diff --git a/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 4696f704..db23a1bd 100644
--- a/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -1867,6 +1867,64 @@ class ContainsMatcher {
   const M inner_matcher_;
 };
 
+// Implements Key(inner_matcher) for the given argument pair type.
+// Key(inner_matcher) matches an std::pair whose 'first' field matches
+// inner_matcher.  For example, Contains(Key(Ge(5))) can be used to match an
+// std::map that contains at least one element whose key is >= 5.
+template <typename PairType>
+class KeyMatcherImpl : public MatcherInterface<PairType> {
+ public:
+  typedef GMOCK_REMOVE_CONST_(GMOCK_REMOVE_REFERENCE_(PairType)) RawPairType;
+  typedef typename RawPairType::first_type KeyType;
+
+  template <typename InnerMatcher>
+  explicit KeyMatcherImpl(InnerMatcher inner_matcher)
+      : inner_matcher_(
+          testing::SafeMatcherCast<const KeyType&>(inner_matcher)) {
+  }
+
+  // Returns true iff 'key_value.first' (the key) matches the inner matcher.
+  virtual bool Matches(PairType key_value) const {
+    return inner_matcher_.Matches(key_value.first);
+  }
+
+  // Describes what this matcher does.
+  virtual void DescribeTo(::std::ostream* os) const {
+    *os << "has a key that ";
+    inner_matcher_.DescribeTo(os);
+  }
+
+  // Describes what the negation of this matcher does.
+  virtual void DescribeNegationTo(::std::ostream* os) const {
+    *os << "doesn't have a key that ";
+    inner_matcher_.DescribeTo(os);
+  }
+
+  // Explains why 'key_value' matches, or doesn't match, this matcher.
+  virtual void ExplainMatchResultTo(PairType key_value,
+                                    ::std::ostream* os) const {
+    inner_matcher_.ExplainMatchResultTo(key_value.first, os);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  const Matcher<const KeyType&> inner_matcher_;
+};
+
+// Implements polymorphic Key(matcher_for_key).
+template <typename M>
+class KeyMatcher {
+ public:
+  explicit KeyMatcher(M m) : matcher_for_key_(m) {}
+
+  template <typename PairType>
+  operator Matcher<PairType>() const {
+    return MakeMatcher(new KeyMatcherImpl<PairType>(matcher_for_key_));
+  }
+
+ private:
+  const M matcher_for_key_;
+};
+
 }  // namespace internal
 
 // Implements MatcherCast().
@@ -2342,6 +2400,14 @@ inline internal::ContainsMatcher<M> Contains(M matcher) {
   return internal::ContainsMatcher<M>(matcher);
 }
 
+// Key(inner_matcher) matches an std::pair whose 'first' field matches
+// inner_matcher.  For example, Contains(Key(Ge(5))) can be used to match an
+// std::map that contains at least one element whose key is >= 5.
+template <typename M>
+inline internal::KeyMatcher<M> Key(M inner_matcher) {
+  return internal::KeyMatcher<M>(inner_matcher);
+}
+
 // Returns a predicate that is satisfied by anything that matches the
 // given matcher.
 template <typename M>
diff --git a/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc b/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
index 3541eef7..052202d7 100644
--- a/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
+++ b/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ bool SkipPrefix(const char* prefix, const char** pstr);
 
 namespace gmock_matchers_test {
 
+using std::map;
+using std::multimap;
 using std::stringstream;
 using std::tr1::make_tuple;
 using testing::A;
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ using testing::FloatEq;
 using testing::Ge;
 using testing::Gt;
 using testing::HasSubstr;
+using testing::Key;
 using testing::Le;
 using testing::Lt;
 using testing::MakeMatcher;
@@ -850,6 +853,52 @@ TEST(HasSubstrTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
   EXPECT_EQ("has substring \"foo\\n\\\"\"", Describe(m));
 }
 
+TEST(KeyTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
+  Matcher<const std::pair<std::string, int>&> m = Key("foo");
+  EXPECT_EQ("has a key that is equal to \"foo\"", Describe(m));
+}
+
+TEST(KeyTest, MatchesCorrectly) {
+  std::pair<int, std::string> p(25, "foo");
+  EXPECT_THAT(p, Key(25));
+  EXPECT_THAT(p, Not(Key(42)));
+  EXPECT_THAT(p, Key(Ge(20)));
+  EXPECT_THAT(p, Not(Key(Lt(25))));
+}
+
+TEST(KeyTest, SafelyCastsInnerMatcher) {
+  Matcher<int> is_positive = Gt(0);
+  Matcher<int> is_negative = Lt(0);
+  std::pair<char, bool> p('a', true);
+  EXPECT_THAT(p, Key(is_positive));
+  EXPECT_THAT(p, Not(Key(is_negative)));
+}
+
+TEST(KeyTest, InsideContainsUsingMap) {
+  std::map<int, std::string> container;
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(1, "foo"));
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(2, "bar"));
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(4, "baz"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(container, Contains(Key(1)));
+  EXPECT_THAT(container, Not(Contains(Key(3))));
+}
+
+TEST(KeyTest, InsideContainsUsingMultimap) {
+  std::multimap<int, std::string> container;
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(1, "foo"));
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(2, "bar"));
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(4, "baz"));
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(container, Not(Contains(Key(25))));
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(25, "more foo"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(container, Contains(Key(25)));
+  container.insert(std::make_pair(25, "more bar"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(container, Contains(Key(25)));
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(container, Contains(Key(1)));
+  EXPECT_THAT(container, Not(Contains(Key(3))));
+}
+
 // Tests StartsWith(s).
 
 TEST(StartsWithTest, MatchesStringWithGivenPrefix) {