diff --git a/AltoRouter.php b/AltoRouter.php
index 77bba01..aee4fdd 100644
--- a/AltoRouter.php
+++ b/AltoRouter.php
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ class AltoRouter {
 	 * @return void
 	 * @author Koen Punt
 	 */
-	public function addRoutes(array $routes){
+	public function addRoutes($routes){
+		if(!is_array($routes) && !$routes instanceof Traversable) {
+			throw new \Exception('Routes should be an array or an instance of Traversable');
+		}
 		foreach($routes as $route) {
 			call_user_func_array(array($this, 'map'), $route);
 		}
@@ -68,7 +71,6 @@ class AltoRouter {
 	 * @param string $route The route regex, custom regex must start with an @. You can use multiple pre-set regex filters, like [i:id]
 	 * @param mixed $target The target where this route should point to. Can be anything.
 	 * @param string $name Optional name of this route. Supply if you want to reverse route this url in your application.
-	 *
 	 */
 	public function map($method, $route, $target, $name = null) {
 
diff --git a/AltoRouterTest.php b/AltoRouterTest.php
index af833b0..1594d98 100644
--- a/AltoRouterTest.php
+++ b/AltoRouterTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,33 @@ class AltoRouterDebug extends AltoRouter{
 
 }
 
+class SimpleTraversable implements Iterator{
+
+	protected $_position = 0;
+
+	protected $_data = array(
+		array('GET', '/foo', 'foo_action', null),
+		array('POST', '/bar', 'bar_action', 'second_route')
+	);
+
+	public function current(){
+		return $this->_data[$this->_position];
+	}
+	public function key(){
+		return $this->_position;
+	}
+	public function next(){
+		++$this->_position;
+	}
+	public function rewind(){
+		$this->_position = 0;
+	}
+	public function valid(){
+		return isset($this->_data[$this->_position]);
+	}
+
+}
+
 /**
  * Generated by PHPUnit_SkeletonGenerator 1.2.1 on 2013-07-14 at 17:47:46.
  */
@@ -65,6 +92,35 @@ class AltoRouterTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 		$this->assertEquals(array($method, $route, $target, 'second_route'), $routes[1]);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @covers AltoRouter::addRoutes
+	 */
+	public function testAddRoutesAcceptsTraverable()
+	{
+		$traversable = new SimpleTraversable();
+		$this->router->addRoutes($traversable);
+		
+		$traversable->rewind();
+		
+		$first = $traversable->current();
+		$traversable->next();
+		$second = $traversable->current();
+		
+		$routes = $this->router->getRoutes();
+		
+		$this->assertEquals($first, $routes[0]);
+		$this->assertEquals($second, $routes[1]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers AltoRouter::addRoutes
+	 * @expectedException Exception
+	 */
+	public function testAddRoutesThrowsExceptionOnInvalidArgument()
+	{
+		$this->router->addRoutes(new stdClass);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @covers AltoRouter::setBasePath
 	 */