diff --git a/src/polyfills/stdlib/README.md b/src/polyfills/stdlib/README.md
index 04d5b84..322ea38 100644
--- a/src/polyfills/stdlib/README.md
+++ b/src/polyfills/stdlib/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Backporting of some of the features natively available in newer Python versions:
 - [**`bool`**](future_types/bool.py) class (as well as `True` and `False`)
 - [**`sorted()`**](functions.py) function (`Python 2.4`)
 - [**`sum()`**](functions.py) function (`Python 2.3`)
+- [**`enumerate()`**](functions.py) function (`Python 2.3`)
 - [**`print()`**](print.py) function (keyword arguments such as `end` or `sep` were added in `Python 3.3`, see module docstring for more details)
 - [**`NotImplementedError`**](exceptions.py) exception (`Python 2.2`)
 - [`set()`](sets.py) class (`Python 2.4`)
diff --git a/src/polyfills/stdlib/functions.py b/src/polyfills/stdlib/functions.py
index c99c6e7..d3dec29 100644
--- a/src/polyfills/stdlib/functions.py
+++ b/src/polyfills/stdlib/functions.py
@@ -13,6 +13,42 @@
     "sorted",
 ]
 
+def enumerate(__iterable, start=0):
+    """ It generates a sequence of tuples containing a count
+    (from start which defaults to 0) and the values obtained from
+    iterating over iterable.
+
+    This is a backport of the Python `enumerate` built-in function
+    (introduced in 2.3) that works down to Python 2.1 (tested).
+
+    Args:
+        __iterable (Iterable): The iterable to enumerate.
+        start (int): The value to start from.
+
+    Returns:
+        enumerate (zip): An enumerate object.
+    """
+    try:
+        range_func = xrange # pyright: ignore[reportUndefinedVariable]
+    except NameError:
+        range_func = range
+
+    return zip(range_func(start, start + len(__iterable)), __iterable)
+
+class EnumerateTestCase(_unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_enumerate(self):
+        """Test the `enumerate` function."""
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(enumerate(["a", "b", "c"])),
+            [(0, "a"), (1, "b"), (2, "c")],
+            "Enumerate should work"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(enumerate(["a", "b", "c"], 10)),
+            [(10, "a"), (11, "b"), (12, "c")],
+            "Enumerate should work with a start value"
+        )
+
 def sum(
     __iterable, # type: list[int|float]
     start = 0   # type: int