diff --git a/lib/rackstash/fields/hash.rb b/lib/rackstash/fields/hash.rb
index 4084941..bdb8d6f 100644
--- a/lib/rackstash/fields/hash.rb
+++ b/lib/rackstash/fields/hash.rb
@@ -230,6 +230,34 @@ module Rackstash
         @raw.empty?
       end
 
+      # Returns a value from the hash for the given `key`. If the key can't be
+      # found, there are several options: With no other arguments, it will raise
+      # a `KeyError` exception; if `default` is given, then that value will be
+      # returned; if the optional code block is specified, then it will be
+      # called and its result returned.
+      #
+      # Note that neither `default` nor the block's return value are normalized
+      # before being returned.
+      #
+      # @param key [#to_s] the key name. We will always use it as a
+      #   frozen UTF-8 String.
+      # @param default [Object] a value to return if there is no value at `key`
+      #   in the hash
+      # @yield [key] if no value was set at `key`, no `default` value was given
+      #   and a block was given, we call the block and return its value
+      # @yieldparam key [String] the hash key
+      # @return [Object] the current value of the field if present. If the key
+      #   was not found, we return the `default` value or the value of the given
+      #   block.
+      def fetch(key, default = UNDEFINED, &block)
+        key = utf8_encode(key)
+        if UNDEFINED.equal? default
+          @raw.fetch(key, &block)
+        else
+          @raw.fetch(key, default)
+        end
+      end
+
       # @param key [String] The name of a key to check. This MUST be a correctly
       #   encoded String in order to return valid results
       # @return [Boolean] `true` if the key is forbidden from being added
diff --git a/spec/rackstash/fields/hash_spec.rb b/spec/rackstash/fields/hash_spec.rb
index 526a8ec..fe01441 100644
--- a/spec/rackstash/fields/hash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rackstash/fields/hash_spec.rb
@@ -393,6 +393,45 @@ describe Rackstash::Fields::Hash do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#fetch' do
+    it 'fetches an existing value' do
+      hash['key'] = 'value'
+      hash['nil'] = nil
+
+      expect(hash.fetch('key')).to eql 'value'
+      expect(hash.fetch('nil')).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it 'normalizes keys' do
+      hash['42'] = 'value'
+
+      expect(hash['42']).to eql 'value'
+      expect(hash[:'42']).to eql 'value'
+      expect(hash[42]).to eql 'value'
+    end
+
+    it 'raises if the key does not exist' do
+      expect { hash.fetch('missing') }.to raise_error KeyError
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the default value for a missing key' do
+      hash['key'] = 'value'
+
+      expect(hash.fetch('key', :default)).to eql 'value'
+      expect(hash.fetch('missing', :default)).to eql :default
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the block value for a missing key' do
+      hash['key'] = 'value'
+      called_with = []
+
+      expect(hash.fetch('key') { |key| called_with << key; :default }).to eql 'value'
+      expect(hash.fetch('missing') { |key| called_with << key; :default }).to eql :default
+
+      expect(called_with).to eql ['missing']
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#forbidden_key?' do
     let(:forbidden_keys) { ['forbidden', :foo] }