diff --git a/lib/rackstash/fields/array.rb b/lib/rackstash/fields/array.rb
index a64ef68..59c7520 100644
--- a/lib/rackstash/fields/array.rb
+++ b/lib/rackstash/fields/array.rb
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ module Rackstash
         self
       end
 
+      # Removes the last element from `self` and returns it, or `nil` if the
+      # array is empty. If a number `n` is given, returns an array of the last
+      # `n` elements (or less).
+      #
+      # See {#push} for the opposite effect.
+      #
+      # @param n [Integer, nil] the (optional) number of elements to return from
+      #   the end
+      # @return [Object, Array<Object>, nil] If `n` was given, we always return
+      #   an array with at most `n` elements. Else, we return the last element
+      #   or `nil` if the array is empty.
+      #
+      def pop(n = nil)
+        n.nil? ? @raw.pop : @raw.pop(n)
+      end
+
       # Append — Pushes the given object(s) on to the end of this array. All
       # values will be normalized before being added. This method returns the
       # array itself, so several appends may be chained together.
diff --git a/spec/rackstash/fields/array_spec.rb b/spec/rackstash/fields/array_spec.rb
index aed729c..8468fa0 100644
--- a/spec/rackstash/fields/array_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rackstash/fields/array_spec.rb
@@ -268,6 +268,27 @@ describe Rackstash::Fields::Array do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#pop' do
+    it 'returns nothing from an empty array' do
+      expect(array.pop).to be_nil
+      expect(array.pop(42)).to be_instance_of(Array).and be_empty
+    end
+
+    it 'returns and removes the last element' do
+      array << 'foo' << 'bar'
+
+      expect(array.pop).to eql 'bar'
+      expect(array[0]).to eql 'foo'
+    end
+
+    it 'returns and removes at most n elements' do
+      array << 'foo' << 'bar' << 'baz'
+
+      expect(array.pop(2)).to eql ['bar', 'baz']
+      expect(array[0]).to eql 'foo'
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#push' do
     it 'can append multiple values' do
       expect(array.push 'value', 'value2').to equal array