diff --git a/smart_open/tests/test_s3.py b/smart_open/tests/test_s3.py
index b17ef1f8..088e1d5d 100644
--- a/smart_open/tests/test_s3.py
+++ b/smart_open/tests/test_s3.py
@@ -379,11 +379,40 @@ def test_binary_iterator(self):
         expected = u"выйду ночью в поле с конём".encode('utf-8').split(b' ')
         _resource('s3').Object(BUCKET_NAME, KEY_NAME).put(Body=b'\n'.join(expected))
 
+        # test the __iter__ method
         with self.assertApiCalls(GetObject=1):
             with smart_open.s3.open(BUCKET_NAME, KEY_NAME, 'rb') as fin:
                 actual = [line.rstrip() for line in fin]
         self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
 
+        # test the __next__ method
+        with self.assertApiCalls(GetObject=1):
+            with smart_open.s3.open(BUCKET_NAME, KEY_NAME, 'rb') as fin:
+                first = next(fin).rstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(expected[0], first)
+
+    def test_text_iterator(self):
+        expected = u"выйду ночью в поле с конём".split(' ')
+        _resource('s3').Object(BUCKET_NAME, KEY_NAME).put(
+            Body='\n'.join(expected).encode('utf-8')
+        )
+
+        # test the __iter__ method
+        with self.assertApiCalls(GetObject=1):
+            with smart_open.open(
+                f's3://{BUCKET_NAME}/{KEY_NAME}', 'r', encoding='utf-8'
+            ) as fin:
+                actual = [line.rstrip() for line in fin]
+        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
+
+        # test the __next__ method
+        with self.assertApiCalls(GetObject=1):
+            with smart_open.open(
+                f's3://{BUCKET_NAME}/{KEY_NAME}', 'r', encoding='utf-8'
+            ) as fin:
+                first = next(fin).rstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(expected[0], first)
+
     def test_defer_seek(self):
         content = b'englishman\nin\nnew\nyork\n'
         _resource('s3').Object(BUCKET_NAME, KEY_NAME).put(Body=content)
diff --git a/smart_open/utils.py b/smart_open/utils.py
index 505e252b..5d9fdedf 100644
--- a/smart_open/utils.py
+++ b/smart_open/utils.py
@@ -218,3 +218,6 @@ def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             super().__exit__(*args, **kwargs)
         finally:
             self.__inner.__exit__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        return self.__wrapped__.__next__()