diff --git a/library/init/control/combinators.lean b/library/init/control/combinators.lean
index 664617e8e1..65a97adb4c 100644
--- a/library/init/control/combinators.lean
+++ b/library/init/control/combinators.lean
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ namespace Nat
 @[inline] def mfor {m} [Applicative m] (n : Nat) (f : Nat → m Unit) : m Unit :=
 mforAux f n n
 
+@[specialize] def mforRevAux {m} [Applicative m] (f : Nat → m Unit) : Nat → m Unit
+| 0   => pure ()
+| i+1 => f i *> mforRevAux i
+
+@[inline] def mforRev {m} [Applicative m] (n : Nat) (f : Nat → m Unit) : m Unit :=
+mforRevAux f n
+
 @[specialize] def mfoldAux {α : Type u} {m : Type u → Type v} [Monad m] (f : Nat → α → m α) (n : Nat) : Nat → α → m α
 | 0,   a => pure a
 | i+1, a => f (n-i-1) a >>= mfoldAux i
@@ -46,6 +53,13 @@ mforAux f n n
 @[inline] def mfold {α : Type u} {m : Type u → Type v} [Monad m] (f : Nat → α → m α) (a : α) (n : Nat) : m α :=
 mfoldAux f n n a
 
+@[specialize] def mfoldRevAux {α : Type u} {m : Type u → Type v} [Monad m] (f : Nat → α → m α) : Nat → α → m α
+| 0,   a => pure a
+| i+1, a => f i a >>= mfoldRevAux i
+
+@[inline] def mfoldRev {α : Type u} {m : Type u → Type v} [Monad m] (f : Nat → α → m α) (a : α) (n : Nat) : m α :=
+mfoldRevAux f n a
+
 -- TODO: enable after we have support for marking arguments that should be considered for specialization.
 /-
 @[specialize]
diff --git a/library/init/data/nat/basic.lean b/library/init/data/nat/basic.lean
index 7f62650385..8c7594480d 100644
--- a/library/init/data/nat/basic.lean
+++ b/library/init/data/nat/basic.lean
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ instance : HasMul Nat :=
 @[inline] def fold {α : Type u} (f : Nat → α → α) (n : Nat) (a : α) : α :=
 foldAux f n n a
 
+@[specialize] def foldRevAux {α : Type u} (f : Nat → α → α) : Nat → α → α
+| 0,      a => a
+| succ n, a => foldRevAux n (f n a)
+
+@[inline] def foldRev {α : Type u} (f : Nat → α → α) (n : Nat) (a : α) : α :=
+foldRevAux f n a
+
 @[specialize] def anyAux (f : Nat → Bool) (s : Nat) : Nat → Bool
 | 0      => false
 | succ n => f (s - (succ n)) || anyAux n