diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp
index 033625bc4c..28a7e8f317 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp
@@ -76,6 +76,67 @@ class json_pointer
         return to_string();
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief append another JSON pointer at the end of this JSON pointer
+    */
+    json_pointer& operator/=(const json_pointer& ptr)
+    {
+        reference_tokens.insert(reference_tokens.end(), ptr.reference_tokens.begin(), ptr.reference_tokens.end());
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /// @copydoc push_back(std::string&&)
+    json_pointer& operator/=(std::string token)
+    {
+        push_back(std::move(token));
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /// @copydoc operator/=(std::string)
+    json_pointer& operator/=(std::size_t array_index)
+    {
+        return *this /= std::to_string(array_index);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the right JSON pointer at the end of the left JSON pointer
+    */
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& left_ptr, const json_pointer& right_ptr)
+    {
+        return json_pointer(left_ptr) /= right_ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the unescaped token at the end of the JSON pointer
+    */
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& ptr, std::string token)
+    {
+        return json_pointer(ptr) /= std::move(token);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the array-index-token at the end of the JSON pointer
+    */
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& lhs, std::size_t array_index)
+    {
+        return json_pointer(lhs) /= array_index;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer that is the parent of this JSON pointer
+    */
+    json_pointer parent_pointer() const
+    {
+        if (empty())
+        {
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        json_pointer res = *this;
+        res.pop_back();
+        return res;
+    }
+
     /*!
     @param[in] s  reference token to be converted into an array index
 
@@ -98,12 +159,12 @@ class json_pointer
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief remove and return last reference pointer
+    @brief remove and return last reference token
     @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
     */
     std::string pop_back()
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(empty()))
         {
             JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
         }
@@ -114,24 +175,29 @@ class json_pointer
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief remove and return last reference pointer
-    @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
+    @brief append an unescaped token at the end of the reference pointer
     */
-    void push_back(const std::string& tok)
+    void push_back(const std::string& token)
     {
-        reference_tokens.push_back(tok);
+        reference_tokens.push_back(token);
+    }
+
+    /// @copydoc push_back(const std::string&)
+    void push_back(std::string&& token)
+    {
+        reference_tokens.push_back(std::move(token));
     }
 
-  private:
     /// return whether pointer points to the root document
-    bool is_root() const noexcept
+    bool empty() const noexcept
     {
         return reference_tokens.empty();
     }
 
+  private:
     json_pointer top() const
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(empty()))
         {
             JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
         }
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index f0aff55e9a..50f7980f62 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -7493,7 +7493,7 @@ class basic_json
         const auto operation_add = [&result](json_pointer & ptr, basic_json val)
         {
             // adding to the root of the target document means replacing it
-            if (ptr.is_root())
+            if (ptr.empty())
             {
                 result = val;
             }
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 2e06ef335f..ded6c2bcce 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -11896,6 +11896,67 @@ class json_pointer
         return to_string();
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief append another JSON pointer at the end of this JSON pointer
+    */
+    json_pointer& operator/=(const json_pointer& ptr)
+    {
+        reference_tokens.insert(reference_tokens.end(), ptr.reference_tokens.begin(), ptr.reference_tokens.end());
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /// @copydoc push_back(std::string&&)
+    json_pointer& operator/=(std::string token)
+    {
+        push_back(std::move(token));
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /// @copydoc operator/=(std::string)
+    json_pointer& operator/=(std::size_t array_index)
+    {
+        return *this /= std::to_string(array_index);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the right JSON pointer at the end of the left JSON pointer
+    */
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& left_ptr, const json_pointer& right_ptr)
+    {
+        return json_pointer(left_ptr) /= right_ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the unescaped token at the end of the JSON pointer
+    */
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& ptr, std::string token)
+    {
+        return json_pointer(ptr) /= std::move(token);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the array-index-token at the end of the JSON pointer
+    */
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& lhs, std::size_t array_index)
+    {
+        return json_pointer(lhs) /= array_index;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer that is the parent of this JSON pointer
+    */
+    json_pointer parent_pointer() const
+    {
+        if (empty())
+        {
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        json_pointer res = *this;
+        res.pop_back();
+        return res;
+    }
+
     /*!
     @param[in] s  reference token to be converted into an array index
 
