diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a244745..d2ad1d36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ _See also: [the official LibGDX changelog](https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/blob
 - **[UPDATE]** Updated to Kotlin 1.4.0.
 - **[UPDATE]** Updated to Kotlin Coroutines 1.3.9.
 - **[FEATURE]** (`ktx-scene2d`) Added `image` builders for `NinePatch`, `TextureRegion`, `Texture` and `Drawable`.
+- **[FEATURE]** (`ktx-collections`) Added alias `GdxArrayMap` for gds ArrayMap and `set` operator function to use square brackets assignment.
 
 #### 1.9.11-b1
 
diff --git a/collections/src/main/kotlin/ktx/collections/maps.kt b/collections/src/main/kotlin/ktx/collections/maps.kt
index 1fb338e1..57ed239e 100644
--- a/collections/src/main/kotlin/ktx/collections/maps.kt
+++ b/collections/src/main/kotlin/ktx/collections/maps.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 package ktx.collections
 
+import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ArrayMap
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.IdentityMap
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.IntFloatMap
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.IntIntMap
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ObjectSet
 /** Alias for [com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ObjectMap]. Added for consistency with other collections and factory methods. */
 typealias GdxMap<Key, Value> = ObjectMap<Key, Value>
 
+/** Alias for [com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ArrayMap]. Added for consistency with other collections and factory methods. */
+typealias GdxArrayMap<Key, Value> = ArrayMap<Key, Value>
+
 /**
  * Default LibGDX map size used by most constructors.
  */
@@ -293,6 +297,13 @@ operator fun IntMap<*>.contains(key: Int): Boolean = this.containsKey(key)
  */
 operator fun <Value> IntMap<Value>.set(key: Int, value: Value): Value? = this.put(key, value)
 
+/**
+ * @param key the passed value will be linked with this key.
+ * @param value will be stored in the map, accessible by the passed key.
+ * @return index of the key and value in the underlying arrays.
+ */
+operator fun <Key, Value> GdxArrayMap<Key, Value>.set(key: Key, value: Value): Int = this.put(key, value)
+
 /**
  * Allows to destruct [ObjectMap.Entry] into key and value components.
  * @return [ObjectMap.Entry.key]
diff --git a/collections/src/test/kotlin/ktx/collections/MapsTest.kt b/collections/src/test/kotlin/ktx/collections/MapsTest.kt
index 1f9d7ea5..716111d3 100644
--- a/collections/src/test/kotlin/ktx/collections/MapsTest.kt
+++ b/collections/src/test/kotlin/ktx/collections/MapsTest.kt
@@ -380,4 +380,17 @@ class MapsTest {
 
     assertEquals(GdxArray.with(1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3), result)
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `should add new entry to the GdxArrayMap using square brackets assignment`() {
+    val gdxArrayMap = GdxArrayMap<Int, String>()
+    gdxArrayMap[1] = "One"
+    gdxArrayMap[2] = "Two"
+    gdxArrayMap.put(3, "Three")
+    gdxArrayMap.put(4, "Four")
+    assertEquals("One", gdxArrayMap[1])
+    assertEquals("Two", gdxArrayMap[2])
+    assertEquals("Three", gdxArrayMap[3])
+    assertEquals("Four", gdxArrayMap[4])
+  }
 }