diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index cec6c9781a15e0..06196d1a3922b5 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -973,10 +973,17 @@ def __delitem__(self, key): del self.data[key]
     def __iter__(self):
         return iter(self.data)
 
-    # Modify __contains__ to work correctly when __missing__ is present
+    # Modify __contains__ and get() to work like dict
+    # does when __missing__ is present.
     def __contains__(self, key):
         return key in self.data
 
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        if key in self:
+            return self[key]
+        return default
+
+
     # Now, add the methods in dicts but not in MutableMapping
     def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data)
     def __copy__(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index 92520b09bb8f26..a5859bff09ad35 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ def test_dict_copy(self):
         obj[123] = "abc"
         self._copy_test(obj)
 
+    def test_dict_missing(self):
+        class A(UserDict):
+            def __missing__(self, key):
+                return 456
+        self.assertEqual(A()[123], 456)
+        # get() ignores __missing__ on dict
+        self.assertIs(A().get(123), None)
+
 
 ################################################################################
 ### ChainMap (helper class for configparser and the string module)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-09-01-57-12.bpo-39264.GsBL9-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-09-01-57-12.bpo-39264.GsBL9-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5f9ffdffce5c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-09-01-57-12.bpo-39264.GsBL9-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed :meth:`collections.UserDict.get` to not call
+:meth:`__missing__` when a value is not found. This matches the behavior of
+:class:`dict`. Patch by Bar Harel.