diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a126083..66504e58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Added `patchBetween` to be able to run a patch function between to sibling ndoes.
+
 ## 0.7.0
 
 - Added an option to specify which attribute to use for a key when importing
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 4a893cbe..57aafeba 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 export {applyAttr, applyProp, attributes,} from './src/attributes';
-export {alignWithDOM, alwaysDiffAttributes, close, createPatchInner, createPatchOuter, currentElement, currentContext, currentPointer, open, patchInner as patch, patchInner, patchOuter, skip, skipNode} from './src/core';
+export {alignWithDOM, alwaysDiffAttributes, close, createPatchInner, createPatchOuter, currentElement, currentContext, currentPointer, open, patchInner as patch, patchInner, patchOuter, patchBetween, skip, skipNode} from './src/core';
 export {setKeyAttributeName} from './src/global';
 export {clearCache,getKey, importNode, isDataInitialized} from './src/node_data';
 export {notifications} from './src/notifications';
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 9b4e37bd..5f39a6ea 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ let currentNode: Node | null = null;
 
 let currentParent: Node | null = null;
 
+let currentEndNode: Node | null = null;
+
 let doc: Document | null = null;
 
 let focusPath: Array<Node> = [];
@@ -141,6 +143,9 @@ function getMatchingNode(
   let cur: Node | null = matchNode;
 
   do {
+    if (cur === currentEndNode) {
+      return null;    
+    }
     if (matches(cur, nameOrCtor, key)) {
       return cur;
     }
@@ -364,6 +369,7 @@ function createPatcher<T, R>(
     const prevAttrsBuilder = attrsBuilder;
     const prevCurrentNode = currentNode;
     const prevCurrentParent = currentParent;
+    const prevCurrentEndNode = currentEndNode;
     const prevMatchFn = matchFn;
     let previousInAttributes = false;
     let previousInSkip = false;
@@ -400,6 +406,8 @@ function createPatcher<T, R>(
       attrsBuilder = prevAttrsBuilder;
       currentNode = prevCurrentNode;
       currentParent = prevCurrentParent;
+      currentEndNode = prevCurrentEndNode;
+
       focusPath = prevFocusPath;
 
       // Needs to be done after assertions because assertions rely on state
@@ -478,6 +486,40 @@ function createPatchOuter<T>(
   }, patchConfig);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates a patcher that patches the document starting at node with a
+ * provided function. This function may be called during an existing patch operation.
+ * @param patchConfig The config to use for the patch.
+ * @returns The created function for patching an Element's children.
+ */
+function createPatchBetween<T, R>(patchConfig?: PatchConfig) {
+  return (startNode: Node, endNode: Node, template: (a: T | undefined) => void,
+  data?: T | undefined) => {
+    const patcher = createPatcher<T, R>((node, fn, data) => {
+      currentNode = startNode;
+      currentParent = startNode.parentNode;
+      currentEndNode = endNode;
+
+      fn(data);
+      if (DEBUG) {
+        if (currentNode === null) {
+          assertNoUnclosedTags(currentParent, endNode);
+        }
+      }
+      if (currentNode && currentNode.nextSibling !== endNode) {
+        clearUnvisitedDOM(startNode.parentNode, currentNode.nextSibling, endNode);
+      }
+      if (DEBUG) {
+        if (currentNode && currentNode.nextSibling !== endNode) {
+          throw new Error("Leftover elements after patchBetween");
+        }
+      }
+      return node as unknown as R;
+    }, patchConfig);
+    return patcher(startNode as Element, template, data);
+  };
+}
+
 const patchInner: <T>(
   node: Element | DocumentFragment,
   template: (a: T | undefined) => void,
@@ -488,6 +530,7 @@ const patchOuter: <T>(
   template: (a: T | undefined) => void,
   data?: T | undefined
 ) => Node | null = createPatchOuter();
+const patchBetween = createPatchBetween();
 
