diff --git a/eventlet/tpool.py b/eventlet/tpool.py
index ed6cab9..551cd4f 100644
--- a/eventlet/tpool.py
+++ b/eventlet/tpool.py
@@ -196,11 +196,16 @@ class Proxy(object):
         return proxy_call(self._autowrap, self._obj.__deepcopy__, memo)
     def __copy__(self, memo=None):
         return proxy_call(self._autowrap, self._obj.__copy__, memo)
+    def __call__(self, *a, **kw):
+        if '__call__' in self._autowrap_names:
+            return Proxy(proxy_call(self._autowrap, self._obj, *a, **kw))
+        else:
+            return proxy_call(self._autowrap, self._obj, *a, **kw)
     # these don't go through a proxy call, because they're likely to
     # be called often, and are unlikely to be implemented on the
     # wrapped object in such a way that they would block
     def __eq__(self, rhs):
-        return self._obj.__eq__(rhs)
+        return self._obj == rhs
     def __hash__(self):
         return self._obj.__hash__()
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -212,10 +217,11 @@ class Proxy(object):
     def __nonzero__(self):
         return bool(self._obj)
     def __iter__(self):
-        if iter(self._obj) == self._obj:
+        it = iter(self._obj)
+        if it == self._obj:
             return self
         else:
-            return Proxy(iter(self._obj))
+            return Proxy(it)
     def next(self):
         return proxy_call(self._autowrap, self._obj.next)
 
diff --git a/tests/tpool_test.py b/tests/tpool_test.py
index 93dee41..9635e6d 100644
--- a/tests/tpool_test.py
+++ b/tests/tpool_test.py
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ class TestTpool(LimitedTestCase):
         exp3 = prox.compile('/')
         self.assert_(exp1 != exp3)
 
+    @skip_with_pyevent
+    def test_wrap_ints(self):
+        p = tpool.Proxy(4)
+        self.assert_(p == 4)
+
     @skip_with_pyevent
     def test_wrap_hash(self):
         prox1 = tpool.Proxy(''+'A')
@@ -243,6 +248,28 @@ class TestTpool(LimitedTestCase):
         # violating the abstraction to check that we didn't double-wrap
         self.assert_(not isinstance(x._obj, tpool.Proxy))
 
+    @skip_with_pyevent
+    def test_callable(self):
+        def wrapped(arg):
+            return arg
+        x = tpool.Proxy(wrapped)
+        self.assertEquals(4, x(4))
+        # verify that it wraps return values if specified
+        x = tpool.Proxy(wrapped, autowrap_names=('__call__',))
+        self.assert_(isinstance(x(4), tpool.Proxy))
+        self.assertEquals("4", str(x(4)))
+
+    @skip_with_pyevent
+    def test_callable_iterator(self):
+        def wrapped(arg):
+            yield arg
+            yield arg
+            yield arg
+
+        x = tpool.Proxy(wrapped, autowrap_names=('__call__',))
+        for r in x(3):
+            self.assertEquals(3, r)
+
 class TpoolLongTests(LimitedTestCase):
     TEST_TIMEOUT=60
     @skip_with_pyevent
@@ -294,5 +321,6 @@ from eventlet.tpool import execute
             iterations, tpool_overhead, best_normal, best_tpool)
         tpool.killall()
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()