diff --git a/src/fun.sh b/src/fun.sh
index c8c4420..48b0894 100755
--- a/src/fun.sh
+++ b/src/fun.sh
@@ -286,6 +286,36 @@ tupr() {
   tupx 1- "$@" | last
 }
 
+ntup() {
+  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+    local arg
+    read arg
+    ntup $arg
+  else
+    list "$@" | map lambda x . 'echo "$x" | base64 --wrap=0 ; echo' | join , '(' ')'
+  fi
+}
+
+ntupx() {
+  if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
+    local arg
+    read arg
+    ntupx "$1" "$arg"
+  else
+    local n=$1
+    shift
+    echo "$@" | stripl '(' | stripr ')' | cut -d',' -f${n} | tr , '\n' | map lambda x . 'echo "$x" | base64 -d'
+  fi
+}
+
+ntupl() {
+  ntupx 1 "$@"
+}
+
+ntupr() {
+  ntupx 1- "$@" | last
+}
+
 zip() {
   local list=$*
   cat - | while read x; do
diff --git a/test/tup_test.sh b/test/tup_test.sh
index 78cdeb8..25cd8bf 100755
--- a/test/tup_test.sh
+++ b/test/tup_test.sh
@@ -69,4 +69,16 @@ testTupr() {
   assertEquals '5' "$(tup 5 | tupr)"
 }
 
+testNTup() {
+  assertEquals '(KFlRbz0sWWdvPSkK,Ywo=)' "$(ntup $(ntup a b) c)"
+  assertEquals '(YQo=,Ygo=)' "$(ntupl '(KFlRbz0sWWdvPSkK,Ywo=)')"
+  assertEquals 'a' "$(ntupl '(YQo=,Ygo=)')"
+  assertEquals 'b' "$(ntupr '(YQo=,Ygo=)')"
+  assertEquals 'c' "$(ntupr '(KFlRbz0sWWdvPSkK,Ywo=)')"
+  assertEquals 'a' "$(ntup $(ntup a b) c | ntupx 1 | ntupx 1)"
+  assertEquals 'b' "$(ntup $(ntup a b) c | ntupx 1 | ntupx 2)"
+  assertEquals 'c' "$(ntup $(ntup a b) c | ntupx 2)"
+  assertEquals 'a b' "$(ntup $(ntup a b) c | ntupx 1 | ntupx 1,2 | unlist)"
+}
+
 . ./shunit2-init.sh