diff --git a/sortedcontainers/sorteddict.py b/sortedcontainers/sorteddict.py
index 164b58b8..910f2608 100644
--- a/sortedcontainers/sorteddict.py
+++ b/sortedcontainers/sorteddict.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 
+from itertools import chain
+
 from .sortedlist import SortedList, recursive_repr
 from .sortedset import SortedSet
 
@@ -27,9 +29,11 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 try:
-    from collections.abc import ItemsView, KeysView, ValuesView, Sequence
+    from collections.abc import (
+        ItemsView, KeysView, Mapping, ValuesView, Sequence
+    )
 except ImportError:
-    from collections import ItemsView, KeysView, ValuesView, Sequence
+    from collections import ItemsView, KeysView, Mapping, ValuesView, Sequence
 
 ###############################################################################
 # END Python 2/3 Shims
@@ -298,6 +302,25 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
     _setitem = __setitem__
 
 
+    def __or__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Mapping):
+            return NotImplemented
+        items = chain(self.items(), other.items())
+        return self.__class__(self._key, items)
+
+
+    def __ror__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Mapping):
+            return NotImplemented
+        items = chain(other.items(), self.items())
+        return self.__class__(self._key, items)
+
+
+    def __ior__(self, other):
+        self._update(other)
+        return self
+
+
     def copy(self):
         """Return a shallow copy of the sorted dict.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_coverage_sorteddict.py b/tests/test_coverage_sorteddict.py
index 5eaa8307..9b62a7f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_coverage_sorteddict.py
+++ b/tests/test_coverage_sorteddict.py
@@ -491,3 +491,38 @@ def test_ref_counts():
         del temp
         del_count = len(gc.get_objects())
         assert start_count == del_count
+
+class CustomOr:
+    def __or__(self, other):
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __ror__(self, other):
+        return self
+
+def test_or():
+    mapping = [(val, pos) for pos, val in enumerate(string.ascii_lowercase)]
+    temp1 = SortedDict(mapping[:13])
+    temp2 = SortedDict(mapping[13:])
+    temp3 = temp1 | temp2
+    assert temp3 == dict(mapping)
+
+def test_or_not_implemented():
+    SortedDict() | CustomOr()
+
+def test_ror():
+    mapping = [(val, pos) for pos, val in enumerate(string.ascii_lowercase)]
+    temp1 = dict(mapping[:13])
+    temp2 = SortedDict(mapping[13:])
+    temp3 = temp1 | temp2
+    assert temp3 == dict(mapping)
+
+def test_ror_not_implemented():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        CustomOr() | SortedDict()
+
+def test_ior():
+    mapping = [(val, pos) for pos, val in enumerate(string.ascii_lowercase)]
+    temp1 = SortedDict(mapping[:13])
+    temp2 = SortedDict(mapping[13:])
+    temp1 |= temp2
+    assert temp1 == dict(mapping)