diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
index 0a53201..88fed35 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
@@ -224,6 +224,20 @@ namespace chaiscript
             return boost::bind(&return_int_impl<T, P1, P2>, boost::function<size_t (const T *, P1, P2)>(boost::mem_fn(t_func)), _1, _2, _3);
           }
 
+        template<typename T>
+          void insert(T &t_target, const T &t_other)
+          {
+            t_target.insert(t_other.begin(), t_other.end());
+          }
+
+        template<typename T>
+          void insert_ref(T &t_target, const typename T::value_type &t_val)
+          {
+            t_target.insert(t_val);
+          }
+
+
+
 
         /**
          * Add Bidir_Range support for the given ContainerType
@@ -477,6 +491,18 @@ namespace chaiscript
           erase eraseptr(&ContainerType::erase);
 
           m->add(fun(boost::function<int (ContainerType *, const typename ContainerType::key_type &)>(detail::return_int(eraseptr))), "erase");
+
+          m->add(fun(&detail::insert<ContainerType>), "insert");
+
+          std::string insert_name;
+          if (typeid(typename ContainerType::mapped_type) == typeid(Boxed_Value))
+          {
+            insert_name = "insert_ref";
+          } else {
+            insert_name = "insert";
+          }
+
+          m->add(fun(&detail::insert_ref<ContainerType>), insert_name);
           return m;
         }
 
diff --git a/unittests/map.chai b/unittests/map.chai
index 3fe753a..b2901ce 100644
--- a/unittests/map.chai
+++ b/unittests/map.chai
@@ -10,4 +10,20 @@ assert_equal(1, m.erase("a"))
 assert_equal(1, m.size())
 assert_equal(0, m.erase("a"))
 
+assert_equal(1, m.size());
 
+var m2 = ["c":3, "b":4]
+m.insert(m2);
+
+assert_equal(3, m["c"])
+// The inserted values do not overwrite the existing ones
+assert_equal(2, m["b"])
+assert_equal(2, m.size())
+
+var v = "bob";
+
+m.insert_ref(Map_Pair("d", v))
+
+assert_equal("bob", m["d"])
+v = "bob2"
+assert_equal("bob2", m["d"])