diff --git a/core/embed/rust/build.rs b/core/embed/rust/build.rs
index 0fc4e0416..d360844fe 100644
--- a/core/embed/rust/build.rs
+++ b/core/embed/rust/build.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ fn generate_micropython_bindings() {
         .allowlist_type("mp_obj_list_t")
         .allowlist_function("mp_obj_new_list")
         .allowlist_function("mp_obj_list_append")
+        .allowlist_function("mp_obj_list_set_len")
         .allowlist_var("mp_type_list")
         // map
         .allowlist_type("mp_map_elem_t")
diff --git a/core/embed/rust/src/micropython/list.rs b/core/embed/rust/src/micropython/list.rs
index 4811459be..a34d3ceb5 100644
--- a/core/embed/rust/src/micropython/list.rs
+++ b/core/embed/rust/src/micropython/list.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use core::convert::TryFrom;
+use core::{convert::TryFrom, ptr};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 
@@ -17,6 +17,31 @@ impl List {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize) -> Result<Gc<Self>, Error> {
+        // EXCEPTION: Will raise if allocation fails.
+        catch_exception(|| unsafe {
+            let list = ffi::mp_obj_new_list(capacity, ptr::null_mut());
+            // By default, the new list will have its len set to n. We want to preallocate
+            // to a specific size and then use append() to add items, so we reset len to 0.
+            ffi::mp_obj_list_set_len(list, 0);
+            Gc::from_raw(list.as_ptr().cast())
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_iter<T, E>(iter: impl Iterator<Item = T>) -> Result<Gc<List>, Error>
+    where
+        T: TryInto<Obj, Error = E>,
+        Error: From<E>,
+    {
+        let max_size = iter.size_hint().1.unwrap_or(0);
+        let mut gc_list = List::with_capacity(max_size)?;
+        let list = unsafe { Gc::as_mut(&mut gc_list) };
+        for value in iter {
+            list.append(value.try_into()?)?;
+        }
+        Ok(gc_list)
+    }
+
     pub fn append(&mut self, value: Obj) -> Result<(), Error> {
         unsafe {
             let ptr = self as *mut Self;
@@ -52,3 +77,32 @@ impl TryFrom<Obj> for Gc<List> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::micropython::{
+        iter::{Iter, IterBuf},
+        testutil::mpy_init,
+    };
+
+    use super::*;
+    use heapless::Vec;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn list_from_iter() {
+        unsafe { mpy_init() };
+
+        // create an upy list of 5 elements
+        let vec: Vec<u8, 10> = (0..5).collect();
+        let list: Obj = List::from_iter(vec.iter().copied()).unwrap().into();
+
+        let mut buf = IterBuf::new();
+        let iter = Iter::try_from_obj_with_buf(list, &mut buf).unwrap();
+        // collect the elements into a Vec of maximum length 10, through an iterator
+        let retrieved_vec: Vec<u8, 10> = iter
+            .map(TryInto::try_into)
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<u8, 10>, Error>>()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(vec, retrieved_vec);
+    }
+}