diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
index ea97ed072..be206e1a6 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ template <typename Access,
           typename Sentinel,
           typename ValueType,
           typename... Extra>
-iterator make_iterator_impl(Iterator first, Sentinel last, Extra &&...extra) {
+iterator make_iterator_impl(Iterator &&first, Sentinel &&last, Extra &&...extra) {
     using state = detail::iterator_state<Access, Policy, Iterator, Sentinel, ValueType, Extra...>;
     // TODO: state captures only the types of Extra, not the values
 
@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ iterator make_iterator_impl(Iterator first, Sentinel last, Extra &&...extra) {
                 Policy);
     }
 
-    return cast(state{first, last, true});
+    return cast(state{std::forward<Iterator>(first), std::forward<Sentinel>(last), true});
 }
 
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)
@@ -2370,13 +2370,15 @@ template <return_value_policy Policy = return_value_policy::reference_internal,
           typename Sentinel,
           typename ValueType = typename detail::iterator_access<Iterator>::result_type,
           typename... Extra>
-iterator make_iterator(Iterator first, Sentinel last, Extra &&...extra) {
+iterator make_iterator(Iterator &&first, Sentinel &&last, Extra &&...extra) {
     return detail::make_iterator_impl<detail::iterator_access<Iterator>,
                                       Policy,
                                       Iterator,
                                       Sentinel,
                                       ValueType,
-                                      Extra...>(first, last, std::forward<Extra>(extra)...);
+                                      Extra...>(std::forward<Iterator>(first),
+                                                std::forward<Sentinel>(last),
+                                                std::forward<Extra>(extra)...);
 }
 
 /// Makes a python iterator over the keys (`.first`) of a iterator over pairs from a
@@ -2386,13 +2388,15 @@ template <return_value_policy Policy = return_value_policy::reference_internal,
           typename Sentinel,
           typename KeyType = typename detail::iterator_key_access<Iterator>::result_type,
           typename... Extra>
-iterator make_key_iterator(Iterator first, Sentinel last, Extra &&...extra) {
+iterator make_key_iterator(Iterator &&first, Sentinel &&last, Extra &&...extra) {
     return detail::make_iterator_impl<detail::iterator_key_access<Iterator>,
                                       Policy,
                                       Iterator,
                                       Sentinel,
                                       KeyType,
-                                      Extra...>(first, last, std::forward<Extra>(extra)...);
+                                      Extra...>(std::forward<Iterator>(first),
+                                                std::forward<Sentinel>(last),
+                                                std::forward<Extra>(extra)...);
 }
 
 /// Makes a python iterator over the values (`.second`) of a iterator over pairs from a
@@ -2402,13 +2406,15 @@ template <return_value_policy Policy = return_value_policy::reference_internal,
           typename Sentinel,
           typename ValueType = typename detail::iterator_value_access<Iterator>::result_type,
           typename... Extra>
-iterator make_value_iterator(Iterator first, Sentinel last, Extra &&...extra) {
+iterator make_value_iterator(Iterator &&first, Sentinel &&last, Extra &&...extra) {
     return detail::make_iterator_impl<detail::iterator_value_access<Iterator>,
                                       Policy,
                                       Iterator,
                                       Sentinel,
                                       ValueType,
-                                      Extra...>(first, last, std::forward<Extra>(extra)...);
+                                      Extra...>(std::forward<Iterator>(first),
+                                                std::forward<Sentinel>(last),
+                                                std::forward<Extra>(extra)...);
 }
 
 /// Makes an iterator over values of an stl container or other container supporting
@@ -2467,7 +2473,7 @@ void implicitly_convertible() {
     };
 
     if (auto *tinfo = detail::get_type_info(typeid(OutputType))) {
-        tinfo->implicit_conversions.push_back(implicit_caster);
+        tinfo->implicit_conversions.emplace_back(std::move(implicit_caster));
     } else {
         pybind11_fail("implicitly_convertible: Unable to find type " + type_id<OutputType>());
     }