diff --git a/src/util/amount.rs b/src/util/amount.rs
index a732c440..c9b7f3eb 100644
--- a/src/util/amount.rs
+++ b/src/util/amount.rs
@@ -524,6 +524,13 @@ impl FromStr for Amount {
     }
 }
 
+impl ::std::iter::Sum for Amount {
+    fn sum<I: Iterator<Item=Self>>(iter: I) -> Self {
+        let sats: u64 = iter.map(|amt| amt.0).sum();
+        Amount::from_sat(sats)
+    }
+}
+
 /// SignedAmount
 ///
 /// The [SignedAmount] type can be used to express Bitcoin amounts that supports
@@ -849,6 +856,13 @@ impl FromStr for SignedAmount {
     }
 }
 
+impl ::std::iter::Sum for SignedAmount {
+    fn sum<I: Iterator<Item=Self>>(iter: I) -> Self {
+        let sats: i64 = iter.map(|amt| amt.0).sum();
+        SignedAmount::from_sat(sats)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 pub mod serde {
     // methods are implementation of a standardized serde-specific signature
@@ -1512,4 +1526,26 @@ mod tests {
         let value_without: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str("{}").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(without, serde_json::from_value(value_without).unwrap());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sum_amounts() {
+        assert_eq!(Amount::from_sat(0), vec![].into_iter().sum::<Amount>());
+        assert_eq!(SignedAmount::from_sat(0), vec![].into_iter().sum::<SignedAmount>());
+
+        let amounts = vec![
+            Amount::from_sat(42),
+            Amount::from_sat(1337),
+            Amount::from_sat(21)
+        ];
+        let sum = amounts.into_iter().sum::<Amount>();
+        assert_eq!(Amount::from_sat(1400), sum);
+
+        let amounts = vec![
+            SignedAmount::from_sat(-42),
+            SignedAmount::from_sat(1337),
+            SignedAmount::from_sat(21)
+        ];
+        let sum = amounts.into_iter().sum::<SignedAmount>();
+        assert_eq!(SignedAmount::from_sat(1316), sum);
+    }
 }