diff --git a/library/std/src/collections/hash/map.rs b/library/std/src/collections/hash/map.rs
index 27f7191831d..4e6aee98647 100644
--- a/library/std/src/collections/hash/map.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/collections/hash/map.rs
@@ -842,6 +842,40 @@ where
         self.base.insert(k, v)
     }
 
+    /// Tries to insert a key-value pair into the map, and returns
+    /// a mutable reference to the value in the entry.
+    ///
+    /// If the map already had this key present, nothing is updated, and
+    /// an error containing the occupied entry and the value is returned.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// Basic usage:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(map_try_insert)]
+    ///
+    /// use std::collections::HashMap;
+    ///
+    /// let mut map = HashMap::new();
+    /// assert_eq!(map.try_insert(37, "a").unwrap(), &"a");
+    ///
+    /// let err = map.try_insert(37, "b").unwrap_err();
+    /// assert_eq!(err.entry.key(), &37);
+    /// assert_eq!(err.entry.get(), &"a");
+    /// assert_eq!(err.value, "b");
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "map_try_insert", issue = "none")]
+    pub fn try_insert(&mut self, key: K, value: V) -> Result<&mut V, OccupiedError<'_, K, V>>
+    where
+        K: Ord,
+    {
+        match self.entry(key) {
+            Occupied(entry) => Err(OccupiedError { entry, value }),
+            Vacant(entry) => Ok(entry.insert(value)),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Removes a key from the map, returning the value at the key if the key
     /// was previously in the map.
     ///
@@ -1851,6 +1885,18 @@ impl<K: Debug, V> Debug for VacantEntry<'_, K, V> {
     }
 }
 
+/// The error returned by [`try_insert`](HashMap::try_insert) when the key already exists.
+///
+/// Contains the occupied entry, and the value that was not inserted.
+#[unstable(feature = "map_try_insert", issue = "none")]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct OccupiedError<'a, K: 'a, V: 'a> {
+    /// The entry in the map that was already occupied.
+    pub entry: OccupiedEntry<'a, K, V>,
+    /// The value which was not inserted, because the entry was already occupied.
+    pub value: V,
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<'a, K, V, S> IntoIterator for &'a HashMap<K, V, S> {
     type Item = (&'a K, &'a V);