diff --git a/core/src/xml/iterators.rs b/core/src/xml/iterators.rs
index e5f1cb782..e1394dc95 100644
--- a/core/src/xml/iterators.rs
+++ b/core/src/xml/iterators.rs
@@ -141,3 +141,35 @@ impl<'gc> Iterator for WalkIter<'gc> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Iterator that yields indirect descendents of an XML node.
+pub struct AnscIter<'gc> {
+    next: Option<XMLNode<'gc>>,
+}
+
+impl<'gc> AnscIter<'gc> {
+    /// Construct a new `AnscIter` that lists the parents of an XML node.
+    ///
+    /// This function should be called with the parent of the node being
+    /// iterated.
+    pub fn for_node(next: Option<XMLNode<'gc>>) -> Self {
+        Self { next }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'gc> Iterator for AnscIter<'gc> {
+    type Item = XMLNode<'gc>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let parent = self.next;
+
+        if let Some(parent) = parent {
+            match parent.parent() {
+                Ok(gp) => self.next = gp,
+                _ => self.next = None,
+            }
+        }
+
+        parent
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/xml/tree.rs b/core/src/xml/tree.rs
index ef9350e2c..254264623 100644
--- a/core/src/xml/tree.rs
+++ b/core/src/xml/tree.rs
@@ -814,6 +814,21 @@ impl<'gc> XMLNode<'gc> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns an iterator that yields ancestor nodes.
+    ///
+    /// Yields None if this node does not have a parent.
+    pub fn ancestors(self) -> Option<impl Iterator<Item = XMLNode<'gc>>> {
+        let parent = match *self.0.read() {
+            XMLNodeData::DocumentRoot { .. } => return None,
+            XMLNodeData::Element { parent, .. } => parent,
+            XMLNodeData::Text { parent, .. } => parent,
+            XMLNodeData::Comment { parent, .. } => parent,
+            XMLNodeData::DocType { parent, .. } => parent,
+        };
+
+        Some(xml::iterators::AnscIter::for_node(parent))
+    }
+
     /// Get the already-instantiated script object from the current node.
     fn get_script_object(self) -> Option<Object<'gc>> {
         match &*self.0.read() {