diff --git a/include/rapidjson/document.h b/include/rapidjson/document.h
index a20d644..d0f1c8f 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/document.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/document.h
@@ -660,6 +660,20 @@ public:
         return *this;
     }
 
+    //! free-standing swap function helper
+    /*!
+        Helper function to enable support for common swap implementation pattern based on \c std::swap:
+        \code
+        void swap(MyClass& a, MyClass& b) {
+            using std::swap;
+            swap(a.value, b.value);
+            // ...
+        }
+        \endcode
+        \see Swap()
+     */
+    friend inline void swap(GenericValue& a, GenericValue& b) RAPIDJSON_NOEXCEPT { a.Swap(b); }
+
     //! Prepare Value for move semantics
     /*! \return *this */
     GenericValue& Move() RAPIDJSON_NOEXCEPT { return *this; }
@@ -1818,6 +1832,35 @@ public:
     }
 #endif
 
+    //! Exchange the contents of this document with those of another.
+    /*!
+        \param other Another document.
+        \note Constant complexity.
+        \see GenericValue::Swap
+    */
+    GenericDocument& Swap(GenericDocument& rhs) RAPIDJSON_NOEXCEPT {
+        ValueType::Swap(rhs);
+        stack_.Swap(rhs.stack_);
+        internal::Swap(allocator_, rhs.allocator_);
+        internal::Swap(ownAllocator_, rhs.ownAllocator_);
+        internal::Swap(parseResult_, rhs.parseResult_);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    //! free-standing swap function helper
+    /*!
+        Helper function to enable support for common swap implementation pattern based on \c std::swap:
+        \code
+        void swap(MyClass& a, MyClass& b) {
+            using std::swap;
+            swap(a.doc, b.doc);
+            // ...
+        }
+        \endcode
+        \see Swap()
+     */
+    friend inline void swap(GenericDocument& a, GenericDocument& b) RAPIDJSON_NOEXCEPT { a.Swap(b); }
+
     //!@name Parse from stream
     //!@{
 
diff --git a/include/rapidjson/internal/stack.h b/include/rapidjson/internal/stack.h
index bb31cc0..0d4a7f7 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/internal/stack.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/internal/stack.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #define RAPIDJSON_INTERNAL_STACK_H_
 
 #include "../rapidjson.h"
+#include "swap.h"
 
 RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace internal {
@@ -81,6 +82,15 @@ public:
     }
 #endif
 
+    void Swap(Stack& rhs) RAPIDJSON_NOEXCEPT {
+        internal::Swap(allocator_, rhs.allocator_);
+        internal::Swap(ownAllocator_, rhs.ownAllocator_);
+        internal::Swap(stack_, rhs.stack_);
+        internal::Swap(stackTop_, rhs.stackTop_);
+        internal::Swap(stackEnd_, rhs.stackEnd_);
+        internal::Swap(initialCapacity_, rhs.initialCapacity_);
+    }
+
     void Clear() { stackTop_ = stack_; }
 
     void ShrinkToFit() { 
diff --git a/include/rapidjson/internal/swap.h b/include/rapidjson/internal/swap.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41e7e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/rapidjson/internal/swap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Tencent is pleased to support the open source community by making RapidJSON available.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2015 THL A29 Limited, a Tencent company, and Milo Yip. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the MIT License (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+// in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+//
+// 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.
+
+#ifndef RAPIDJSON_INTERNAL_SWAP_H_
+#define RAPIDJSON_INTERNAL_SWAP_H_
+
+#include "../rapidjson.h"
+
+RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+namespace internal {
+
+//! Custom swap() to avoid dependency on C++ <algorith> header
+/*! \tparam T Type of the arguments to swap, should be instantiated with primitive C++ types only.
+    \note This has the same semantics as std::swap().
+*/
+template <typename T>
+inline void Swap(T& a, T& b) RAPIDJSON_NOEXCEPT {
+    T tmp = a;
+        a = b;
+        b = tmp;
+}
+
+} // namespace internal
+RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE_END
+
+#endif // RAPIDJSON_INTERNAL_SWAP_H_
diff --git a/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp b/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp
index 2ee6b10..810a99c 100644
--- a/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "rapidjson/encodedstream.h"
 #include "rapidjson/stringbuffer.h"
 #include <sstream>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 using namespace rapidjson;
 
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@ TEST(Document, Swap) {
     o.SetObject().AddMember("a", 1, a);
 
     // Swap between Document and Value
-    d1.Swap(o);
+    // d1.Swap(o); // doesn't compile
+    o.Swap(d1);
     EXPECT_TRUE(d1.IsObject());
     EXPECT_TRUE(o.IsArray());
 
@@ -212,8 +214,30 @@ TEST(Document, Swap) {
     d1.Swap(d2);
     EXPECT_TRUE(d1.IsArray());
     EXPECT_TRUE(d2.IsObject());
+    EXPECT_EQ(&d2.GetAllocator(), &a);
+
+    // reset value
+    Value().Swap(d1);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(d1.IsNull());
+
+    // reset document, including allocator
+    Document().Swap(d2);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(d2.IsNull());
+    EXPECT_NE(&d2.GetAllocator(), &a);
+
+    // testing std::swap compatibility
+    d1.SetBool(true);
+    using std::swap;
+    swap(d1, d2);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(d1.IsNull());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(d2.IsTrue());
+
+    swap(o, d2);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(o.IsTrue());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(d2.IsArray());
 }
 
+
 // This should be slow due to assignment in inner-loop.
 struct OutputStringStream : public std::ostringstream {
     typedef char Ch;
diff --git a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
index f14669a..900783c 100644
--- a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
@@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ TEST(Value, Swap) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(v1.IsObject());
     EXPECT_TRUE(v2.IsInt());
     EXPECT_EQ(1234, v2.GetInt());
+
+    // testing std::swap compatibility
+    using std::swap;
+    swap(v1, v2);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(v1.IsInt());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(v2.IsObject());
 }
 
 TEST(Value, Null) {