diff --git a/src/map/slice.rs b/src/map/slice.rs
index 4ccfb287..741b06de 100644
--- a/src/map/slice.rs
+++ b/src/map/slice.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use core::ops::{self, Index, IndexMut};
 /// and `Eq`, and it also implements `PartialOrd`, `Ord`, and `Hash`.
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Slice<K, V> {
-    entries: [Bucket<K, V>],
+    pub(crate) entries: [Bucket<K, V>],
 }
 
 #[allow(unsafe_code)]
diff --git a/src/rayon/map.rs b/src/rayon/map.rs
index ed2da3ef..a97c9036 100644
--- a/src/rayon/map.rs
+++ b/src/rayon/map.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use core::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash};
 use crate::Bucket;
 use crate::Entries;
 use crate::IndexMap;
+use crate::map::Slice;
 
 /// Requires crate feature `"rayon"`.
 impl<K, V, S> IntoParallelIterator for IndexMap<K, V, S>
@@ -78,6 +79,22 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Requires crate feature `"rayon"`.
+impl<'a, K, V> IntoParallelIterator for &'a Slice<K, V>
+where
+    K: Sync,
+    V: Sync,
+{
+    type Item = (&'a K, &'a V);
+    type Iter = ParIter<'a, K, V>;
+
+    fn into_par_iter(self) -> Self::Iter {
+        ParIter {
+            entries: &self.entries,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A parallel iterator over the entries of a `IndexMap`.
 ///
 /// This `struct` is created by the [`par_iter`] method on [`IndexMap`]
@@ -128,6 +145,22 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Requires crate feature `"rayon"`.
+impl<'a, K, V> IntoParallelIterator for &'a mut Slice<K, V>
+where
+    K: Sync + Send,
+    V: Send,
+{
+    type Item = (&'a K, &'a mut V);
+    type Iter = ParIterMut<'a, K, V>;
+
+    fn into_par_iter(self) -> Self::Iter {
+        ParIterMut {
+            entries: &mut self.entries,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A parallel mutable iterator over the entries of a `IndexMap`.
 ///
 /// This `struct` is created by the [`par_iter_mut`] method on [`IndexMap`]
@@ -180,6 +213,37 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Parallel iterator methods and other parallel methods.
+///
+/// The following methods **require crate feature `"rayon"`**.
+///
+/// See also the `IntoParallelIterator` implementations.
+impl<K, V> Slice<K, V>
+where
+    K: Sync,
+    V: Sync,
+{
+    /// Return a parallel iterator over the keys of the map slice.
+    ///
+    /// While parallel iterators can process items in any order, their relative order
+    /// in the slice is still preserved for operations like `reduce` and `collect`.
+    pub fn par_keys(&self) -> ParKeys<'_, K, V> {
+        ParKeys {
+            entries: &self.entries,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return a parallel iterator over the values of the map slice.
+    ///
+    /// While parallel iterators can process items in any order, their relative order
+    /// in the slice is still preserved for operations like `reduce` and `collect`.
+    pub fn par_values(&self) -> ParValues<'_, K, V> {
+        ParValues {
+            entries: &self.entries,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<K, V, S> IndexMap<K, V, S>
 where
     K: Hash + Eq + Sync,
@@ -286,6 +350,23 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Requires crate feature `"rayon"`.
+impl<K, V> Slice<K, V>
+where
+    K: Send,
+    V: Send,
+{
+    /// Return a parallel iterator over mutable references to the the values of the map slice.
+    ///
+    /// While parallel iterators can process items in any order, their relative order
+    /// in the slice is still preserved for operations like `reduce` and `collect`.
+    pub fn par_values_mut(&mut self) -> ParValuesMut<'_, K, V> {
+        ParValuesMut {
+            entries: &mut self.entries,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<K, V, S> IndexMap<K, V, S>
 where
     K: Hash + Eq + Send,
diff --git a/src/rayon/set.rs b/src/rayon/set.rs
index f3e0da91..e1e93c53 100644
--- a/src/rayon/set.rs
+++ b/src/rayon/set.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use core::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash};
 
 use crate::Entries;
 use crate::IndexSet;
+use crate::set::Slice;
 
 type Bucket<T> = crate::Bucket<T, ()>;
 
@@ -77,6 +78,21 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Requires crate feature `"rayon"`.
+impl<'a, T> IntoParallelIterator for &'a Slice<T>
+where
+    T: Sync,
+{
+    type Item = &'a T;
+    type Iter = ParIter<'a, T>;
+
+    fn into_par_iter(self) -> Self::Iter {
+        ParIter {
+            entries: &self.entries,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A parallel iterator over the items of a `IndexSet`.
 ///
 /// This `struct` is created by the [`par_iter`] method on [`IndexSet`]
diff --git a/src/set/slice.rs b/src/set/slice.rs
index 8962799f..2ab190d3 100644
--- a/src/set/slice.rs
+++ b/src/set/slice.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use core::ops::{self, Index};
 /// and `Eq`, and it also implements `PartialOrd`, `Ord`, and `Hash`.
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Slice<T> {
-    entries: [Bucket<T>],
+    pub(crate) entries: [Bucket<T>],
 }
 
 #[allow(unsafe_code)]