diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/SimpleProjectable.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/SimpleProjectable.java
index c06bf81b3..6f287bb5e 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/SimpleProjectable.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/SimpleProjectable.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import com.mysema.commons.lang.CloseableIterator;
+
 /**
  * SimpleProjectable defines a simpler projection interface than {@link Projectable}.
  *
@@ -16,6 +18,13 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
  * @see Projectable
  */
 public interface SimpleProjectable<T> {
+    
+    /**
+     * Get the projection as a typed closeable Iterator
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
+    CloseableIterator<T> iterate();
 
     /**
      * Get the projection as a typed List
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/SimpleQueryAdapter.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/SimpleQueryAdapter.java
index 2513bfebf..e0e937b24 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/SimpleQueryAdapter.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/SimpleQueryAdapter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package com.mysema.query.support;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.mysema.commons.lang.CloseableIterator;
 import com.mysema.query.Projectable;
 import com.mysema.query.Query;
 import com.mysema.query.QueryModifiers;
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ public class SimpleQueryAdapter<T> implements SimpleQuery<SimpleQueryAdapter<T>>
         query.limit(limit);
         return this;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public CloseableIterator<T> iterate(){
+        return projectable.iterate(projection);
+    }
 
     @Override
     public List<T> list() {
diff --git a/querydsl-hibernate-search/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/search/SearchQuery.java b/querydsl-hibernate-search/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/search/SearchQuery.java
index 1dca08711..b38181940 100644
--- a/querydsl-hibernate-search/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/search/SearchQuery.java
+++ b/querydsl-hibernate-search/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/search/SearchQuery.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import org.hibernate.search.FullTextSession;
 import org.hibernate.search.Search;
 
 import com.mysema.commons.lang.Assert;
+import com.mysema.commons.lang.CloseableIterator;
+import com.mysema.commons.lang.IteratorAdapter;
 import com.mysema.query.QueryMetadata;
 import com.mysema.query.QueryModifiers;
 import com.mysema.query.SearchResults;
@@ -87,6 +89,11 @@ public class SearchQuery<T> implements SimpleQuery<SearchQuery<T>>, SimpleProjec
         }
         return fullTextQuery;
     }
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public CloseableIterator<T> iterate(){
+        return new IteratorAdapter<T>(createQuery(false).iterate());
+    }
 
     @Override
     public SearchQuery<T> limit(long limit) {
diff --git a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/LuceneQuery.java b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/LuceneQuery.java
index 6ec4e0ade..f6455f63f 100644
--- a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/LuceneQuery.java
+++ b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/LuceneQuery.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import org.apache.lucene.search.ScoreDoc;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Searcher;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Sort;
 
+import com.mysema.commons.lang.CloseableIterator;
+import com.mysema.commons.lang.IteratorAdapter;
 import com.mysema.query.QueryException;
 import com.mysema.query.QueryMetadata;
 import com.mysema.query.QueryModifiers;
@@ -78,6 +80,11 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements SimpleQuery<LuceneQuery>, SimpleProjectable<
     public LuceneQuery limit(long limit) {
         return queryMixin.limit(limit);
     }
+    
+    public CloseableIterator<Document> iterate(){
+        // TODO : optimize
+        return new IteratorAdapter<Document>(list().iterator());
+    }
 
     @Override
     public List<Document> list() {