diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/get_first.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/get_first.rs
index e7b4564c651..855246d8c9f 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods/get_first.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/get_first.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_sugg;
 use clippy_utils::source::snippet_with_applicability;
+use clippy_utils::ty::is_type_diagnostic_item;
 use if_chain::if_chain;
 use rustc_ast::LitKind;
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_lint::LateContext;
 use rustc_span::source_map::Spanned;
+use rustc_span::sym;
 
 use super::GET_FIRST;
 
@@ -34,4 +36,24 @@ pub(super) fn check<'tcx>(
             );
         }
     }
+
+    if_chain! {
+        if let Some(method_id) = cx.typeck_results().type_dependent_def_id(expr.hir_id);
+        if let Some(impl_id) = cx.tcx.impl_of_method(method_id);
+        if is_type_diagnostic_item(cx, cx.tcx.type_of(impl_id).instantiate_identity(), sym::VecDeque);
+        if let hir::ExprKind::Lit(Spanned { node: LitKind::Int(0, _), .. }) = arg.kind;
+        then {
+            let mut app = Applicability::MachineApplicable;
+                    let slice_name = snippet_with_applicability(cx, recv.span, "..", &mut app);
+                    span_lint_and_sugg(
+                        cx,
+                        GET_FIRST,
+                        expr.span,
+                        &format!("accessing first element with `{slice_name}.get(0)`"),
+                        "try",
+                        format!("{slice_name}.front()"),
+                        app,
+                    );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/get_first.fixed b/tests/ui/get_first.fixed
index a7cdd2a93ba..710ebab1ef2 100644
--- a/tests/ui/get_first.fixed
+++ b/tests/ui/get_first.fixed
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = z[0];
 
     let vecdeque: VecDeque<_> = x.iter().cloned().collect();
+    let _ = vecdeque.front();
+    //~^ ERROR: accessing first element with `vecdeque.get(0)`
+    let _ = vecdeque.get(1);
+
     let hashmap: HashMap<u8, char> = HashMap::from_iter(vec![(0, 'a'), (1, 'b')]);
     let btreemap: BTreeMap<u8, char> = BTreeMap::from_iter(vec![(0, 'a'), (1, 'b')]);
-    let _ = vecdeque.get(0); // Do not lint, because VecDeque is not slice.
     let _ = hashmap.get(&0); // Do not lint, because HashMap is not slice.
     let _ = btreemap.get(&0); // Do not lint, because BTreeMap is not slice.
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/get_first.rs b/tests/ui/get_first.rs
index cca743c4bf5..ad2ba6ce2c3 100644
--- a/tests/ui/get_first.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/get_first.rs
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = z[0];
 
     let vecdeque: VecDeque<_> = x.iter().cloned().collect();
+    let _ = vecdeque.get(0);
+    //~^ ERROR: accessing first element with `vecdeque.get(0)`
+    let _ = vecdeque.get(1);
+
     let hashmap: HashMap<u8, char> = HashMap::from_iter(vec![(0, 'a'), (1, 'b')]);
     let btreemap: BTreeMap<u8, char> = BTreeMap::from_iter(vec![(0, 'a'), (1, 'b')]);
-    let _ = vecdeque.get(0); // Do not lint, because VecDeque is not slice.
     let _ = hashmap.get(&0); // Do not lint, because HashMap is not slice.
     let _ = btreemap.get(&0); // Do not lint, because BTreeMap is not slice.
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/get_first.stderr b/tests/ui/get_first.stderr
index 8ee66e33cc8..7474a2ada66 100644
--- a/tests/ui/get_first.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/get_first.stderr
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ error: accessing first element with `z.get(0)`
 LL |     let _ = z.get(0);
    |             ^^^^^^^^ help: try: `z.first()`
 
+error: accessing first element with `vecdeque.get(0)`
+  --> $DIR/get_first.rs:35:13
+   |
+LL |     let _ = vecdeque.get(0);
+   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: try: `vecdeque.front()`
+
 error: accessing first element with `non_primitives.get(0)`
-  --> $DIR/get_first.rs:45:13
+  --> $DIR/get_first.rs:48:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = non_primitives.get(0);
    |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: try: `non_primitives.first()`
 
-error: aborting due to 4 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 5 previous errors