diff --git a/cycler.py b/cycler.py
index 8400444..f9191eb 100644
--- a/cycler.py
+++ b/cycler.py
@@ -558,3 +558,32 @@ def _cycler(label, itr):
         itr = (v[lab] for v in itr)
 
     return Cycler._from_iter(label, itr)
+
+
+def cycler_with_tail(cyl, tail):
+    '''After the cycle is exhausted continue to yield tail
+
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cyl : Cycler
+       The cycler to iterate through
+
+    tail : dict
+        The dictionary to yield.  Must have the same keys as ``cyl``.
+
+    Yields
+    ------
+    sty : dict
+    '''
+    tk = set(tail.keys())
+    if cyl.keys != tk:
+        raise RuntimeError('The cycler has keys {} and the tail {}.  The '
+                           'different keys are {}'.format(cyl.keys,
+                                                          tk, tk ^ cyl.keys))
+
+    for sty in cyl:
+        yield sty
+
+    while True:
+        yield tail
diff --git a/test_cycler.py b/test_cycler.py
index 52f65ec..b86f7d6 100644
--- a/test_cycler.py
+++ b/test_cycler.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import six
 from six.moves import zip, range
-from cycler import cycler, Cycler, concat
+from cycler import cycler, Cycler, concat, cycler_with_tail
 import pytest
 from itertools import product, cycle, chain
 from operator import add, iadd, mul, imul
@@ -341,3 +341,18 @@ def test_contains():
 
     assert 'a' in ab
     assert 'b' in ab
+
+
+def test_tail():
+    a = cycler('a', range(3))
+    tail = {'a': 4}
+
+    cy_with_tail = cycler_with_tail(a, tail)
+    for j in range(3):
+        next(cy_with_tail)
+
+    for j in range(5):
+        assert {'a': 4} == next(cy_with_tail)
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        next(cycler_with_tail(a, {'b': 1}))