diff --git a/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/container_suite.hpp b/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/container_suite.hpp
index e75bffbf..517692a2 100755
--- a/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/container_suite.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/container_suite.hpp
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ namespace indexing {
 		       , Policy const &policy)
     {
       pyClass.def ("__setitem__", &Algorithms::assign, policy);
-      // *FIXME* add slicing support
+      pyClass.def ("__setitem__"
+		   , slice_handler<Algorithms, Policy>::make_setitem (policy));
     }
   };