 export {
   alignWithDOM,
@@ -497,8 +540,10 @@ export {
   text,
   createPatchInner,
   createPatchOuter,
+  createPatchBetween,
   patchInner,
   patchOuter,
+  patchBetween,
   open,
   close,
   currentElement,
diff --git a/test/functional/patchbetween_spec.ts b/test/functional/patchbetween_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e0f4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/patchbetween_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015 The Incremental DOM Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+ // taze: chai from //third_party/javascript/typings/chai
+
+import {
+  patch,
+  patchBetween,
+  elementOpen,
+  elementOpenStart,
+  elementOpenEnd,
+  elementClose,
+  elementVoid,
+  text
+} from '../../index';
+import {
+  assertHTMLElement,
+} from '../util/dom';
+const {expect} = chai;
+
+
+describe('patching between', () => {
+  let container:HTMLElement;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    container = document.createElement('div');
+    container.setAttribute('tid', 'container');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.removeChild(container);
+  });
+
+  it('should create the required DOM nodes between comments', () => {
+    const startNode = document.createComment('start');
+    const endNode = document.createComment('end');
+    container.append(startNode, endNode);
+
+    patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+      elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'aDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+      elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'bDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+    });
+
+    expect(container.innerHTML).to.eq('<!--start--><div id="aDiv"></div><div id="bDiv"></div><!--end-->');
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(container.childNodes[1]).id).to.equal('aDiv');
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(container.childNodes[2]).id).to.equal('bDiv');
+  });
+
+  it('should create the required DOM nodes between divs', () => {
+    const startNode = document.createElement('div');
+    // startNode.setAttribute('tid', 'start');
+    const endNode = document.createElement('div');
+    // endNode.setAttribute('tid', 'end');
+    container.append(startNode, endNode);
+
+    patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+      elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'aDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+      elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'bDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+    });
+
+    expect(container.innerHTML).to.eq('<div></div><div id="aDiv"></div><div id="bDiv"></div><div></div>');
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(container.childNodes[1]).id).to.equal('aDiv');
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(container.childNodes[2]).id).to.equal('bDiv');
+  });
+
+  describe('with an existing document tree', () => {
+    // TODO: add test w/ keyed items after the endNode
+
+    let div:HTMLElement;
+    let startNode;
+    let endNode;
+
+    function render() {
+      elementVoid('div', null, null, 'tabindex', '0');
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      div = document.createElement('div');
+      div.setAttribute('tabindex', '-1');
+      startNode = document.createComment('start');
+      endNode = document.createComment('end');
+      container.append(startNode, div, endNode);
+    });
+
+    it('should preserve existing nodes', () => {
+      patchBetween(startNode, endNode, render);
+      const child = container.childNodes[1];
+      expect(child).to.equal(div);
+    });
+
+    describe('should return DOM node', () => {
+      let node:HTMLElement;
+
+      it('from elementOpen', () => {
+        patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+          node = elementOpen('div');
+          elementClose('div');
+        });
+
+        expect(node).to.equal(div);
+      });
+
+      it('from elementClose', () => {
+        patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+          elementOpen('div');
+          node = assertHTMLElement(elementClose('div'));
+        });
+
+        expect(node).to.equal(div);
+      });
+
+      it('from elementVoid', () => {
+        patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+          node = assertHTMLElement(elementVoid('div'));
+        });
+
+        expect(node).to.equal(div);
+      });
+
+      it('from elementOpenEnd', () => {
+        patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+          elementOpenStart('div');
+          node = elementOpenEnd();
+          elementClose('div');
+        });
+
+        expect(node).to.equal(div);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should be re-entrant', () => {
+    const startNode = document.createElement('div');
+    // startNode.setAttribute('tid', 'start');
+    const endNode = document.createElement('div');
+    // endNode.setAttribute('tid', 'end');
+    container.append(startNode, endNode);
+
+    patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+      const div1 = elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'aDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+      const div2 = elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'bDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+      patchBetween(div1, div2, () => {
+        elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'cDiv');
+        elementClose('div');
+      });
+      elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'dDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+    });
+
+    expect(container.innerHTML).to.eq(
+      '<div></div><div id="aDiv"></div><div id="cDiv"></div><div id="bDiv"></div><div id="dDiv"></div><div></div>');
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(container.childNodes[1]).id).to.equal('aDiv');
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(container.childNodes[2]).id).to.equal('cDiv');
+  });
+
+  it('should pass third argument to render function', () => {
+    const startNode = document.createElement('div');
+    const endNode = document.createElement('div');
+    container.append(startNode, endNode);
+
+    const render = (content:unknown) => {
+      text(content as string);
+    };
+
+    patchBetween(startNode, endNode, render, 'foobar');
+
+    expect(container.textContent).to.equal('foobar');
+  });
+
+  it('should patch a detached node', () => {
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    const startNode = document.createElement('div');
+    const endNode = document.createElement('div');
+    container.append(startNode, endNode);
+
+    const render = () => {
+      elementVoid('span');
+    };
+
+    patchBetween(startNode, endNode, render);
+
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(container.childNodes[1]).tagName).to.equal('SPAN');
+  });
+
+  it('should throw when an element is unclosed', () => {
+    const startNode = document.createComment('start');
+    const endNode = document.createComment('end');
+    container.append(startNode, endNode);
+
+    expect(() => {
+      patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+        elementOpen('div');
+      });
+    }).to.throw('One or more tags were not closed:\ndiv');
+  });
+
+});
+
+describe('patching a documentFragment', () => {
+  it('should create the required DOM nodes', () => {
+    const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
+    const startNode = document.createComment('start');
+    const endNode = document.createComment('end');
+    frag.append(startNode, endNode);
+
+    patchBetween(startNode, endNode, () => {
+      elementOpen('div', null, null, 'id', 'aDiv');
+      elementClose('div');
+    });
+
+    expect(assertHTMLElement(frag.childNodes[1]).id).to.equal('aDiv');
+  });
+});