@@ -11918,12 +11979,12 @@ class json_pointer
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief remove and return last reference pointer
+    @brief remove and return last reference token
     @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
     */
     std::string pop_back()
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(empty()))
         {
             JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
         }
@@ -11934,24 +11995,29 @@ class json_pointer
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief remove and return last reference pointer
-    @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
+    @brief append an unescaped token at the end of the reference pointer
     */
-    void push_back(const std::string& tok)
+    void push_back(const std::string& token)
     {
-        reference_tokens.push_back(tok);
+        reference_tokens.push_back(token);
+    }
+
+    /// @copydoc push_back(const std::string&)
+    void push_back(std::string&& token)
+    {
+        reference_tokens.push_back(std::move(token));
     }
 
-  private:
     /// return whether pointer points to the root document
-    bool is_root() const noexcept
+    bool empty() const noexcept
     {
         return reference_tokens.empty();
     }
 
+  private:
     json_pointer top() const
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(empty()))
         {
             JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
         }
@@ -20002,7 +20068,7 @@ class basic_json
         const auto operation_add = [&result](json_pointer & ptr, basic_json val)
         {
             // adding to the root of the target document means replacing it
-            if (ptr.is_root())
+            if (ptr.empty())
             {
                 result = val;
             }
diff --git a/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp b/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp
index 1bcd3938a7..349bdf6cb4 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
                 })
         {
             CHECK(json::json_pointer(ptr).to_string() == ptr);
+            CHECK(std::string(json::json_pointer(ptr)) == ptr);
         }
     }
 
@@ -460,7 +461,7 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
         }
     }
 
-    SECTION("push and pop")
+    SECTION("empty, push, pop and parent")
     {
         const json j =
         {
@@ -489,22 +490,28 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
 
         // empty json_pointer returns the root JSON-object
         auto ptr = ""_json_pointer;
+        CHECK(ptr.empty());
         CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
 
         // simple field access
         ptr.push_back("pi");
+        CHECK(!ptr.empty());
         CHECK(j[ptr] == j["pi"]);
 
         ptr.pop_back();
+        CHECK(ptr.empty());
         CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
 
         // object and children access
-        ptr.push_back("answer");
+        const std::string answer("answer");
+        ptr.push_back(answer);
         ptr.push_back("everything");
+        CHECK(!ptr.empty());
         CHECK(j[ptr] == j["answer"]["everything"]);
 
         ptr.pop_back();
         ptr.pop_back();
+        CHECK(ptr.empty());
         CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
 
         // push key which has to be encoded
@@ -512,5 +519,78 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
         ptr.push_back("/");
         CHECK(j[ptr] == j["object"]["/"]);
         CHECK(ptr.to_string() == "/object/~1");
+
+        CHECK(j[ptr.parent_pointer()] == j["object"]);
+        ptr = ptr.parent_pointer().parent_pointer();
+        CHECK(ptr.empty());
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
+        // parent-pointer of the empty json_pointer is empty
+        ptr = ptr.parent_pointer();
+        CHECK(ptr.empty());
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
+
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH(ptr.pop_back(),
+                          "[json.exception.out_of_range.405] JSON pointer has no parent");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("operators")
+    {
+        const json j =
+        {
+            {"", "Hello"},
+            {"pi", 3.141},
+            {"happy", true},
+            {"name", "Niels"},
+            {"nothing", nullptr},
+            {
+                "answer", {
+                    {"everything", 42}
+                }
+            },
+            {"list", {1, 0, 2}},
+            {
+                "object", {
+                    {"currency", "USD"},
+                    {"value", 42.99},
+                    {"", "empty string"},
+                    {"/", "slash"},
+                    {"~", "tilde"},
+                    {"~1", "tilde1"}
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        // empty json_pointer returns the root JSON-object
+        auto ptr = ""_json_pointer;
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
+
+        // simple field access
+        ptr = ptr / "pi";
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j["pi"]);
+
+        ptr.pop_back();
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
+
+        // object and children access
+        const std::string answer("answer");
+        ptr /= answer;
+        ptr = ptr / "everything";
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j["answer"]["everything"]);
+
+        ptr.pop_back();
+        ptr.pop_back();
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j);
+
+        CHECK(ptr / ""_json_pointer == ptr);
+        CHECK(j["/answer"_json_pointer / "/everything"_json_pointer] == j["answer"]["everything"]);
+
+        // list children access
+        CHECK(j["/list"_json_pointer / 1] == j["list"][1]);
+
+        // push key which has to be encoded
+        ptr /= "object";
+        ptr = ptr / "/";
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == j["object"]["/"]);
+        CHECK(ptr.to_string() == "/object/~1");
     }
 }