diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_index_range.hh b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_index_range.hh
index 316dda821a1..e408b3c0a70 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_index_range.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_index_range.hh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <iosfwd>
 
 #include "BLI_assert.h"
+#include "BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin.hh"
 
 namespace blender {
 
@@ -65,13 +66,11 @@ class IndexRange {
     BLI_assert(size >= 0);
   }
 
-  class Iterator {
+  class Iterator : public iterator::RandomAccessIteratorMixin<Iterator> {
    public:
-    using iterator_category = std::forward_iterator_tag;
     using value_type = int64_t;
     using pointer = const int64_t *;
-    using reference = const int64_t &;
-    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    using reference = int64_t;
 
    private:
     int64_t current_;
@@ -79,38 +78,15 @@ class IndexRange {
    public:
     constexpr explicit Iterator(int64_t current) : current_(current) {}
 
-    constexpr Iterator &operator++()
-    {
-      current_++;
-      return *this;
-    }
-
-    constexpr Iterator operator++(int)
-    {
-      Iterator copied_iterator = *this;
-      ++(*this);
-      return copied_iterator;
-    }
-
-    constexpr friend bool operator!=(const Iterator &a, const Iterator &b)
-    {
-      return a.current_ != b.current_;
-    }
-
-    constexpr friend bool operator==(const Iterator &a, const Iterator &b)
-    {
-      return a.current_ == b.current_;
-    }
-
-    constexpr friend int64_t operator-(const Iterator &a, const Iterator &b)
-    {
-      return a.current_ - b.current_;
-    }
-
     constexpr int64_t operator*() const
     {
       return current_;
     }
+
+    const int64_t &iter_prop() const
+    {
+      return current_;
+    }
   };
 
   constexpr Iterator begin() const
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_offset_span.hh b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_offset_span.hh
index 747d0be3510..4978e1e1f60 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_offset_span.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_offset_span.hh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin.hh"
 #include "BLI_span.hh"
 
 namespace blender {
@@ -70,7 +71,12 @@ template<typename T, typename BaseT> class OffsetSpan {
     return {offset_, data_.slice(start, size)};
   }
 
-  class Iterator {
+  class Iterator : public iterator::RandomAccessIteratorMixin<Iterator> {
+   public:
+    using value_type = T;
+    using pointer = const T *;
+    using reference = T;
+
    private:
     T offset_;
     const BaseT *data_;
@@ -78,21 +84,14 @@ template<typename T, typename BaseT> class OffsetSpan {
    public:
     Iterator(const T offset, const BaseT *data) : offset_(offset), data_(data) {}
 
-    Iterator &operator++()
-    {
-      data_++;
-      return *this;
-    }
-
     T operator*() const
     {
       return T(*data_) + offset_;
     }
 
