( bool bit )
+{
+    resize( size() + 1 );
+    *this <<= 1;
+    set( 0, bit );
+}
+
 template< typename Block, typename AllocatorOrContainer >
 void
 dynamic_bitset< Block, AllocatorOrContainer >::
@@ -775,6 +785,17 @@ dynamic_bitset< Block, AllocatorOrContainer >::
     }
 }
 
+template< typename Block, typename AllocatorOrContainer >
+void
+dynamic_bitset< Block, AllocatorOrContainer >::
+    pop_front()
+{
+    BOOST_ASSERT( ! empty() );
+        
+    *this >>= 1;
+    resize( size() - 1 );
+}
+
 template< typename Block, typename AllocatorOrContainer >
 void
 dynamic_bitset< Block, AllocatorOrContainer >::
diff --git a/test/bitset_test.hpp b/test/bitset_test.hpp
index 143d865..2cbc7c5 100644
--- a/test/bitset_test.hpp
+++ b/test/bitset_test.hpp
@@ -453,6 +453,21 @@ struct bitset_test
             BOOST_TEST( b[ j ] == lhs[ j ] );
     }
 
+    static void
+    pop_front( const Bitset & lhs )
+    {
+        Bitset b( lhs );
+        b.pop_front();
+        BOOST_TEST( b.size() == lhs.size() - 1 );
+        for ( std::size_t i = 0; i < b.size(); ++i )
+            BOOST_TEST( b[ i ] == lhs[ i + 1 ] );
+        
+        b.pop_front();
+        BOOST_TEST( b.size() == lhs.size() - 2 );
+        for ( std::size_t j = 0; j < b.size(); ++j )
+            BOOST_TEST( b[ j ] == lhs[ j + 2 ] );
+    }
+    
     static void
     append_bit( const Bitset & lhs )
     {
@@ -471,6 +486,23 @@ struct bitset_test
             BOOST_TEST( b[ j ] == lhs[ j ] );
     }
 
+    static void
+    prepend_bit( const Bitset & lhs )
+    {
+        Bitset b( lhs );
+        b.push_front( true );
+        BOOST_TEST( b.size() == lhs.size() + 1 );
+        BOOST_TEST( b[ 0 ] == true );
+        for ( std::size_t i = 0; i < lhs.size(); ++i )
+            BOOST_TEST( b[ i + 1 ] == lhs[ i ] );
+        b.push_front( false );
+        BOOST_TEST( b.size() == lhs.size() + 2 );
+        BOOST_TEST( b[ 0 ] == false );
+        BOOST_TEST( b[ 1 ] == true );
+        for ( std::size_t j = 0; j < lhs.size(); ++j )
+            BOOST_TEST( b[ j + 2 ] == lhs[ j ] );
+    }
+
     static void
     append_block( const Bitset & lhs )
     {
diff --git a/test/dyn_bitset_unit_tests1.cpp b/test/dyn_bitset_unit_tests1.cpp
index db1461a..3d4e0e9 100644
--- a/test/dyn_bitset_unit_tests1.cpp
+++ b/test/dyn_bitset_unit_tests1.cpp
@@ -416,6 +416,25 @@ run_test_cases()
         Tests::pop_back( a );
     }
     //=====================================================================
+    // Test pop_front
+    {
+        bitset_type a( "01" );
+        Tests::pop_front( a );
+    }
+    {
+        bitset_type a( "10" );
+        Tests::pop_front( a );
+    }
+    {
+        const int   size_to_fill_all_blocks = 4 * bits_per_block;
+        bitset_type a( size_to_fill_all_blocks, 255ul );
+        Tests::pop_front( a );
+    }
+    {
+        bitset_type a( long_string.c_str() );
+        Tests::pop_front( a );
+    }
+    //=====================================================================
     // Test append bit
     {
         bitset_type a;
@@ -439,6 +458,29 @@ run_test_cases()
         Tests::append_bit( a );
     }
     //=====================================================================
+    // Test push_front
+    {
+        bitset_type a;
+        Tests::prepend_bit( a );
+    }
+    {
+        bitset_type a( "0" );
+        Tests::prepend_bit( a );
+    }
+    {
+        bitset_type a( "1" );
+        Tests::prepend_bit( a );
+    }
+    {
+        const int   size_to_fill_all_blocks = 4 * bits_per_block;
+        bitset_type a( size_to_fill_all_blocks, 255ul );
+        Tests::prepend_bit( a );
+    }
+    {
+        bitset_type a( long_string );
+        Tests::prepend_bit( a );
+    }
+    //=====================================================================
     // Test append block
     {
         bitset_type a;