diff --git a/src/map.rs b/src/map.rs
index ab1128879f..f9b6ae9689 100644
--- a/src/map.rs
+++ b/src/map.rs
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ impl<K, V, S> HashMap<K, V, S> {
 }
 
 impl<K, V, S, A: Allocator + Clone> HashMap<K, V, S, A> {
+    /// Returns a reference to the underlying allocator.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn allocator(&self) -> &A {
+        self.table.allocator()
+    }
+
     /// Creates an empty `HashMap` which will use the given hash builder to hash
     /// keys. It will be allocated with the given allocator.
     ///
diff --git a/src/raw/mod.rs b/src/raw/mod.rs
index 6202534af4..d0418e387d 100644
--- a/src/raw/mod.rs
+++ b/src/raw/mod.rs
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ impl<T, A: Allocator + Clone> RawTable<T, A> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns a reference to the underlying allocator.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn allocator(&self) -> &A {
+        &self.table.alloc
+    }
+
     /// Deallocates the table without dropping any entries.
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "inline-more", inline)]
     unsafe fn free_buckets(&mut self) {
diff --git a/src/set.rs b/src/set.rs
index d59183b5ca..bf3faee60d 100644
--- a/src/set.rs
+++ b/src/set.rs
@@ -454,6 +454,12 @@ impl<T, S, A> HashSet<T, S, A>
 where
     A: Allocator + Clone,
 {
+    /// Returns a reference to the underlying allocator.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn allocator(&self) -> &A {
+        self.map.allocator()
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new empty hash set which will use the given hasher to hash
     /// keys.
     ///