diff --git a/src/Core/DataFilter.cpp b/src/Core/DataFilter.cpp
index fc961de16..971045dea 100644
--- a/src/Core/DataFilter.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/DataFilter.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ static struct {
     { "match", 2 },     // match(vector1, vector2) - returns a vector of indexes. For every element in vector1
                         // that is in vector2, the index of the first occurrence is returned.
 
+    { "nonzero", 1 },   // nonzero(vector) - returns a vector of indexes to the zero values. this is a
+                        // convenience function since it can be replicated using sapply, but this is much faster
+
     // add new ones above this line
     { "", -1 }
 };
@@ -430,6 +433,10 @@ DataFilter::builtins()
 
             returning << "match(vector1, vector2)";
 
+        } else if (i == 83) {
+
+            returning << "nonzero(vector)";
+
         } else {
 
             QString function;
@@ -3588,6 +3595,24 @@ Result Leaf::eval(DataFilterRuntime *df, Leaf *leaf, float x, long it, RideItem
             return returning;
         }
 
+        // non-zero - return index to non-zero values
+        if (leaf->function == "nonzero") {
+
+            Result returning(0);
+            Result v = eval(df,leaf->fparms[0],x, it, m, p, c, s, d); // lhs might also be a symbol
+
+            if (v.vector.count() > 0) {
+                for (int it=0; it < v.vector.count(); it++) {
+                    if (v.vector[it] != 0) {
+                        returning.vector << it;
+                        returning.number += it;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return returning;
+        }
+
         // annotate
         if (leaf->function == "annotate") {