diff --git a/db/write_batch.cc b/db/write_batch.cc
index 317599542..6537f3721 100644
--- a/db/write_batch.cc
+++ b/db/write_batch.cc
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ void WriteBatch::Handler::LogData(const Slice& blob) {
   // them.
 }
 
+bool WriteBatch::Handler::Continue() {
+  return true;
+}
+
 void WriteBatch::Clear() {
   rep_.clear();
   rep_.resize(kHeader);
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ Status WriteBatch::Iterate(Handler* handler) const {
   input.remove_prefix(kHeader);
   Slice key, value, blob;
   int found = 0;
-  while (!input.empty()) {
+  while (!input.empty() && handler->Continue()) {
     char tag = input[0];
     input.remove_prefix(1);
     switch (tag) {
diff --git a/db/write_batch_test.cc b/db/write_batch_test.cc
index ce6104c7f..c20c9c0c0 100644
--- a/db/write_batch_test.cc
+++ b/db/write_batch_test.cc
@@ -134,6 +134,24 @@ TEST(WriteBatchTest, Append) {
   ASSERT_EQ(4, b1.Count());
 }
 
+namespace {
+  struct TestHandler : public WriteBatch::Handler {
+    std::string seen;
+    virtual void Put(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
+      seen += "Put(" + key.ToString() + ", " + value.ToString() + ")";
+    }
+    virtual void Merge(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
+      seen += "Merge(" + key.ToString() + ", " + value.ToString() + ")";
+    }
+    virtual void LogData(const Slice& blob) {
+      seen += "LogData(" + blob.ToString() + ")";
+    }
+    virtual void Delete(const Slice& key) {
+      seen += "Delete(" + key.ToString() + ")";
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 TEST(WriteBatchTest, Blob) {
   WriteBatch batch;
   batch.Put(Slice("k1"), Slice("v1"));
@@ -151,21 +169,7 @@ TEST(WriteBatchTest, Blob) {
             "Put(k3, v3)@2",
             PrintContents(&batch));
 
-  struct Handler : public WriteBatch::Handler {
-    std::string seen;
-    virtual void Put(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
-      seen += "Put(" + key.ToString() + ", " + value.ToString() + ")";
-    }
-    virtual void Merge(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
-      seen += "Merge(" + key.ToString() + ", " + value.ToString() + ")";
-    }
-    virtual void LogData(const Slice& blob) {
-      seen += "LogData(" + blob.ToString() + ")";
-    }
-    virtual void Delete(const Slice& key) {
-      seen += "Delete(" + key.ToString() + ")";
-    }
-  } handler;
+  TestHandler handler;
   batch.Iterate(&handler);
   ASSERT_EQ(
             "Put(k1, v1)"
@@ -178,6 +182,45 @@ TEST(WriteBatchTest, Blob) {
             handler.seen);
 }
 
+TEST(WriteBatchTest, Continue) {
+  WriteBatch batch;
+
+  struct Handler : public TestHandler {
+    int num_seen = 0;
+    virtual void Put(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
+      ++num_seen;
+      TestHandler::Put(key, value);
+    }
+    virtual void Merge(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
+      ++num_seen;
+      TestHandler::Merge(key, value);
+    }
+    virtual void LogData(const Slice& blob) {
+      ++num_seen;
+      TestHandler::LogData(blob);
+    }
+    virtual void Delete(const Slice& key) {
+      ++num_seen;
+      TestHandler::Delete(key);
+    }
+    virtual bool Continue() override {
+      return num_seen < 3;
+    }
+  } handler;
+
+  batch.Put(Slice("k1"), Slice("v1"));
+  batch.PutLogData(Slice("blob1"));
+  batch.Delete(Slice("k1"));
+  batch.PutLogData(Slice("blob2"));
+  batch.Merge(Slice("foo"), Slice("bar"));
+  batch.Iterate(&handler);
+  ASSERT_EQ(
+            "Put(k1, v1)"
+            "LogData(blob1)"
+            "Delete(k1)",
+            handler.seen);
+}
+
 }  // namespace leveldb
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
diff --git a/include/leveldb/write_batch.h b/include/leveldb/write_batch.h
index b2cfc5348..4564b01fb 100644
--- a/include/leveldb/write_batch.h
+++ b/include/leveldb/write_batch.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ class WriteBatch {
     // The default implementation of LogData does nothing.
     virtual void LogData(const Slice& blob);
     virtual void Delete(const Slice& key) = 0;
+    // Continue is called by WriteBatch::Iterate. If it returns false,
+    // iteration is halted. Otherwise, it continues iterating. The default
+    // implementation always returns true.
+    virtual bool Continue();
   };
   Status Iterate(Handler* handler) const;