-    friend bool operator!=(const Iterator &a, const Iterator &b)
+    const BaseT *const &iter_prop() const
     {
-      BLI_assert(a.offset_ == b.offset_);
-      return a.data_ != b.data_;
+      return data_;
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin.hh b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin.hh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8ac886a2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Blender Authors
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <iterator>
+
+namespace blender::iterator {
+
+/**
+ * Simplifies implementing a random-access-iterator.
+ *
+ * The actual iterator should derive from this class publicly. Additionally, it has to provide a
+ * const `iter_prop` method which returns a reference to the internal property that corresponds to
+ * the current position. This is typically a pointer or an index.
+ *
+ * Implementing some random-access-iterator is generally quite simple but requires a lot of
+ * boilerplate code because algorithms expect many operators to work on the iterator type.
+ * They are expected to behave similarly to pointers and thus have to implement many of the same
+ * operators.
+ */
+template<typename Derived> class RandomAccessIteratorMixin {
+ public:
+  using iterator_category = std::random_access_iterator_tag;
+  using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+
+  constexpr friend Derived &operator++(Derived &a)
+  {
+    ++a.iter_prop_mutable();
+    return a;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend Derived operator++(Derived &a, int)
+  {
+    Derived copy = a;
+    ++a;
+    return copy;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend Derived &operator--(Derived &a)
+  {
+    --a.iter_prop_mutable();
+    return a;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend Derived operator--(Derived &a, int)
+  {
+    Derived copy = a;
+    --a;
+    return copy;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend Derived &operator+=(Derived &a, const std::ptrdiff_t n)
+  {
+    a.iter_prop_mutable() += n;
+    return a;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend Derived &operator-=(Derived &a, const std::ptrdiff_t n)
+  {
+    a.iter_prop_mutable() -= n;
+    return a;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend Derived operator+(const Derived &a, const std::ptrdiff_t n)
+  {
+    Derived copy = a;
+    copy.iter_prop_mutable() += n;
+    return copy;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend Derived operator-(const Derived &a, const std::ptrdiff_t n)
+  {
+    Derived copy = a;
+    copy.iter_prop_mutable() -= n;
+    return copy;
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend auto operator-(const Derived &a, const Derived &b)
+  {
+    return a.iter_prop() - b.iter_prop();
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend bool operator!=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b)
+  {
+    return a.iter_prop() != b.iter_prop();
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend bool operator==(const Derived &a, const Derived &b)
+  {
+    return a.iter_prop() == b.iter_prop();
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend bool operator<(const Derived &a, const Derived &b)
+  {
+    return a.iter_prop() < b.iter_prop();
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend bool operator>(const Derived &a, const Derived &b)
+  {
+    return a.iter_prop() > b.iter_prop();
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend bool operator<=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b)
+  {
+    return a.iter_prop() <= b.iter_prop();
+  }
+
+  constexpr friend bool operator>=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b)
+  {
+    return a.iter_prop() >= b.iter_prop();
+  }
+
+  constexpr decltype(auto) operator[](const std::ptrdiff_t i)
+  {
+    return *(*static_cast<Derived *>(this) + i);
+  }
+
+  constexpr decltype(auto) operator[](const std::ptrdiff_t i) const
+  {
+    return *(*static_cast<const Derived *>(this) + i);
+  }
+
+  auto &iter_prop_mutable()
+  {
+    const auto &const_iter_prop = static_cast<const Derived *>(this)->iter_prop();
+    return const_cast<std::remove_const_t<std::remove_reference_t<decltype(const_iter_prop)>> &>(
+        const_iter_prop);
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace blender::iterator
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
index d262bfaf653..a186ab883af 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ set(SRC
   BLI_quadric.h
   BLI_rand.h
   BLI_rand.hh
+  BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin.hh
   BLI_range.h
   BLI_rect.h
   BLI_resource_scope.hh
@@ -545,6 +546,7 @@ if(WITH_GTESTS)
     tests/BLI_path_util_test.cc
     tests/BLI_polyfill_2d_test.cc
     tests/BLI_pool_test.cc
+    tests/BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin_test.cc
     tests/BLI_ressource_strings.h
     tests/BLI_serialize_test.cc
     tests/BLI_session_uid_test.cc
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin_test.cc b/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2de8d82ff2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Blender Authors
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
+
+#include <array>
+
+#include "testing/testing.h"
+
+#include "BLI_random_access_iterator_mixin.hh"
+#include "BLI_vector.hh"
+
+namespace blender::iterator::tests {
+
+template<typename T>
+struct DoublingIterator : public RandomAccessIteratorMixin<DoublingIterator<T>> {
+ private:
+  const T *data_;
+
+ public:
+  DoublingIterator(const T *data) : data_(data) {}
+
+  T operator*() const
+  {
+    return *data_ * 2;
+  }
+
+  const T *const &iter_prop() const
+  {
+    return data_;
+  }
+};
+
+TEST(random_access_iterator_mixin, DoublingIterator)
+{
+  std::array<int, 4> my_array = {3, 6, 1, 2};
+
+  const DoublingIterator<int> begin = DoublingIterator<int>(&*my_array.begin());
+  const DoublingIterator<int> end = begin + my_array.size();
+
+  Vector<int> values;
+  for (DoublingIterator<int> it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
+    values.append(*it);
+  }
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(values.size(), 4);
+  EXPECT_EQ(values[0], 6);
+  EXPECT_EQ(values[1], 12);
+  EXPECT_EQ(values[2], 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(values[3], 4);
+}
+
+}  // namespace blender::iterator::tests