diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a8543e6c..8310761f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Version 1.0
 - Don't leak exception info of already catched exceptions to context teardown
   handlers (pull request ``#1393``).
 - Allow custom Jinja environment subclasses (pull request ``#1422``).
+- ``flask.g`` now has ``pop()`` and ``setdefault`` methods.
 
 Version 0.10.2
 --------------
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 70be5ca2..3da975e9 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ thing, like it does for :class:`request` and :class:`session`.
    It's now also possible to use the ``in`` operator on it to see if an
    attribute is defined and it yields all keys on iteration.
 
+   As of 1.0 you can use :meth:`pop` and :meth:`setdefault` in the same
+   way you would use them on a dictionary.
+
    This is a proxy.  See :ref:`notes-on-proxies` for more information.
 
 
diff --git a/flask/ctx.py b/flask/ctx.py
index 24d0612c..91b5ee50 100644
--- a/flask/ctx.py
+++ b/flask/ctx.py
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ class _AppCtxGlobals(object):
     def get(self, name, default=None):
         return self.__dict__.get(name, default)
 
+    def pop(self, name, default=_sentinel):
+        if default is _sentinel:
+            return self.__dict__.pop(name)
+        else:
+            return self.__dict__.pop(name, default)
+
+    def setdefault(self, name, default=None):
+        self.__dict__.setdefault(name, default)
+
     def __contains__(self, item):
         return item in self.__dict__
 
diff --git a/tests/test_appctx.py b/tests/test_appctx.py
index 2b0f5f94..f24704ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_appctx.py
+++ b/tests/test_appctx.py
@@ -93,6 +93,28 @@ def test_app_tearing_down_with_handled_exception():
 
     assert cleanup_stuff == [None]
 
+def test_app_ctx_globals_methods():
+    app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+    with app.app_context():
+        # get
+        assert flask.g.get('foo') is None
+        assert flask.g.get('foo', 'bar') == 'bar'
+        # __contains__
+        assert 'foo' not in flask.g
+        flask.g.foo = 'bar'
+        assert 'foo' in flask.g
+        # setdefault
+        flask.g.setdefault('bar', 'the cake is a lie')
+        flask.g.setdefault('bar', 'hello world')
+        assert flask.g.bar == 'the cake is a lie'
+        # pop
+        assert flask.g.pop('bar') == 'the cake is a lie'
+        with pytest.raises(KeyError):
+            flask.g.pop('bar')
+        assert flask.g.pop('bar', 'more cake') == 'more cake'
+        # __iter__
+        assert list(flask.g) == ['foo']
+
 def test_custom_app_ctx_globals_class():
     class CustomRequestGlobals(object):
         def __init__(self):