diff --git a/arb.h b/arb.h
index 09cc729a..042c4b67 100644
--- a/arb.h
+++ b/arb.h
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ void arb_rising_ui_bs(arb_t y, const arb_t x, ulong n, long prec);
 void arb_rising_ui_rs(arb_t y, const arb_t x, ulong n, ulong m, long prec);
 void arb_rising_ui_rec(arb_t y, const arb_t x, ulong n, long prec);
 void arb_rising_ui(arb_t z, const arb_t x, ulong n, long prec);
+void arb_rising_fmpq_ui(arb_t y, const fmpq_t x, ulong n, long prec);
 
 /* vector functions */
 
diff --git a/arb/rising_fmpq_ui.c b/arb/rising_fmpq_ui.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4cc8d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arb/rising_fmpq_ui.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*=============================================================================
+
+    This file is part of ARB.
+
+    ARB is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    ARB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with ARB; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+=============================================================================*/
+/******************************************************************************
+
+    Copyright (C) 2013 Fredrik Johansson
+
+******************************************************************************/
+
+#include "arb.h"
+
+static void
+bsplit(arb_t y, const fmpz_t p, const fmpz_t q, ulong a, ulong b, long prec)
+{
+    if (b - a <= 8)
+    {
+        fmpz_t t, u;
+        ulong c;
+
+        fmpz_init(t);
+        fmpz_init(u);
+
+        fmpz_mul_ui(t, q, a);
+        fmpz_add(t, t, p);
+        fmpz_set(u, t);
+
+        for (c = a + 1; c < b; c++)
+        {
+            fmpz_add(u, u, q);
+            fmpz_mul(t, t, u);
+        }
+
+        arb_set_round_fmpz(y, t, prec);
+
+        fmpz_clear(t);
+        fmpz_clear(u);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        arb_t w;
+        ulong m = a + (b - a) / 2;
+        arb_init(w);
+
+        bsplit(y, p, q, a, m, prec);
+        bsplit(w, p, q, m, b, prec);
+
+        arb_mul(y, y, w, prec);
+        arb_clear(w);
+    }
+}
+
+void
+arb_rising_fmpq_ui(arb_t y, const fmpq_t x, ulong n, long prec)
+{
+    if (n == 0)
+    {
+        arb_one(y);
+    }
+    else if (n == 1)
+    {
+        arb_set_fmpq(y, x, prec);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        long wp;
+
+        wp = ARF_PREC_ADD(prec, FLINT_BIT_COUNT(n));
+
+        bsplit(y, fmpq_numref(x), fmpq_denref(x), 0, n, wp);
+
+        if (fmpz_is_one(fmpq_denref(x)))
+        {
+            arb_set_round(y, y, prec);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            arb_t t;
+            arb_init(t);
+            arb_set_fmpz(t, fmpq_denref(x));
+            arb_pow_ui(t, t, n, wp);
+            arb_div(y, y, t, prec);
+            arb_clear(t);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/doc/source/arb.rst b/doc/source/arb.rst
index 92312fdf..14003ee5 100644
--- a/doc/source/arb.rst
+++ b/doc/source/arb.rst
@@ -747,6 +747,12 @@ Rising factorials
     The *rs* version takes an optional *step* parameter for tuning
     purposes (to use the default step length, pass zero).
 
+.. function:: void arb_rising_fmpq_ui(arb_t z, const fmpq_t x, ulong n, long prec)
+
+    Computes the rising factorial `z = x (x+1) (x+2) \cdots (x+n-1)` using
+    binary splitting. If the denominator or numerator of *x* is large
+    compared to *prec*, it is more efficient to convert *x* to an approximation
+    and use :func:`arb_rising_ui`.
 
 Special functions
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------