diff --git a/module/rnrs/lists.scm b/module/rnrs/lists.scm
index 812ce5f98..0671e7753 100644
--- a/module/rnrs/lists.scm
+++ b/module/rnrs/lists.scm
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 	  remv remq memp member memv memq assp assoc assv assq cons*)
   (import (rnrs base (6))
           (only (guile) filter member memv memq assoc assv assq cons*)
-	  (rename (only (srfi srfi-1) fold 
-			              any 
+	  (rename (only (srfi srfi-1) any 
 				      every 
 				      remove 
 				      member 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
 				      partition
 				      fold-right 
 				      filter-map)
-		  (fold fold-left) 
 		  (any exists) 
 		  (every for-all)
 		  (remove remp)
@@ -40,6 +38,14 @@
 		  (member memp-internal)
 		  (assoc assp-internal)))
 
+  (define (fold-left combine nil list . lists)
+    (define (fold nil lists)
+      (if (exists null? lists)
+          nil
+          (fold (apply combine nil (map car lists))
+                (map cdr lists))))
+    (fold nil (cons list lists)))
+
   (define (remove obj list) (remp (lambda (elt) (equal? obj elt)) list))
   (define (remv obj list) (remp (lambda (elt) (eqv? obj elt)) list))
   (define (remq obj list) (remp (lambda (elt) (eq? obj elt)) list))
diff --git a/module/rnrs/records/syntactic.scm b/module/rnrs/records/syntactic.scm
index a497b90e3..bde6f9348 100644
--- a/module/rnrs/records/syntactic.scm
+++ b/module/rnrs/records/syntactic.scm
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@
               (let* ((fields (if (unspecified? _fields) '() _fields))
                      (field-names (list->vector (map car fields)))
                      (field-accessors
-                      (fold-left (lambda (x c lst)
+                      (fold-left (lambda (lst x c)
                                    (cons #`(define #,(cadr x)
                                              (record-accessor record-name #,c))
                                          lst))
                                  '() fields (sequence (length fields))))
                      (field-mutators
-                      (fold-left (lambda (x c lst)
+                      (fold-left (lambda (lst x c)
                                    (if (caddr x)
                                        (cons #`(define #,(caddr x)
                                                  (record-mutator record-name
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/r6rs-lists.test b/test-suite/tests/r6rs-lists.test
index ba645ed01..030091f32 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/r6rs-lists.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/r6rs-lists.test
@@ -30,3 +30,29 @@
     (let ((d '((3 a) (1 b) (4 c))))
       (equal? (assp even? d) '(4 c)))))
 
+(with-test-prefix "fold-left"
+  (pass-if "fold-left sum"
+    (equal? (fold-left + 0 '(1 2 3 4 5))
+            15))
+  (pass-if "fold-left reverse"
+    (equal? (fold-left (lambda (a e) (cons e a)) '() '(1 2 3 4 5))
+            '(5 4 3 2 1)))
+  (pass-if "fold-left max-length"
+    (equal? (fold-left (lambda (max-len s)
+                         (max max-len (string-length s)))
+                       0
+                       '("longest" "long" "longer"))
+            7))
+  (pass-if "fold-left with-cons"
+    (equal? (fold-left cons '(q) '(a b c))
+            '((((q) . a) . b) . c)))
+  (pass-if "fold-left sum-multiple"
+    (equal? (fold-left + 0 '(1 2 3) '(4 5 6))
+            21))
+  (pass-if "fold-left pairlis"
+    (equal? (fold-left (lambda (accum e1 e2)
+                         (cons (cons e1 e2) accum))
+                       '((d . 4))
+                       '(a b c)
+                       '(1 2 3))
+            '((c . 3) (b . 2) (a . 1) (d  . 4)))))