2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/absl/algorithm/container.h b/absl/algorithm/container.h
index 752e47b23939..c84de461ac28 100644
--- a/absl/algorithm/container.h
+++ b/absl/algorithm/container.h
@@ -510,6 +510,16 @@ OutputIterator c_move(C&& src, OutputIterator dest) {
                    container_algorithm_internal::c_end(src), dest);
 }
 
+// c_move_backward()
+//
+// Container-based version of the <algorithm> `std::move_backward()` function to
+// move a container's elements into an iterator in reverse order.
+template <typename C, typename BidirectionalIterator>
+BidirectionalIterator c_move_backward(C&& src, BidirectionalIterator dest) {
+  return std::move_backward(container_algorithm_internal::c_begin(src),
+                            container_algorithm_internal::c_end(src), dest);
+}
+
 // c_swap_ranges()
 //
 // Container-based version of the <algorithm> `std::swap_ranges()` function to
diff --git a/absl/algorithm/container_test.cc b/absl/algorithm/container_test.cc
index 04282b8947a0..86bf9d3ea327 100644
--- a/absl/algorithm/container_test.cc
+++ b/absl/algorithm/container_test.cc
@@ -636,6 +636,19 @@ TEST(MutatingTest, Move) {
                                 Pointee(5)));
 }
 
+TEST(MutatingTest, MoveBackward) {
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> actual;
+  actual.emplace_back(absl::make_unique<int>(1));
+  actual.emplace_back(absl::make_unique<int>(2));
+  actual.emplace_back(absl::make_unique<int>(3));
+  actual.emplace_back(absl::make_unique<int>(4));
+  actual.emplace_back(absl::make_unique<int>(5));
+  auto subrange = absl::MakeSpan(actual.data(), 3);
+  absl::c_move_backward(subrange, actual.end());
+  EXPECT_THAT(actual, ElementsAre(IsNull(), IsNull(), Pointee(1), Pointee(2),
+                                  Pointee(3)));
+}
+
 TEST(MutatingTest, MoveWithRvalue) {
   auto MakeRValueSrc = [] {
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> src;