diff --git a/Control/Concurrent/STM/TQueue.hs b/Control/Concurrent/STM/TQueue.hs
index 720cfa7..d4a48e1 100644
--- a/Control/Concurrent/STM/TQueue.hs
+++ b/Control/Concurrent/STM/TQueue.hs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module Control.Concurrent.STM.TQueue (
         newTQueue,
         newTQueueIO,
         readTQueue,
+        readTQueueN,
         tryReadTQueue,
         flushTQueue,
         peekTQueue,
@@ -103,6 +104,59 @@ readTQueue (TQueue read write) = do
           writeTVar read zs
           return z
 
+
+-- Logic of `readTQueueN`:
+--                +-----------+--------------- +-----------------+
+--                | write = 0 | write < N-read | write >= N-read |
+-- +--------------+-----------+--------------- +-----------------+
+-- | read == 0    |  retry    |     retry      |    case 2       |
+-- | 0 < read < N |  retry    |     retry      |    case 3       |
+-- +--------------+-----------+--------------- +-----------------+
+-- | read >= N    |   . . . . . . . case 1 . . . . . . . . .     |
+-- +----=--------------------------------------------------------+
+
+-- case 1a: More than N: splitAt N read -> put suffix in read and return prefix
+-- case 1b: Exactly N: Reverse write into read, and return all of the old read
+-- case 2: Reverse write -> splitAt N, put suffix in read and return prefix
+-- case 3: Like case 2 but prepend read onto return value
+
+-- |Reads N values, blocking until enough are available.
+-- This is likely never to return if another thread is
+-- blocking on `readTQueue`. It has quadratic complexity
+-- in N due to each write triggering `readTQueueN` to calculate
+-- the length of the write side as <N items pile up there.
+--
+-- @since 2.5.4
+readTQueueN :: TQueue a -> Int -> STM [a]
+readTQueueN (TQueue read write) n = do
+  xs <- readTVar read
+  let xl = length xs
+  if xl > n then do -- case 1a
+    let (as,bs) = splitAt n xs
+    writeTVar read bs
+    pure as
+  else if xl == n then do -- case 1b
+    ys <- readTVar write
+    case ys of
+      [] -> do 
+        writeTVar read []
+        retry
+      _ -> do
+        let zs = reverse ys
+        writeTVar write []
+        writeTVar read zs
+        pure xs
+  else do
+    ys <- readTVar write
+    let yl = length ys
+    if yl == 0 then
+      retry
+    else if yl < n - xl then retry
+    else do -- cases 2 and 3    
+      let (as,bs) = splitAt (n-xl) (reverse ys)
+      writeTVar read bs
+      pure $ xs <> as
+
 -- | A version of 'readTQueue' which does not retry. Instead it
 -- returns @Nothing@ if no value is available.
 tryReadTQueue :: TQueue a -> STM (Maybe a)
diff --git a/stm.cabal b/stm.cabal
index 8bc4322..e29849d 100644
--- a/stm.cabal
+++ b/stm.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:  >=1.10
 name:           stm
-version:        2.5.3.1
+version:        2.5.4
 -- don't forget to update changelog.md file!
 
 license:        BSD3
diff --git a/testsuite/src/Main.hs b/testsuite/src/Main.hs
index 09802d2..1fd6b4e 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/Main.hs
+++ b/testsuite/src/Main.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import qualified Issue17
 import qualified Stm052
 import qualified Stm064
 import qualified Stm065
+import qualified Stm066
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ main = do
         , testCase "stm052" Stm052.main
         , testCase "stm064" Stm064.main
         , testCase "stm065" Stm065.main
+        , testCase "stm066" Stm066.main
         ]
       ]
 
diff --git a/testsuite/src/Stm066.hs b/testsuite/src/Stm066.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03caaaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/src/Stm066.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
+{- NB: This one fails for GHC < 7.6 which had a bug exposed via
+       nested uses of `orElse` in `stmCommitNestedTransaction`
+
+This was fixed in GHC via
+ f184d9caffa09750ef6a374a7987b9213d6db28e
+-}
+
+module Stm066 (main) where
+
+import           Control.Concurrent
+import           Control.Concurrent.STM
+import           Control.Concurrent.STM.TQueue
+import           Control.Monad          (unless)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  q <- atomically $ newTQueue
+  _ <- forkIO $ atomically $ do
+    writeTQueue q (1::Int)
+    writeTQueue q 2
+    writeTQueue q 3
+    writeTQueue q 4
+  l <- atomically $ do
+         _ <- readTQueueN q 1 
+         readTQueueN q 3 
+
+  unless (l == [2,3,4]) $
+    fail (show l)
diff --git a/testsuite/testsuite.cabal b/testsuite/testsuite.cabal
index c4617b1..8343bbd 100644
--- a/testsuite/testsuite.cabal
+++ b/testsuite/testsuite.cabal
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ test-suite stm
     Stm052
     Stm064
     Stm065
+    Stm066
 
   type: exitcode-stdio-1.0