diff --git a/lib/api/traversing.js b/lib/api/traversing.js
index 0c4341de591..33d9b70bc52 100644
--- a/lib/api/traversing.js
+++ b/lib/api/traversing.js
@@ -353,6 +353,22 @@ exports.eq = function(i) {
   return this[i] ? this._make(this[i]) : this._make([]);
 };
 
+exports.gt = function(i) {
+  var matchIndexes = [];
+  for (i; i < this.length; i++ ) {
+    matchIndexes.push(this[i]);
+  }
+  return matchIndexes;
+};
+
+exports.lt = function(i) {
+  var matchIndexes = [];
+  for (var j = 0; j < i; j++ ) {
+    matchIndexes.push(this[j]);
+  }
+  return matchIndexes;
+};
+
 // Retrieve the DOM elements matched by the jQuery object.
 exports.get = function(i) {
   if (i == null) {