diff --git a/thrust/iterator/detail/zip_iterator.inl b/thrust/iterator/detail/zip_iterator.inl
index 7eb35b091b..c5742315e9 100644
--- a/thrust/iterator/detail/zip_iterator.inl
+++ b/thrust/iterator/detail/zip_iterator.inl
@@ -131,11 +131,19 @@ template<typename IteratorTuple>
 } // end zip_iterator::distance_to()
 
 
-template<typename IteratorTuple>
+template<typename... Iterators>
+__host__ __device__
+  zip_iterator<thrust::tuple<Iterators...>> make_zip_iterator(thrust::tuple<Iterators...> t)
+{
+    return zip_iterator<thrust::tuple<Iterators...>>(t);
+} // end make_zip_iterator()
+
+
+template<typename... Iterators>
 __host__ __device__
-  zip_iterator<IteratorTuple> make_zip_iterator(IteratorTuple t)
+  zip_iterator<thrust::tuple<Iterators...>> make_zip_iterator(Iterators... its)
 {
-  return zip_iterator<IteratorTuple>(t);
+    return make_zip_iterator(thrust::make_tuple(its...));
 } // end make_zip_iterator()
 
 
diff --git a/thrust/iterator/zip_iterator.h b/thrust/iterator/zip_iterator.h
index 7b86d06d51..14f7e873ac 100644
--- a/thrust/iterator/zip_iterator.h
+++ b/thrust/iterator/zip_iterator.h
@@ -229,9 +229,23 @@ template <typename IteratorTuple>
  *
  *  \see zip_iterator
  */
-template<typename IteratorTuple>
+template<typename... Iterators>
 inline __host__ __device__
-zip_iterator<IteratorTuple> make_zip_iterator(IteratorTuple t);
+zip_iterator<thrust::tuple<Iterators...>> make_zip_iterator(thrust::tuple<Iterators...> t);
+
+
+/*! \p make_zip_iterator creates a \p zip_iterator from
+ *  iterators.
+ *
+ *  \param its The iterators to copy.
+ *  \return A newly created \p zip_iterator which zips the iterators.
+ *
+ *  \see zip_iterator
+ */
+template<typename... Iterators>
+inline __host__ __device__
+zip_iterator<thrust::tuple<Iterators...>> make_zip_iterator(Iterators... its);
+
 
 /*! \} // end fancyiterators
  */