diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b286b15b..66ade054 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,15 @@ Containers is:
   `Containers` (intended to be opened, replaces some stdlib modules
   with extended ones), and a small S-expression printer and parser
   that can be functorized over the representation of values.
-- Utilities around the `unix` library in `containers.unix` (mainly to spawn
-  sub-processes easily and deal with resources safely)
+- Some sub-libraries with a specific focus each:
+  * Utilities around the `unix` library in `containers.unix` (mainly to spawn
+    sub-processes easily and deal with resources safely)
+  * A bencode codec in `containers.bencode`. This is a tiny json-like
+    serialization format that is extremely simple. It comes from bittorrent files.
+  * A [CBOR](https://cbor.io) codec in `containers.cbor`. This is a
+    compact binary serialization format.
+  * The [Strongly Connected Component](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongly_connected_component)
+    algorithm, functorized, in `containers.scc`
 - A separate library `containers-data` with additional
   data structures that don't have an equivalent in the standard library,
   typically not as thoroughly maintained. This is now in its own package
@@ -35,10 +42,6 @@ Containers is:
 - A separate library for threaded programming in `containers-thread`,
   including a blocking queue, semaphores, an extension of `Mutex`, and
   thread-pool based futures. This is in its own package since 3.0.
-- A bencode codec in `containers.bencode`. This is a tiny json-like
-  serialization format that is extremely simple. It comes from bittorrent files.
-- A [CBOR](https://cbor.io) codec in `containers.cbor`. This is a
-  compact binary serialization format.
 
 Some of the modules have been moved to their own repository (e.g. `sequence` (now `iter`),
 `gen`, `qcheck`) and are on opam for great fun and profit.
diff --git a/src/scc/containers_scc.ml b/src/scc/containers_scc.ml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..767a703c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scc/containers_scc.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+type 'a iter = ('a -> unit) -> unit
+
+module type ARG = sig
+  type t
+  type node
+
+  val children : t -> node -> node iter
+
+  module Node_tbl : Hashtbl.S with type key = node
+end
+
+module type S = sig
+  module A : ARG
+
+  val scc : A.t -> A.node list -> A.node list list
+end
+
+module Make (A : ARG) = struct
+  module A = A
+
+  type state = {
+    mutable min_id: int; (* min ID of the vertex' scc *)
+    id: int; (* ID of the vertex *)
+    mutable on_stack: bool;
+    vertex: A.node;
+  }
+
+  let mk_cell v n = { min_id = n; id = n; on_stack = false; vertex = v }
+
+  (* pop elements of [stack] until we reach node with given [id] *)
+  let rec pop_down_to ~id acc stack =
+    assert (not (Stack.is_empty stack));
+    let cell = Stack.pop stack in
+    cell.on_stack <- false;
+    if cell.id = id then (
+      assert (cell.id = cell.min_id);
+      cell.vertex :: acc (* return SCC *)
+    ) else
+      pop_down_to ~id (cell.vertex :: acc) stack
+
+  let scc (graph : A.t) (nodes : A.node list) : _ list list =
+    let res = ref [] in
+    let tbl = A.Node_tbl.create 16 in
+
+    (* stack of nodes being explored, for the DFS *)
+    let to_explore = Stack.create () in
+    (* stack for Tarjan's algorithm itself *)
+    let stack = Stack.create () in
+    (* unique ID for new nodes *)
+    let n = ref 0 in
+
+    (* exploration starting from [v] *)
+    let explore_from (v : A.node) : unit =
+      Stack.push (`Enter v) to_explore;
+      while not (Stack.is_empty to_explore) do
+        match Stack.pop to_explore with
+        | `Enter v ->
+          if not (A.Node_tbl.mem tbl v) then (
+            (* remember unique ID for [v] *)
+            let id = !n in
+            incr n;
+            let cell = mk_cell v id in
+            cell.on_stack <- true;
+            A.Node_tbl.add tbl v cell;
+            Stack.push cell stack;
+            Stack.push (`Exit (v, cell)) to_explore;
+            (* explore children *)
+            let children = A.children graph v in
+            children (fun v' -> Stack.push (`Enter v') to_explore)
+          )
+        | `Exit (v, cell) ->
+          (* update [min_id] *)
+          assert cell.on_stack;
+          let children = A.children graph v in
+          children (fun dest ->
+              (* must not fail, [dest] already explored *)
+              let dest_cell = A.Node_tbl.find tbl dest in
+              (* same SCC? yes if [dest] points to [cell.v] *)
+              if dest_cell.on_stack then
+                cell.min_id <- min cell.min_id dest_cell.min_id);
+          (* pop from stack if SCC found *)
+          if cell.id = cell.min_id then (
+            let scc = pop_down_to ~id:cell.id [] stack in
+            res := scc :: !res
+          )
+      done
+    in
+
+    List.iter explore_from nodes;
+    assert (Stack.is_empty stack);
+    !res
+end
+
+let scc (type graph node) ~(tbl : (module Hashtbl.S with type key = node))
+    ~graph ~children ~nodes () : _ list =
+  let module S = Make (struct
+    type t = graph
+    type nonrec node = node
+
+    let children = children
+
+    module Node_tbl = (val tbl)
+  end) in
+  S.scc graph nodes
diff --git a/src/scc/containers_scc.mli b/src/scc/containers_scc.mli
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0a91225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scc/containers_scc.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+type 'a iter = ('a -> unit) -> unit
+
+module type ARG = sig
+  type t
+  type node
+
+  val children : t -> node -> node iter
+
+  module Node_tbl : Hashtbl.S with type key = node
+end
+
+module type S = sig
+  module A : ARG
+
+  val scc : A.t -> A.node list -> A.node list list
+end
+
+module Make (A : ARG) : S with module A = A
+
+val scc :
+  tbl:(module Hashtbl.S with type key = 'node) ->
+  graph:'graph ->
+  children:('graph -> 'node -> 'node iter) ->
+  nodes:'node list ->
+  unit ->
+  'node list list
diff --git a/src/scc/dune b/src/scc/dune
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95af7c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scc/dune
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+(library
+  (name containers_scc)
+  (public_name containers.scc)
+  (synopsis "strongly connected components algorithm")
+  (libraries containers))