diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 2f35e7f2..d2174235 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@ const prettifyQuery = value => {
 }
 ```
 
+```ts
+// In TypeScript you have to use a Map
+{
+  customPrettifiers: new Map([
+    ['query', prettifyQuery]
+  ])
+}
+```
+
 All prettifiers use this function signature:
 
 ```js
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 2c4c5c8b..c488e396 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -165,17 +165,17 @@ declare namespace PinoPretty {
     mkdir?: boolean;
     /**
      * Provides the ability to add a custom prettify function for specific log properties.
-     * `customPrettifiers` is an object, where keys are log properties that will be prettified
+     * `customPrettifiers` is a Map, where keys are log properties that will be prettified
      * and value is the prettify function itself.
      * For example, if a log line contains a query property, you can specify a prettifier for it:
-     * @default {}
+     * @default new Map()
      *
      * @example
      * ```typescript
      * {
-     *   customPrettifiers: {
-     *     query: prettifyQuery
-     *   }
+     *   customPrettifiers: new Map([
+     *     ['query', prettifyQuery]
+     *   ])
      * }
      * //...
      * const prettifyQuery = value => {
@@ -183,10 +183,7 @@ declare namespace PinoPretty {
      * }
      * ```
      */
-    customPrettifiers?: Record<string, Prettifier> &
-      {
-        level?: Prettifier<LevelPrettifierExtras>
-      };
+    customPrettifiers?: CustomPrettifiers;
     /**
      * Change the level names and values to an user custom preset.
      *
@@ -218,6 +215,7 @@ declare namespace PinoPretty {
 
   function build(options: PrettyOptions): PrettyStream;
 
+  type CustomPrettifiers = Map<'level', Prettifier<LevelPrettifierExtras>> & Map<string, Prettifier>
   type Prettifier<T = object> = (inputData: string | object, key: string, log: object, extras: PrettifierExtras<T>) => string;
   type PrettifierExtras<T = object> = {colors: Colorette.Colorette} & T;
   type LevelPrettifierExtras = {label: string, labelColorized: string}
@@ -228,7 +226,7 @@ declare namespace PinoPretty {
   type Build = typeof build;
   type isColorSupported = typeof Colorette.isColorSupported;
 
-  export { build, PinoPretty, PrettyOptions, PrettyStream, colorizerFactory, prettyFactory, isColorSupported };
+  export { build, PinoPretty, PrettyOptions, CustomPrettifiers, PrettyStream, colorizerFactory, prettyFactory, isColorSupported };
 }
 
 export = PinoPretty;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 528b2b0c..a8aaadc3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ const defaultOptions = {
  * @returns {LogPrettifierFunc}
  */
 function prettyFactory (options) {
+  if (options.customPrettifiers instanceof Map) {
+    options.customPrettifiers = Object.fromEntries(options.customPrettifiers)
+  }
   const context = parseFactoryOptions(Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options))
   return pretty.bind({ ...context, context })
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils/index.js b/lib/utils/index.js
index e083d737..259ccd92 100644
--- a/lib/utils/index.js
+++ b/lib/utils/index.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = {
  * + `name`
  * + `caller`
  *
- * @typedef {Object.<string, CustomPrettifierFunc>} CustomPrettifiers
+ * @typedef {Object.<string, CustomPrettifierFunc>|Map<string, CustomPrettifierFunc>} CustomPrettifiers
  */
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/basic.test.js b/test/basic.test.js
index e2a58304..c5f61bb9 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.js
+++ b/test/basic.test.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ process.removeAllListeners('warning')
 function prettyFactory (opts) {
   if (!opts) {
     opts = { colorize: false }
+  } else if (opts instanceof Map && !opts.has('colorize')) {
+    opts.set('colorize', false)
   } else if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(opts, 'colorize')) {
     opts.colorize = false
   }
@@ -257,6 +259,25 @@ test('basic prettifier tests', (t) => {
     log.info({ msg: 'foo' })
   })
 
+  t.test('can use a Map customPrettifier', (t) => {
+    t.plan(1)
+    const customPrettifiers = new Map([
+      ['level', () => 'LEVEL: bar']
+    ])
+    const pretty = prettyFactory({ customPrettifiers })
+    const log = pino({}, new Writable({
+      write (chunk, enc, cb) {
+        const formatted = pretty(chunk.toString())
+        t.equal(
+          formatted,
+          `[${formattedEpoch}] LEVEL: bar (${pid}): foo\n`
+        )
+        cb()
+      }
+    }))
+    log.info({ msg: 'foo' })
+  })
+
   t.test('can use a customPrettifier on different-level-key output', (t) => {
     t.plan(1)
     const customPrettifiers = {
diff --git a/test/types/pino-pretty.test-d.ts b/test/types/pino-pretty.test-d.ts
index 9f2acd71..b724b046 100644
--- a/test/types/pino-pretty.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types/pino-pretty.test-d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import pretty from "../../";
 import PinoPretty, {
   PinoPretty as PinoPrettyNamed,
   PrettyOptions,
+  CustomPrettifiers,
   colorizerFactory,
   prettyFactory
 } from "../../";
@@ -13,6 +14,19 @@ import PinoPrettyCjsImport = require("../../");
 import PrettyStream = PinoPretty.PrettyStream;
 const PinoPrettyCjs = require("../../");
 
+const customPrettifiers: CustomPrettifiers = new Map();
+customPrettifiers.set("key", (value) => {
+  return value.toString().toUpperCase();
+});
+customPrettifiers.set(
+  "level",
+  (level, levelKey, log, { label, labelColorized, colors }) => {
+    return level.toString();
+  }
+);
+customPrettifiers.set("foo", (value, key, log, { colors }) => {
+  return value.toString();
+});
 const options: PinoPretty.PrettyOptions = {
   colorize: true,
   crlf: false,
@@ -29,14 +43,7 @@ const options: PinoPretty.PrettyOptions = {
   minimumLevel: "trace",
   translateTime: "UTC:h:MM:ss TT Z",
   singleLine: false,
-  customPrettifiers: {
-    key: (value) => {
-      return value.toString().toUpperCase();
-    },
-    level: (level, label, colorized) => {
-      return level.toString();
-    }
-  },
+  customPrettifiers,
   customLevels: 'verbose:5',
   customColors: 'default:white,verbose:gray',
   sync: false,