diff --git a/library/data/list/comb.lean b/library/data/list/comb.lean
index f896a73eb..0c30467a6 100644
--- a/library/data/list/comb.lean
+++ b/library/data/list/comb.lean
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ definition cross_product : list A → list B → list (A × B)
 | []      l₂ := []
 | (a::l₁) l₂ := map (λ b, (a, b)) l₂ ++ cross_product l₁ l₂
 
-theorem nil_cross_product_nil (l : list B) : cross_product (@nil A) l = []
+theorem nil_cross_product (l : list B) : cross_product (@nil A) l = []
 
 theorem cross_product_cons (a : A) (l₁ : list A) (l₂ : list B)
         : cross_product (a::l₁) l₂ = map (λ b, (a, b)) l₂ ++ cross_product l₁ l₂
diff --git a/library/data/list/perm.lean b/library/data/list/perm.lean
index e5a5e9ca7..90a8f8239 100644
--- a/library/data/list/perm.lean
+++ b/library/data/list/perm.lean
@@ -726,4 +726,29 @@ theorem perm_ext : ∀ {l₁ l₂ : list A}, nodup l₁ → nodup l₂ → (∀a
          ...  ~ s₁++(a₁::s₂) : !perm_middle
          ...  = a₂::t₂       : by rewrite t₂_eq
 end ext
+
+/- cross_product -/
+section cross_product
+theorem perm_cross_product_left {l₁ l₂ : list A} (t₁ : list B) : l₁ ~ l₂ → (cross_product l₁ t₁) ~ (cross_product l₂ t₁) :=
+assume p : l₁ ~ l₂, perm.induction_on p
+  !perm.refl
+  (λ x l₁ l₂ p r, perm_app !perm.refl r)
+  (λ x y l,
+    let m₁ := map (λ b, (x, b)) t₁ in
+    let m₂ := map (λ b, (y, b)) t₁ in
+    let c  := cross_product l t₁ in
+    calc m₂ ++ (m₁ ++ c) = (m₂ ++ m₁) ++ c  : by rewrite append.assoc
+                     ... ~ (m₁ ++ m₂) ++ c  : perm_app !perm_app_comm !perm.refl
+                     ... =  m₁ ++ (m₂ ++ c) : by rewrite append.assoc)
+  (λ l₁ l₂ l₃ p₁ p₂ r₁ r₂, trans r₁ r₂)
+
+theorem perm_cross_product_right (l : list A) {t₁ t₂ : list B} : t₁ ~ t₂ → (cross_product l t₁) ~ (cross_product l t₂) :=
+list.induction_on l
+  (λ p, by rewrite [*nil_cross_product]; exact !perm.refl)
+  (λ a t r p,
+    perm_app (perm_map _ p) (r p))
+
+theorem perm_cross_product {l₁ l₂ t₁ t₂ : list A} : l₁ ~ l₂ → t₁ ~ t₂ → (cross_product l₁ t₁) ~ (cross_product l₂ t₂) :=
+assume p₁ p₂, trans (perm_cross_product_left t₁ p₁) (perm_cross_product_right l₂ p₂)
+end cross_product
 end perm