diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6684ef46bba46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { AbstractTree, IAbstractTreeOptions } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree';
+import { ISpliceable } from 'vs/base/common/sequence';
+import { ITreeNode, ITreeModel, ITreeElement, ITreeRenderer, ITreeSorter, IDataSource } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree';
+import { ObjectTreeModel } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel';
+import { IListVirtualDelegate } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/list/list';
+import { Iterator } from 'vs/base/common/iterator';
+
+export interface IDataTreeOptions<T, TFilterData = void> extends IAbstractTreeOptions<T, TFilterData> {
+	sorter?: ITreeSorter<T>;
+}
+
+export class DataTree<TInput, T, TFilterData = void> extends AbstractTree<T | null, TFilterData, TInput | T> {
+
+	protected model: ObjectTreeModel<T | null, TFilterData>;
+
+	private _input: TInput | undefined;
+
+	get input(): TInput | undefined {
+		return this._input;
+	}
+
+	set input(input: TInput | undefined) {
+		this._input = input;
+		this.refresh(input);
+	}
+
+	constructor(
+		container: HTMLElement,
+		delegate: IListVirtualDelegate<T>,
+		renderers: ITreeRenderer<any /* TODO@joao */, TFilterData, any>[],
+		private dataSource: IDataSource<TInput, T>,
+		options: IDataTreeOptions<T, TFilterData> = {}
+	) {
+		super(container, delegate, renderers, options);
+	}
+
+	refresh(element: TInput | T): void {
+		if (!this._input) {
+			throw new Error('Tree input not set');
+		}
+
+		this.model.setChildren((element === this.input ? null : element) as T, this.createIterator(element));
+	}
+
+	private createIterator(element: TInput | T): Iterator<ITreeElement<T>> {
+		return Iterator.map(Iterator.fromArray(this.dataSource.getChildren(element)), element => ({
+			element,
+			children: this.createIterator(element)
+		}));
+	}
+
+	protected createModel(view: ISpliceable<ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>>, options: IDataTreeOptions<T, TFilterData>): ITreeModel<T | null, TFilterData, T | null> {
+		return new ObjectTreeModel(view, options);
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts
index ce23ee060bacc..1f2b347aab413 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ export interface ITreeNavigator<T> {
 	next(): T | null;
 }
 
+export interface IDataSource<TInput, T> {
+	getChildren(element: TInput | T): T[];
+}
+
 export interface IAsyncDataSource<T extends NonNullable<any>> {
 	hasChildren(element: T | null): boolean;
 	getChildren(element: T | null): T[] | Promise<T[]>;
diff --git a/test/tree/public/index.html b/test/tree/public/index.html
index 5ef47d5f729ad..ab846c91e15a7 100644
--- a/test/tree/public/index.html
+++ b/test/tree/public/index.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 		require.config({ baseUrl: '/static' });
 
-		require(['vs/base/browser/ui/tree/indexTree', 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree', 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree', 'vs/base/common/iterator'], ({ IndexTree }, { AsyncDataTree }, { TreeVisibility }, { iter }) => {
+		require(['vs/base/browser/ui/tree/indexTree', 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree', 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree', 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree', 'vs/base/common/iterator'], ({ IndexTree }, { AsyncDataTree }, { DataTree }, { TreeVisibility }, { iter }) => {
 			function createIndexTree(opts) {
 				opts = opts || {};
 
@@ -182,6 +182,69 @@
 				return { tree, treeFilter };
 			}
 
+			function createDataTree() {
+				const delegate = {
+					getHeight() { return 22; },
+					getTemplateId() { return 'template'; }
+				};
+
+				const renderer = {
+					templateId: 'template',
+					renderTemplate(container) { return container; },
+					renderElement(node, index, container) { container.textContent = node.element.name; },
+					disposeElement() { },
+					disposeTemplate() { }
+				};
+
+				const treeFilter = new class {
+					constructor() {
+						this.pattern = null;
+						let timeout;
+						filter.oninput = () => {
+							clearTimeout(timeout);
+							timeout = setTimeout(() => this.updatePattern(), 300);
+						};
+					}
+
+					updatePattern() {
+						if (!filter.value) {
+							this.pattern = null;
+						} else {
+							this.pattern = new RegExp(filter.value, 'i');
+						}
+
+						perf('refilter', () => tree.refilter());
+					}
+					filter(el) {
+						return (this.pattern ? this.pattern.test(el.name) : true) ? TreeVisibility.Visible : TreeVisibility.Recurse;
+					}
+				};
+
+				const dataSource = new class {
+					getChildren(element) {
+						return element.children || [];
+					}
+				};
+
+				const identityProvider = {
+					getId(node) {
+						return node.name;
+					}
+				};
+
+				const tree = new DataTree(container, delegate, [renderer], dataSource, { filter: treeFilter, identityProvider });
+
+				tree.input = {
+					children: [
+						{ name: 'A', children: [{ name: 'AA' }, { name: 'AB' }] },
+						{ name: 'B', children: [{ name: 'BA', children: [{ name: 'BAA' }] }, { name: 'BB' }] },
+						{ name: 'C' }
+					]
+				};
+
+				return { tree, treeFilter };
+			}
+
 			switch (location.search) {
 				case '?problems': {
 					const { tree, treeFilter } = createIndexTree();
@@ -216,6 +279,16 @@
 
 					break;
 				}
+				case '?objectdata': {
+					const { tree, treeFilter } = createDataTree();
+
+					expandall.onclick = () => perf('expand all', () => tree.expandAll());
+					collapseall.onclick = () => perf('collapse all', () => tree.collapseAll());
+					renderwidth.onclick = () => perf('renderwidth', () => tree.layoutWidth(Math.random()));
+					refresh.onclick = () => perf('refresh', () => tree.refresh(null, true));
+
+					break;
+				}
 				case '?height': {
 					const { tree, treeFilter } = createIndexTree({ supportDynamicHeights: true });