diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e675babdcf..a355d91d7d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ Note: We're only listing outstanding class updates.
 
 * MatchData
     * MatchData#byteoffset has been added. [[Feature #13110]]
+    * MatchData#deconstruct has been added. [[Feature #18821]]
+    * MatchData#deconstruct_keys has been added. [[Feature #18821]]
 
 * Module
     * Module.used_refinements has been added. [[Feature #14332]]
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 5091f9a124..ff9d5bccc4 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -2283,8 +2283,14 @@ match_named_captures_iter(const OnigUChar *name, const OnigUChar *name_end,
     struct MEMO *memo = MEMO_CAST(arg);
     VALUE hash = memo->v1;
     VALUE match = memo->v2;
+    long symbolize = memo->u3.state;
 
     VALUE key = rb_enc_str_new((const char *)name, name_end-name, regex->enc);
+
+    if (symbolize > 0) {
+        key = rb_str_intern(key);
+    }
+
     VALUE value;
 
     int i;
@@ -2348,6 +2354,83 @@ match_named_captures(VALUE match)
     return hash;
 }
 
+/*
+ *  call-seq:
+ *    deconstruct_keys(array_of_names) -> hash
+ *
+ *  Returns a hash of the named captures for the given names.
+ *
+ *    m = /(?<hours>\d{2}):(?<minutes>\d{2}):(?<seconds>\d{2})/.match("18:37:22")
+ *    m.deconstruct_keys([:hours, :minutes]) # => {:hours => "18", :minutes => "37"}
+ *    m.deconstruct_keys(nil) # => {:hours => "18", :minutes => "37", :seconds => "22"}
+ *
+ *  Returns an empty hash of no named captures were defined:
+ *
+ *    m = /(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})/.match("18:37:22")
+ *    m.deconstruct_keys(nil) # => {}
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE
+match_deconstruct_keys(VALUE match, VALUE keys)
+{
+    VALUE h;
+    long i;
+
+    match_check(match);
+
+    if (NIL_P(RMATCH(match)->regexp)) {
+        return rb_hash_new_with_size(0);
+    }
+
+    if (NIL_P(keys)) {
+        h = rb_hash_new_with_size(onig_number_of_names(RREGEXP_PTR(RMATCH(match)->regexp)));
+
+        struct MEMO *memo;
+        memo = MEMO_NEW(h, match, 1);
+
+        onig_foreach_name(RREGEXP_PTR(RMATCH(match)->regexp), match_named_captures_iter, (void*)memo);
+
+        return h;
+    }
+
+    if (UNLIKELY(!RB_TYPE_P(keys, T_ARRAY))) {
+        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
+                 "wrong argument type %"PRIsVALUE" (expected Array or nil)",
+                 rb_obj_class(keys));
+
+    }
+
+    if (onig_number_of_names(RREGEXP_PTR(RMATCH(match)->regexp)) < RARRAY_LEN(keys)) {
+        return rb_hash_new_with_size(0);
+    }
+
+    h = rb_hash_new_with_size(RARRAY_LEN(keys));
+
+    for (i=0; i<RARRAY_LEN(keys); i++) {
+        VALUE key = RARRAY_AREF(keys, i);
+        VALUE name;
+
+        if (UNLIKELY(!SYMBOL_P(key))) {
+            rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
+                 "wrong argument type %"PRIsVALUE" (expected Symbol)",
+                 rb_obj_class(key));
+        }
+
+        name = rb_sym2str(key);
+
+        int num = NAME_TO_NUMBER(RMATCH_REGS(match), RMATCH(match)->regexp, RMATCH(match)->regexp,
+                         RSTRING_PTR(name), RSTRING_END(name));
+
+        if (num >= 0) {
+            rb_hash_aset(h, key, rb_reg_nth_match(num, match));
+        } else {
+            return h;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return h;
+}
+
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *    string -> string
@@ -4542,7 +4625,9 @@ Init_Regexp(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "to_a", match_to_a, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "[]", match_aref, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "captures", match_captures, 0);
+    rb_define_alias(rb_cMatch,  "deconstruct", "captures");
     rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "named_captures", match_named_captures, 0);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "deconstruct_keys", match_deconstruct_keys, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "values_at", match_values_at, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "pre_match", rb_reg_match_pre, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cMatch, "post_match", rb_reg_match_post, 0);
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb b/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb
index 1d93d1a5b1..7d7d7e5180 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb
@@ -608,6 +608,38 @@ class TestRegexp < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal('#<MatchData "foobarbaz" 1:"foo" 2:"bar" 3:"baz" 4:nil>', m.inspect)
   end
 
+  def test_match_data_deconstruct
+    m = /foo.+/.match("foobarbaz")
+    assert_equal([], m.deconstruct)
+
+    m = /(foo).+(baz)/.match("foobarbaz")
+    assert_equal(["foo", "baz"], m.deconstruct)
+
+    m = /(...)(...)(...)(...)?/.match("foobarbaz")
+    assert_equal(["foo", "bar", "baz", nil], m.deconstruct)
+  end
+
+  def test_match_data_deconstruct_keys
+    m = /foo.+/.match("foobarbaz")
+    assert_equal({}, m.deconstruct_keys([:a]))
+
+    m = /(?<a>foo).+(?<b>baz)/.match("foobarbaz")
+    assert_equal({a: "foo", b: "baz"}, m.deconstruct_keys(nil))
+    assert_equal({a: "foo", b: "baz"}, m.deconstruct_keys([:a, :b]))
+    assert_equal({b: "baz"}, m.deconstruct_keys([:b]))
+    assert_equal({}, m.deconstruct_keys([:c, :a]))
+    assert_equal({a: "foo"}, m.deconstruct_keys([:a, :c]))
+    assert_equal({}, m.deconstruct_keys([:a, :b, :c]))
+
+    assert_raise(TypeError) {
+      m.deconstruct_keys(0)
+    }
+
+    assert_raise(TypeError) {
+      m.deconstruct_keys(["a", "b"])
+    }
+  end
+
   def test_initialize
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) { Regexp.new }
     assert_equal(/foo/, assert_warning(/ignored/) {Regexp.new(/foo/, Regexp::IGNORECASE)})