diff --git a/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo b/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo
index f632e806fd..a9aabe49a3 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from memory.memory import _memcmp_impl_unconstrained
 from sys import bitwidthof, simdwidthof
 from sys.intrinsics import unlikely, likely
 from utils.stringref import StringRef, _memmem
-from os import PathLike
+from os import PathLike, abort
 
 alias StaticString = StringSlice[StaticConstantOrigin]
 """An immutable static string slice."""
@@ -165,6 +165,79 @@ fn _memrmem[
     return UnsafePointer[Scalar[type]]()
 
 
+@value
+struct _SplitlinesIter[
+    is_mutable: Bool, //,
+    origin: Origin[is_mutable],
+    forward: Bool = True,
+]:
+    """Iterator for `StringSlice` over unicode linebreaks.
+
+    Parameters:
+        is_mutable: Whether the slice is mutable.
+        origin: The origin of the underlying string data.
+        forward: The iteration direction. `False` is backwards.
+    """
+
+    alias `\r` = UInt8(ord("\r"))
+    alias `\n` = UInt8(ord("\n"))
+
+    var index: Int
+    var ptr: UnsafePointer[Byte]
+    var length: Int
+    var keepends: Bool
+
+    fn __iter__(self) -> Self:
+        return self
+
+    fn __next__(mut self) -> StringSlice[origin]:
+        # highly performance sensitive code, benchmark before touching
+        @parameter
+        if forward:
+            var eol_start = self.index
+            var eol_length = 0
+
+            while eol_start < self.length:
+                var b0 = self.ptr[eol_start]
+                var char_len = _utf8_first_byte_sequence_length(b0)
+                debug_assert(
+                    eol_start + char_len <= self.length,
+                    "corrupted sequence causing unsafe memory access",
+                )
+                var isnewline = unlikely(
+                    _is_newline_char(self.ptr, eol_start, b0, char_len)
+                )
+                var char_end = int(isnewline) * (eol_start + char_len)
+                var next_idx = char_end * int(char_end < self.length)
+                var is_r_n = b0 == Self.`\r` and next_idx != 0 and self.ptr[
+                    next_idx
+                ] == Self.`\n`
+                eol_length = int(isnewline) * char_len + int(is_r_n)
+                if isnewline:
+                    break
+                eol_start += char_len
+
+            var str_len = eol_start - self.index + int(
+                self.keepends
+            ) * eol_length
+            var s = StringSlice[origin](
+                ptr=self.ptr + self.index, length=str_len
+            )
+            self.index = eol_start + eol_length
+            return s
+        else:
+            constrained[False, "reversed splitlines not yet implemented"]()
+            return abort[StringSlice[origin]]()
+
+    @always_inline
+    fn __has_next__(self) -> Bool:
+        @parameter
+        if forward:
+            return self.index < self.length
+        else:
+            return self.index > 0
+
+
 @value
 struct _StringSliceIter[
     mut: Bool, //,
@@ -230,6 +303,24 @@ struct _StringSliceIter[
                 Span[Byte, ImmutableAnyOrigin](ptr=self.ptr, length=self.index)
             )
 
+    fn splitlines(
+        owned self: _StringSliceIter[forward=True], *, keepends: Bool = False
+    ) -> _SplitlinesIter[origin, forward=True]:
+        """Split the string at line boundaries. This corresponds to Python's
+        [universal newlines:](
+        https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.splitlines)
+        `"\\r\\n"` and `"\\t\\n\\v\\f\\r\\x1c\\x1d\\x1e\\x85\\u2028\\u2029"`.
+
+        Args:
+            keepends: If True, line breaks are kept in the resulting strings.
+
+        Returns:
+            An iterator of StringSlices over the input split by line boundaries.
+        """
+        return _SplitlinesIter[origin, True](
+            self.index, self.ptr, self.length, keepends
+        )
+
 
 @value
 @register_passable("trivial")
@@ -1089,17 +1180,12 @@ struct StringSlice[mut: Bool, //, origin: Origin[mut]](
                 offset += b_len
             return length != 0
 
-    fn splitlines[
-        O: ImmutableOrigin, //
-    ](self: StringSlice[O], keepends: Bool = False) -> List[StringSlice[O]]:
+    fn splitlines(self, keepends: Bool = False) -> List[Self]:
         """Split the string at line boundaries. This corresponds to Python's
         [universal newlines:](
         https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.splitlines)
         `"\\r\\n"` and `"\\t\\n\\v\\f\\r\\x1c\\x1d\\x1e\\x85\\u2028\\u2029"`.
 
-        Parameters:
-            O: The immutable origin.
-
         Args:
             keepends: If True, line breaks are kept in the resulting strings.
 
@@ -1107,44 +1193,9 @@ struct StringSlice[mut: Bool, //, origin: Origin[mut]](
             A List of Strings containing the input split by line boundaries.
         """
 
-        # highly performance sensitive code, benchmark before touching
-        alias `\r` = UInt8(ord("\r"))
-        alias `\n` = UInt8(ord("\n"))
-
-        output = List[StringSlice[O]](capacity=128)  # guessing
-        var ptr = self.unsafe_ptr()
-        var length = self.byte_length()
-        var offset = 0
-
-        while offset < length:
-            var eol_start = offset
-            var eol_length = 0
-
-            while eol_start < length:
-                var b0 = ptr[eol_start]
-                var char_len = _utf8_first_byte_sequence_length(b0)
-                debug_assert(
-                    eol_start + char_len <= length,
-                    "corrupted sequence causing unsafe memory access",
-                )
-                var isnewline = unlikely(
-                    _is_newline_char(ptr, eol_start, b0, char_len)
-                )
-                var char_end = int(isnewline) * (eol_start + char_len)
-                var next_idx = char_end * int(char_end < length)
-                var is_r_n = b0 == `\r` and next_idx != 0 and ptr[
-                    next_idx
-                ] == `\n`
-                eol_length = int(isnewline) * char_len + int(is_r_n)
-                if isnewline:
-                    break
-                eol_start += char_len
-
-            var str_len = eol_start - offset + int(keepends) * eol_length
-            var s = StringSlice[O](ptr=ptr + offset, length=str_len)
+        var output = List[Self](capacity=128)  # guessing
+        for s in self.__iter__().splitlines(keepends=keepends):
             output.append(s)
-            offset = eol_start + eol_length
-
         return output^
 
     fn count(self, substr: StringSlice) -> Int: