diff --git a/libs/base/Control/WellFounded.idr b/libs/base/Control/WellFounded.idr
index 04bc0edbb..27045206e 100644
--- a/libs/base/Control/WellFounded.idr
+++ b/libs/base/Control/WellFounded.idr
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ accInd : {0 rel : a -> a -> Type} -> {0 P : a -> Type} ->
 accInd step z (Access f) =
   step z $ \y, lt => accInd step y (f y lt)
 
+||| Depedently-typed induction for creating extrinsic proofs on results of `accInd`.
+export
+accIndProp : {0 P : a -> Type} ->
+            (step : (x : a) -> ((y : a) -> rel y x -> P y) -> P x) ->
+            {0 RP : (x : a) -> P x -> Type} ->
+            (ih : (x : a) ->
+                  (f : (y : a) -> rel y x -> P y) ->
+                  ((y : a) -> (isRel : rel y x) -> RP y (f y isRel)) ->
+                  RP x (step x f)) ->
+            (z : a) -> (0 acc : Accessible rel z) -> RP z (accInd step z acc)
+accIndProp step ih z (Access rec) =
+  ih z (\y, lt => accInd step y (rec y lt))
+       (\y, lt => accIndProp {RP} step ih y (rec y lt))
+
 ||| Simply-typed recursion based on well-founded-ness.
 |||
 ||| This is `accRec` applied to accessibility derived from a `WellFounded`
@@ -79,6 +93,19 @@ wfInd : (0 _ : WellFounded a rel) => {0 P : a -> Type} ->
         (myz : a) -> P myz
 wfInd step myz = accInd step myz (wellFounded {rel} myz)
 
+||| Depedently-typed induction for creating extrinsic proofs on results of `wfInd`.
+export
+wfIndProp : (0 _ : WellFounded a rel) =>
+            {0 P : a -> Type} ->
+            (step : (x : a) -> ((y : a) -> rel y x -> P y) -> P x) ->
+            {0 RP : (x : a) -> P x -> Type} ->
+            (ih : (x : a) ->
+                  (f : (y : a) -> rel y x -> P y) ->
+                  ((y : a) -> (isRel : rel y x) -> RP y (f y isRel)) ->
+                  RP x (step x f)) ->
+            (myz : a) -> RP myz (wfInd step myz)
+wfIndProp step ih myz = accIndProp {RP} step ih myz (wellFounded {rel} myz)
+
 ||| Types that have a concept of size. The size must be a natural number.
 public export
 interface Sized a where
diff --git a/libs/contrib/Data/List/Sufficient.idr b/libs/contrib/Data/List/Sufficient.idr
index 8e6d3ea1c..e72c8173b 100644
--- a/libs/contrib/Data/List/Sufficient.idr
+++ b/libs/contrib/Data/List/Sufficient.idr
@@ -1,32 +1,23 @@
-||| 'Sufficient' lists: a structurally inductive view of lists xs
-||| as given by xs = non-empty prefix + sufficient suffix
-|||
-||| Useful for termination arguments for function definitions
-||| which provably consume a non-empty (but otherwise arbitrary) prefix
-||| *without* having to resort to ancillary WF induction on length etc.
-||| e.g. lexers, parsers etc.
-|||
-||| Credited by Conor McBride as originally due to James McKinna
+||| WellFounded on List suffixes
 module Data.List.Sufficient
 
-||| Sufficient view
-public export
-data Sufficient : (xs : List a) -> Type where
-  SuffAcc : {xs : List a}
-          -> (suff_ih : {x : a} -> {pre, suff : List a}
-                      -> xs = x :: (pre ++ suff)
-                      -> Sufficient suff)
-          -> Sufficient xs
+import Control.WellFounded
 
-||| Sufficient view covering property
-export
-sufficient : (xs : List a) -> Sufficient xs
-sufficient []        = SuffAcc (\case _ impossible)
-sufficient (x :: xs) with (sufficient xs)
-  sufficient (x :: xs) | suffxs@(SuffAcc suff_ih)
-    = SuffAcc (\case Refl => prf Refl)
-    where prf : {pre, suff : List a}
-              -> xs = pre ++ suff
-              -> Sufficient suff
-          prf {pre = []} Refl = suffxs
-          prf {pre = (y :: ys)} eq = suff_ih eq
+%default total
+
+public export
+data Suffix : (ys,xs : List a) -> Type where
+  IsSuffix : (x : a) -> (zs : List a)
+          -> (0 ford : xs = x :: zs ++ ys) -> Suffix ys xs
+
+SuffixAccessible : (xs : List a) -> Accessible Suffix xs
+SuffixAccessible [] = Access (\y => \case (IsSuffix x zs _) impossible)
+SuffixAccessible ws@(x :: xs) =
+  let fact1@(Access f) = SuffixAccessible xs
+  in Access $ \ys => \case
+    (IsSuffix x [] Refl) => fact1
+    (IsSuffix x (z :: zs) Refl) => f ys (IsSuffix z zs Refl)
+
+public export
+WellFounded (List a) Suffix where
+  wellFounded = SuffixAccessible