diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMap.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMap.java
index 09a018d81..c885dfd70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMap.java
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ protected Map<String, Object> delegate() {
     return map;
   }
 
+  public Object get(String key, Object defaultValue) {
+    return getOrDefault(key, defaultValue);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Object put(String s, Object o) {
     if (o == this) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMapTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMapTest.java
index 9403c1e19..0d046ddae 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMapTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/objects/collections/PyMapTest.java
@@ -322,6 +322,18 @@ public void itGetsKeysWithVariableName() {
       .isEqualTo("value1");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void itSupportsGetWithOptionalDefault() {
+    assertThat(
+      jinjava.render(
+        "{% set test = {\"key1\": \"value1\"} %}" +
+        "{{ test.get(\"key2\", \"default\") }}",
+        Collections.emptyMap()
+      )
+    )
+      .isEqualTo("default");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void itFallsBackUnknownVariableNameToString() {
     assertThat(