diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7501.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7501.false_positive
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c2d33a075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7501.false_positive
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix false positive for ``unhashable-member`` when subclassing ``dict`` and using the subclass as a dictionary key.
+
+Closes #7501
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/utils.py b/pylint/checkers/utils.py
index ca3d0e362e..0e99b558a9 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/utils.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/utils.py
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ def is_hashable(node: nodes.NodeNG) -> bool:
     """
     try:
         for inferred in node.infer():
-            if inferred is astroid.Uninferable:
+            if inferred is astroid.Uninferable or isinstance(inferred, nodes.ClassDef):
                 return True
             if not hasattr(inferred, "igetattr"):
                 return True
diff --git a/tests/functional/u/unhashable_member.py b/tests/functional/u/unhashable_member.py
index a9100b9058..c788668c47 100644
--- a/tests/functional/u/unhashable_member.py
+++ b/tests/functional/u/unhashable_member.py
@@ -22,3 +22,9 @@ class Unhashable:
 {"tomato": "tomahto"}
 {dict: {}}
 {lambda x: x: "tomato"}  # pylint: disable=unnecessary-lambda
+
+
+class FromDict(dict):
+    ...
+
+{FromDict: 1}