diff --git a/scrapy/settings/__init__.py b/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
index a3b849f7b..57fe1d17a 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class BaseSettings(MutableMapping):
     highest priority will be retrieved.
     """
 
+    __default = object()
+
     def __init__(self, values=None, priority="project"):
         self.frozen = False
         self.attributes = {}
@@ -445,6 +447,18 @@ class BaseSettings(MutableMapping):
         else:
             p.text(pformat(self.copy_to_dict()))
 
+    def pop(self, name, default=__default):
+        try:
+            value = self.attributes[name]
+        except KeyError:
+            if default is self.__default:
+                raise
+
+            return SettingsAttribute(default, get_settings_priority("project"))
+        else:
+            del self.attributes[name]
+            return value
+
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_settings/__init__.py b/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
index 4a577cd8c..0e2f4aa98 100644
--- a/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
@@ -451,6 +451,19 @@ class SettingsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(myhandler_instance, FileDownloadHandler)
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(myhandler_instance, "download_request"))
 
+    def test_pop_item_with_default_value(self):
+        settings = Settings()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            settings.pop("DUMMY_CONFIG")
+
+        dummy_config = settings.pop("DUMMY_CONFIG", "dummy_value")
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            repr(dummy_config), "<SettingsAttribute value='dummy_value' priority=20>"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(dummy_config.value, "dummy_value")
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()