diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator.h
index 24866c2d8..98e5d2c45 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "yaml-cpp/node/ptr.h"
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <iterator>
-
+#include <type_traits>
 
 namespace YAML {
 namespace detail {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class iterator_base {
 
  public:
   using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
-  using value_type = V;
+  using value_type = typename std::remove_cv<V>::type;
   using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
   using pointer = V*;
   using reference = V&;
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ class iterator_base {
     return m_iterator != rhs.m_iterator;
   }
 
-  value_type operator*() const YAML_ATTRIBUTE_LIFETIME_BOUND {
+  V operator*() const YAML_ATTRIBUTE_LIFETIME_BOUND {
     const typename base_type::value_type& v = *m_iterator;
     if (v.pNode)
-      return value_type(Node(*v, m_pMemory));
+      return V(Node(*v, m_pMemory));
     if (v.first && v.second)
-      return value_type(Node(*v.first, m_pMemory), Node(*v.second, m_pMemory));
-    return value_type();
+      return V(Node(*v.first, m_pMemory), Node(*v.second, m_pMemory));
+    return V();
   }
 
   proxy operator->() const YAML_ATTRIBUTE_LIFETIME_BOUND {
diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/reverse_iterator.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/reverse_iterator.h
index b8c87ae3c..768a2b766 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/reverse_iterator.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/reverse_iterator.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "yaml-cpp/node/ptr.h"
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <iterator>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 namespace YAML {
 namespace detail {
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ class reverse_iterator_base {
     return current;
   }
 
-  value_type operator*() const YAML_ATTRIBUTE_LIFETIME_BOUND {
+  typename std::remove_reference<reference>::type operator*() const
+      YAML_ATTRIBUTE_LIFETIME_BOUND {
     Iter _tmp = current;
     return *(--_tmp);
   }
diff --git a/test/node/iterator_test.cpp b/test/node/iterator_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12120ece4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node/iterator_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#include "yaml-cpp/yaml.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include <iterator>
+#include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace YAML {
+namespace {
+
+template <class Iterator, class V>
+void CheckIteratorTraits() {
+  using Traits = std::iterator_traits<Iterator>;
+  EXPECT_TRUE((std::is_same<typename Traits::value_type,
+                            detail::iterator_value>::value));
+  EXPECT_TRUE((std::is_same<typename Traits::pointer, V*>::value));
+  EXPECT_TRUE((std::is_same<typename Traits::reference, V&>::value));
+  EXPECT_TRUE((std::is_same<decltype(*std::declval<Iterator&>()), V>::value));
+  EXPECT_TRUE((std::is_same<typename Traits::iterator_category,
+                            std::bidirectional_iterator_tag>::value));
+}
+
+template <class Iterator>
+std::vector<typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type> Collect(
+    Iterator first, Iterator last) {
+  return std::vector<typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type>(first,
+                                                                          last);
+}
+
+template <class Iterator>
+void CheckSequence(Iterator first, Iterator last,
+                   const std::vector<int>& expected) {
+  auto values = Collect(first, last);
+  ASSERT_EQ(expected.size(), values.size());
+  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < values.size(); ++i) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(expected[i], values[i].template as<int>());
+  }
+}
+
+template <class Iterator>
+void CheckMap(Iterator first, Iterator last,
+              const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, int>>& expected) {
+  auto values = Collect(first, last);
+  ASSERT_EQ(expected.size(), values.size());
+  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < values.size(); ++i) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(expected[i].first, values[i].first.template as<std::string>());
+    EXPECT_EQ(expected[i].second, values[i].second.template as<int>());
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(IteratorTest, ValueTypeDoesNotChangeDereferenceConstness) {
+  CheckIteratorTraits<iterator, detail::iterator_value>();
+  CheckIteratorTraits<const_iterator, const detail::iterator_value>();
+  CheckIteratorTraits<reverse_iterator, detail::iterator_value>();
+  CheckIteratorTraits<const_reverse_iterator, const detail::iterator_value>();
+}
+
+TEST(IteratorTest, CollectSequenceUsingIteratorValueType) {
+  Node node = Load("[11, 22, 33]");
+  const Node& cn = node;
+  const std::vector<int> forward{11, 22, 33};
+  const std::vector<int> backward{33, 22, 11};
+
+  CheckSequence(node.begin(), node.end(), forward);
+  CheckSequence(cn.begin(), cn.end(), forward);
+  CheckSequence(node.rbegin(), node.rend(), backward);
+  CheckSequence(cn.rbegin(), cn.rend(), backward);
+  EXPECT_EQ(forward, node.as<std::vector<int>>());
+}
+
+TEST(IteratorTest, CollectMapUsingIteratorValueType) {
+  Node node = Load("{first: 11, second: 22, third: 33}");
+  const Node& cn = node;
+  const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, int>> forward{
+      {"first", 11}, {"second", 22}, {"third", 33}};
+  const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, int>> backward{
+      {"third", 33}, {"second", 22}, {"first", 11}};
+
+  CheckMap(node.begin(), node.end(), forward);
+  CheckMap(cn.begin(), cn.end(), forward);
+  CheckMap(node.rbegin(), node.rend(), backward);
+  CheckMap(cn.rbegin(), cn.rend(), backward);
+  EXPECT_EQ(3, node.size());
+  EXPECT_EQ(11, node["first"].as<int>());
+  EXPECT_EQ(33, node["third"].as<int>());
+}
+
+TEST(IteratorTest, CollectEmptyRangesUsingIteratorValueType) {
+  for (NodeType::value type : {NodeType::Undefined, NodeType::Null,
+                               NodeType::Sequence, NodeType::Map}) {
+    Node node(type);
+    const Node& cn = node;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Collect(node.begin(), node.end()).empty());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Collect(cn.begin(), cn.end()).empty());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Collect(node.rbegin(), node.rend()).empty());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Collect(cn.rbegin(), cn.rend()).empty());
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(IteratorTest, CollectedValuesKeepNodeIdentity) {
+  Node sequence = Load("[11, 22]");
+  const Node& cn = sequence;
+  auto values = Collect(cn.begin(), cn.end());
+  ASSERT_EQ(2, values.size());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(values[0].is(sequence[0]));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(values[1].is(sequence[1]));
+
+  Node map = Load("{first: 11, second: 22}");
+  const Node& cm = map;
+  auto pairs = Collect(cm.rbegin(), cm.rend());
+  ASSERT_EQ(2, pairs.size());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(pairs[0].first.is(map.rbegin()->first));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(pairs[0].second.is(map["second"]));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(pairs[1].second.is(map["first"]));
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace YAML