diff --git a/src/chainedvector.jl b/src/chainedvector.jl
index 86d58d0..4d5557d 100644
--- a/src/chainedvector.jl
+++ b/src/chainedvector.jl
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.getindex(x::ChainedVector{T, A}, inds::Ab
     arrays = x.arrays
     for i = 1:len
         @inbounds ind2 = inds[i]
-        # @boundscheck checkbounds(x, ind2)
         chunk, chunklen, j = linearindex(x, chunk, chunklen, j, ind, ind2)
         @inbounds res[i] = arrays[chunk][j]
         ind = ind2
@@ -185,6 +184,33 @@ Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.getindex(x::ChainedVector{T, A}, inds::Ab
     return res
 end
 
+Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.getindex(x::ChainedVector{T, A}, inds::UnitRange{Int}) where {T, A}
+    isempty(inds) && return similar(x, 0)
+    len = length(inds)
+    arrays = x.arrays
+    res = similar(arrays[1], len)
+    chunk = j = ind = 1
+    chunklen = length(arrays[1])
+
+    # linearindex first item
+    chunk, chunklen, j = linearindex(x, chunk, chunklen, j, ind, inds[1])
+    @inbounds arraychunk = arrays[chunk]
+    i = 1
+    # now we can copy entire chunks and avoid further linear indexing
+    while true
+        N = min(len, chunklen - j + 1)
+        unsafe_copyto!(res, i, arraychunk, j, N)
+        len -= N
+        len == 0 && break
+        i += N
+        chunk += 1
+        chunklen = length(arrays[chunk])
+        j = 1
+        arraychunk = arrays[chunk]
+    end
+    return res
+end
+
 Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.isassigned(A::ChainedVector, i::Integer)
     @boundscheck checkbounds(A, i)
     chunk, ix = index(A, i)
diff --git a/test/chainedvector.jl b/test/chainedvector.jl
index 391ed76..8999da4 100644
--- a/test/chainedvector.jl
+++ b/test/chainedvector.jl
@@ -734,3 +734,14 @@ end
         @test deleteat!(v2, m2) == deleteat!(s2, m2)
     end
 end
+
+@testset "getindex with UnitRange" begin
+    x = ChainedVector([collect(1:i) for i = 10:100])
+    @test isempty(x[1:0])
+    @test x[1:1] == [1]
+    @test x[1:end] == x
+    y = collect(x)
+    for i = 1:length(x), j = 1:length(x)
+        @test x[i:j] == y[i:j]
+    end
+end