diff --git a/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs b/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
index 43226d23368..3b775dc2865 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
@@ -1898,6 +1898,12 @@ impl<'a, K: Ord, V> VacantEntry<'a, K, V> {
         &self.key
     }
 
+    /// Take ownership of the key.
+    #[unstable(feature = "map_entry_recover_keys", issue = "34285")]
+    pub fn into_key(self) -> K {
+        self.key
+    }
+
     /// Sets the value of the entry with the VacantEntry's key,
     /// and returns a mutable reference to it.
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -1950,6 +1956,12 @@ impl<'a, K: Ord, V> OccupiedEntry<'a, K, V> {
         self.handle.reborrow().into_kv().0
     }
 
+    /// Take ownership of the key and value from the map.
+    #[unstable(feature = "map_entry_recover_keys", issue = "34285")]
+    pub fn remove_pair(self) -> (K, V) {
+        self.remove_kv()
+    }
+
     /// Gets a reference to the value in the entry.
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn get(&self) -> &V {
diff --git a/src/libstd/collections/hash/map.rs b/src/libstd/collections/hash/map.rs
index 37045822d47..536f168e401 100644
--- a/src/libstd/collections/hash/map.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/collections/hash/map.rs
@@ -1552,6 +1552,12 @@ impl<'a, K, V> OccupiedEntry<'a, K, V> {
         self.elem.read().0
     }
 
+    /// Take the ownership of the key and value from the map.
+    #[unstable(feature = "map_entry_recover_keys", issue = "34285")]
+    pub fn remove_pair(self) -> (K, V) {
+        pop_internal(self.elem)
+    }
+
     /// Gets a reference to the value in the entry.
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn get(&self) -> &V {
@@ -1584,6 +1590,7 @@ impl<'a, K, V> OccupiedEntry<'a, K, V> {
     pub fn remove(self) -> V {
         pop_internal(self.elem).1
     }
+
     /// Returns a key that was used for search.
     ///
     /// The key was retained for further use.
@@ -1600,6 +1607,12 @@ impl<'a, K: 'a, V: 'a> VacantEntry<'a, K, V> {
         &self.key
     }
 
+    /// Take ownership of the key.
+    #[unstable(feature = "map_entry_recover_keys", issue = "34285")]
+    pub fn into_key(self) -> K {
+        self.key
+    }
+
     /// Sets the value of the entry with the VacantEntry's key,
     /// and returns a mutable reference to it
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]