diff --git a/pandas/core/algorithms.py b/pandas/core/algorithms.py
index 323cbe8e93b78..d40d6f2e4134d 100644
--- a/pandas/core/algorithms.py
+++ b/pandas/core/algorithms.py
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ def isin(comps, values):
         raise TypeError("only list-like objects are allowed to be passed"
                         " to isin(), you passed a "
                         "[{0}]".format(type(values).__name__))
+    if not isinstance(values, np.ndarray):
+        values = list(values)
 
     # GH11232
     # work-around for numpy < 1.8 and comparisions on py3
diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py
index af648d34637df..b8e6bf2c05910 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py
@@ -1118,6 +1118,9 @@ def test_isin_with_i8(self):
         result = s.isin([np.datetime64(s[1])])
         assert_series_equal(result, expected2)
 
+        result = s.isin(set(s[0:2]))
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
         # timedelta64[ns]
         s = Series(pd.to_timedelta(lrange(5), unit='d'))
         result = s.isin(s[0:2])
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_algos.py b/pandas/tests/test_algos.py
index 68864306525dc..c6e7fa350d47c 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_algos.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_algos.py
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ def test_basic(self):
         expected = np.array([True, False])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
+        result = algos.isin(pd.Series([1, 2]), set([1]))
+        expected = np.array([True, False])
+        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+
         result = algos.isin(['a', 'b'], ['a'])
         expected = np.array([True, False])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
@@ -353,6 +357,10 @@ def test_basic(self):
         expected = np.array([True, False])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
+        result = algos.isin(pd.Series(['a', 'b']), set(['a']))
+        expected = np.array([True, False])
+        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+
         result = algos.isin(['a', 'b'], [1])
         expected = np.array([False, False])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
@@ -366,11 +374,23 @@ def test_basic(self):
         expected = np.array([True, True, False])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
+        result = algos.isin(arr, set(arr[0:2]))
+        expected = np.array([True, True, False])
+        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+
         arr = pd.timedelta_range('1 day', periods=3).values
         result = algos.isin(arr, [arr[0]])
         expected = np.array([True, False, False])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
+        result = algos.isin(arr, arr[0:2])
+        expected = np.array([True, True, False])
+        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = algos.isin(arr, set(arr[0:2]))
+        expected = np.array([True, True, False])
+        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+
     def test_large(self):
 
         s = pd.date_range('20000101', periods=2000000, freq='s').values