diff --git a/promise.hpp b/promise.hpp
index 85931a8..84524d3 100644
--- a/promise.hpp
+++ b/promise.hpp
@@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ namespace promise_hpp
             return state_->get();
         }
 
+        const T& get_or_default(const T& def) const noexcept {
+            try {
+                return get();
+            } catch (...) {
+                return def;
+            }
+        }
+
         void wait() const noexcept {
             state_->wait();
         }
@@ -680,6 +688,14 @@ namespace promise_hpp
             state_->get();
         }
 
+        void get_or_default() const noexcept {
+            try {
+                return get();
+            } catch (...) {
+                // nothing
+            }
+        }
+
         void wait() const noexcept {
             state_->wait();
         }
diff --git a/promise_tests.cpp b/promise_tests.cpp
index 80aa228..6da18da 100644
--- a/promise_tests.cpp
+++ b/promise_tests.cpp
@@ -998,6 +998,40 @@ TEST_CASE("get_and_wait") {
             REQUIRE(p.get() == 42);
         }
     }
+    SECTION("get_or_default") {
+        {
+            auto p = pr::make_resolved_promise(42);
+            REQUIRE(p.get_or_default(84) == 42);
+        }
+        {
+            auto p = pr::make_rejected_promise<int>(std::logic_error("hello fail"));
+            REQUIRE(p.get_or_default(84) == 84);
+        }
+        {
+            auto p = pr::promise<int>();
+            auto_thread t{[p]() mutable {
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(5));
+                p.resolve(42);
+            }};
+            REQUIRE(p.get_or_default(84) == 42);
+        }
+        {
+            auto p = pr::promise<int>();
+            auto_thread t{[p]() mutable {
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(5));
+                p.reject(std::logic_error("hello fail"));
+            }};
+            REQUIRE(p.get_or_default(84) == 84);
+        }
+        {
+            auto p = pr::make_resolved_promise();
+            REQUIRE_NOTHROW(p.get_or_default());
+        }
+        {
+            auto p = pr::make_rejected_promise<void>(std::logic_error("hello fail"));
+            REQUIRE_NOTHROW(p.get_or_default());
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("promise_transformations") {