diff --git a/src/map.rs b/src/map.rs
index 7f06bd558..c69872702 100644
--- a/src/map.rs
+++ b/src/map.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use core::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash};
 use core::iter::FusedIterator;
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use core::mem;
-use core::ops::Index;
+use core::ops::{Index, IndexMut};
 
 /// Default hasher for `HashMap`.
 #[cfg(feature = "ahash")]
@@ -2257,6 +2257,37 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<K, Q: ?Sized, V, S, A> IndexMut<&Q> for HashMap<K, V, S, A>
+where
+    K: Eq + Hash,
+    Q: Hash + Equivalent<K>,
+    S: BuildHasher,
+    A: Allocator,
+{
+    /// Returns a mutable reference to the value corresponding to the supplied key.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics if the key is not present in the `HashMap`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hashbrown::HashMap;
+    ///
+    /// let mut map: HashMap<_, _> = [("a", "One".to_owned()), ("b", "Two".to_owned())].into();
+    ///
+    /// map[&"a"].make_ascii_uppercase();
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(map.get("a"), Some(&"ONE".to_owned()));
+    /// assert_eq!(map.get("b"), Some(&"Two".to_owned()));
+    /// ```
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "inline-more", inline)]
+    fn index_mut(&mut self, key: &Q) -> &mut V {
+        self.get_mut(key).expect("no entry found for key")
+    }
+}
+
 // The default hasher is used to match the std implementation signature
 #[cfg(feature = "ahash")]
 impl<K, V, A, const N: usize> From<[(K, V); N]> for HashMap<K, V, DefaultHashBuilder, A>
@@ -7478,6 +7509,19 @@ mod test_map {
         map[&4];
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_index_mut() {
+        let mut map = HashMap::new();
+
+        map.insert(5, 9);
+        map.insert(3, 17);
+        map.insert(9, -17);
+
+        map[&3] *= 5;
+
+        assert_eq!(map.get(&3), Some(&85));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_entry() {
         let xs = [(1, 10), (2, 20), (3, 30), (4, 40), (5, 50), (6, 60)];