diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst
index 6926ca6..67c0025 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst
@@ -61,10 +61,15 @@
    modified by the prevailing umask).
 
 
-The object returned by :func:`.open` supports most of the same functionality as
+The object returned by :func:`.open` supports the same basic functionality as
 dictionaries; keys and their corresponding values can be stored, retrieved, and
 deleted, and the :keyword:`in` operator and the :meth:`keys` method are
-available. Key and values are always stored as bytes. This means that when
+available, as well as :meth:`get` and :meth:`setdefault`.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.2
+   :meth:`get` and :meth:`setdefault` are now available in all database modules.
+
+Key and values are always stored as bytes. This means that when
 strings are used they are implicitly converted to the default encoding before
 being stored.
 
diff --git a/Lib/dbm/dumb.py b/Lib/dbm/dumb.py
index 4d804da..cfb9123 100644
--- a/Lib/dbm/dumb.py
+++ b/Lib/dbm/dumb.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
         # The blocks used by the associated value are lost.
         del self._index[key]
         # XXX It's unclear why we do a _commit() here (the code always
-        # XXX has, so I'm not changing it).  _setitem__ doesn't try to
+        # XXX has, so I'm not changing it).  __setitem__ doesn't try to
         # XXX keep the directory file in synch.  Why should we?  Or
         # XXX why shouldn't __setitem__?
         self._commit()
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 
     __del__ = close
 
-    def _chmod (self, file):
+    def _chmod(self, file):
         if hasattr(self._os, 'chmod'):
             self._os.chmod(file, self._mode)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dbm_gnu.py b/Lib/test/test_dbm_gnu.py
index dad56e6..ce96ce4 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_dbm_gnu.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dbm_gnu.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
             key_set.remove(key)
             key = self.g.nextkey(key)
         self.assertRaises(KeyError, lambda: self.g['xxx'])
+        # get() and setdefault() work as in the dict interface
+        self.assertEqual(self.g.get(b'xxx', b'foo'), b'foo')
+        self.assertEqual(self.g.setdefault(b'xxx', b'foo'), b'foo')
+        self.assertEqual(self.g[b'xxx'], b'foo')
 
     def test_error_conditions(self):
         # Try to open a non-existent database.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f53a486..bc4cd25 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
-- Issue 10620: `python -m unittest` can accept file paths instead of module
+- Issue #6045: dbm.gnu databases now support get() and setdefault() methods.
+
+- Issue #10620: `python -m unittest` can accept file paths instead of module
   names for running specific tests.
 
 - Issue #9424: Deprecate the `unittest.TestCase` methods `assertEquals`,
diff --git a/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c b/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c
index f15fefd..474561b 100644
--- a/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c
@@ -135,6 +135,28 @@
     return v;
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(dbm_get__doc__,
+"get(key[, default]) -> value\n\
+Get the value for key, or default if not present; if not given,\n\
+default is None.");
+
+static PyObject *
+dbm_get(dbmobject *dp, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *v, *res;
+    PyObject *def = Py_None;
+
+    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "get", 1, 2, &v, &def))
+        return NULL;
+    res = dbm_subscript(dp, v);
+    if (res == NULL && PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError)) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        Py_INCREF(def);
+        return def;
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
 static int
 dbm_ass_sub(dbmobject *dp, PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
 {
@@ -176,6 +198,29 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(dbm_setdefault__doc__,
+"setdefault(key[, default]) -> value\n\
+Get value for key, or set it to default and return default if not present;\n\
+if not given, default is None.");
+
+static PyObject *
+dbm_setdefault(dbmobject *dp, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *v, *res;
+    PyObject *def = Py_None;
+
+    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "setdefault", 1, 2, &v, &def))
+        return NULL;
+    res = dbm_subscript(dp, v);
+    if (res == NULL && PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError)) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        if (dbm_ass_sub(dp, v, def) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+        return dbm_subscript(dp, v);
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
 static PyMappingMethods dbm_as_mapping = {
     (lenfunc)dbm_length,                /*mp_length*/
     (binaryfunc)dbm_subscript,          /*mp_subscript*/
@@ -378,6 +423,8 @@
     {"nextkey",   (PyCFunction)dbm_nextkey, METH_VARARGS, dbm_nextkey__doc__},
     {"reorganize",(PyCFunction)dbm_reorganize,METH_NOARGS, dbm_reorganize__doc__},
     {"sync",      (PyCFunction)dbm_sync,    METH_NOARGS, dbm_sync__doc__},
+    {"get",       (PyCFunction)dbm_get,     METH_VARARGS, dbm_get__doc__},
+    {"setdefault",(PyCFunction)dbm_setdefault,METH_VARARGS, dbm_setdefault__doc__},
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };