diff --git a/doc/docs.md b/doc/docs.md
index 41c7a955f2..26cadbf487 100644
--- a/doc/docs.md
+++ b/doc/docs.md
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ For more details and troubleshooting, please visit the [vab GitHub repository](h
     * [Profiling](#profiling)
 * [Advanced Topics](#advanced-topics)
     * [Memory-unsafe code](#memory-unsafe-code)
+	* [sizeof and __offsetof](#sizeof-and-__offsetof)
     * [Calling C functions from V](#calling-c-functions-from-v)
     * [Debugging generated C code](#debugging-generated-c-code)
     * [Conditional compilation](#conditional-compilation)
@@ -2991,6 +2992,22 @@ println(baz)
 println(qux)
 ```
 
+## sizeof and __offsetof
+
+V supports the usage of `sizeof` to calculate sizes of structs and
+`__offsetof` to calculate struct field offsets.
+
+```v
+struct Foo {
+	a int
+	b int
+}
+
+println(sizeof(Foo))
+println(__offsetof(Foo, a))
+println(__offsetof(Foo, b))
+```
+
 ## Calling C functions from V
 
 ```v
@@ -3734,6 +3751,7 @@ type
 typeof
 union
 unsafe
+__offsetof
 ```
 See also [Types](#types).
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index ca500b0afa..be6145939e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ pub type Expr = AnonFn | ArrayDecompose | ArrayInit | AsCast | Assoc | AtExpr |
 	CTempVar | CallExpr | CastExpr | ChanInit | CharLiteral | Comment | ComptimeCall |
 	ComptimeSelector | ConcatExpr | EnumVal | FloatLiteral | GoExpr | Ident | IfExpr |
 	IfGuardExpr | IndexExpr | InfixExpr | IntegerLiteral | Likely | LockExpr | MapInit |
-	MatchExpr | None | OrExpr | ParExpr | PostfixExpr | PrefixExpr | RangeExpr | SelectExpr |
-	SelectorExpr | SizeOf | SqlExpr | StringInterLiteral | StringLiteral | StructInit |
-	Type | TypeOf | UnsafeExpr
+	MatchExpr | None | OffsetOf | OrExpr | ParExpr | PostfixExpr | PrefixExpr | RangeExpr |
+	SelectExpr | SelectorExpr | SizeOf | SqlExpr | StringInterLiteral | StringLiteral |
+	StructInit | Type | TypeOf | UnsafeExpr
 
 pub type Stmt = AssertStmt | AssignStmt | Block | BranchStmt | CompFor | ConstDecl | DeferStmt |
 	EnumDecl | ExprStmt | FnDecl | ForCStmt | ForInStmt | ForStmt | GlobalDecl | GoStmt |
@@ -1068,6 +1068,13 @@ pub mut:
 	typ table.Type
 }
 
+pub struct OffsetOf {
+pub:
+	struct_type table.Type
+	field       string
+	pos         token.Position
+}
+
 pub struct Likely {
 pub:
 	expr      Expr
@@ -1197,7 +1204,7 @@ pub fn (expr Expr) position() token.Position {
 		}
 		ArrayInit, AsCast, Assoc, AtExpr, BoolLiteral, CallExpr, CastExpr, ChanInit, CharLiteral,
 		ConcatExpr, Comment, EnumVal, FloatLiteral, GoExpr, Ident, IfExpr, IndexExpr, IntegerLiteral,
-		Likely, LockExpr, MapInit, MatchExpr, None, OrExpr, ParExpr, PostfixExpr, PrefixExpr,
+		Likely, LockExpr, MapInit, MatchExpr, None, OffsetOf, OrExpr, ParExpr, PostfixExpr, PrefixExpr,
 		RangeExpr, SelectExpr, SelectorExpr, SizeOf, SqlExpr, StringInterLiteral, StringLiteral,
 		StructInit, Type, TypeOf, UnsafeExpr {
 			return expr.pos
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/str.v b/vlib/v/ast/str.v
index d8f3d4e618..cbcd726621 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/str.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/str.v
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ pub fn (x Expr) str() string {
 		SizeOf {
 			return 'sizeof($x.expr)'
 		}
+		OffsetOf {
+			return '__offsetof($x.struct_type, $x.field)'
+		}
 		StringInterLiteral {
 			mut res := []string{}
 			res << "'"
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index e87f97b4e1..ea0790a804 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -3505,6 +3505,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) expr(node ast.Expr) table.Type {
 			}
 			return table.u32_type
 		}
+		ast.OffsetOf {
+			return c.offset_of(node)
+		}
 		ast.SqlExpr {
 			return c.sql_expr(mut node)
 		}
@@ -5058,6 +5061,19 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) chan_init(mut node ast.ChanInit) table.Type {
 	}
 }
 
+pub fn (mut c Checker) offset_of(node ast.OffsetOf) table.Type {
+	sym := c.table.get_final_type_symbol(node.struct_type)
+	if sym.kind != .struct_ {
+		c.error('first argument of __offsetof must be struct', node.pos)
+		return table.u32_type
+	}
+
+	if !c.table.struct_has_field(node.struct_type, node.field) {
+		c.error('struct `$sym.name` has no field called `$node.field`', node.pos)
+	}
+	return table.u32_type
+}
+
 pub fn (mut c Checker) check_dup_keys(node &ast.MapInit, i int) {
 	key_i := node.keys[i]
 	if key_i is ast.StringLiteral {
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index 1b3d71def1..9a8fa43315 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -947,6 +947,9 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) expr(node ast.Expr) {
 		ast.SizeOf {
 			f.size_of(node)
 		}
+		ast.OffsetOf {
+			f.write('__offsetof(${f.table.type_to_str(node.struct_type)}, $node.field)')
+		}
 		ast.SqlExpr {
 			f.sql_expr(node)
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/offset_keep.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/offset_keep.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df391b9337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/offset_keep.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+struct Animal {
+	breed string
+	age   u64
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	println(__offsetof(Animal, breed) + __offsetof(Animal, age))
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
index 06e05a8963..40c287bf4b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
@@ -2821,6 +2821,10 @@ fn (mut g Gen) expr(node ast.Expr) {
 			styp := g.typ(node_typ)
 			g.write('/*SizeOf*/ sizeof(${util.no_dots(styp)})')
 		}
+		ast.OffsetOf {
+			styp := g.typ(node.struct_type)
+			g.write('/*OffsetOf*/ (u32)(__offsetof(${util.no_dots(styp)}, $node.field))')
+		}
 		ast.SqlExpr {
 			g.sql_select_expr(node)
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v b/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v
index 391f75d9bd..7166d3f9ee 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ fn (mut g JsGen) expr(node ast.Expr) {
 		ast.SizeOf {
 			// TODO
 		}
+		ast.OffsetOf {
+			// TODO
+		}
 		ast.SqlExpr {
 			// TODO
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v b/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v
index 2df9ad22f4..f3d2f57935 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v
@@ -204,6 +204,25 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) expr(precedence int) ast.Expr {
 				pos: spos.extend(p.tok.position())
 			}
 		}
+		.key_offsetof {
+			pos := p.tok.position()
+			p.next() // __offsetof
+			p.check(.lpar)
+			st := p.parse_type()
+			p.check(.comma)
+			if p.tok.kind != .name {
+				p.error_with_pos('unexpected `$p.tok.lit`, expecting struct field', p.tok.position())
+				return ast.Expr{}
+			}
+			field := p.tok.lit
+			p.next()
+			p.check(.rpar)
+			node = ast.OffsetOf{
+				struct_type: st
+				field: field
+				pos: pos
+			}
+		}
 		.key_likely, .key_unlikely {
 			is_likely := p.tok.kind == .key_likely
 			p.next()
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/offsetof_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/offsetof_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac90bcda59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/offsetof_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import math.complex
+
+struct Cat {
+	name string
+	breed string
+	age int
+}
+
+type Feline = Cat
+
+fn test_offsetof() {
+	cat := Cat{name: 'Cthulhu' breed: 'Great Old One' age: 2147483647}
+	unsafe {
+		assert *(&string(byteptr(&cat) + __offsetof(Cat, name))) == 'Cthulhu'
+		assert *(&string(byteptr(&cat) + __offsetof(Cat, breed))) == 'Great Old One'
+		assert *(&int(byteptr(&cat) + __offsetof(Cat, age))) == 2147483647
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_offsetof_struct_from_another_module() {
+	num := complex.Complex{1.0, 1.0}
+	unsafe {
+		assert *(&f64(byteptr(&num) + __offsetof(complex.Complex, re))) == 1.0
+		assert *(&f64(byteptr(&num) + __offsetof(complex.Complex, im))) == 1.0
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_offsetof_alias() {
+	fel := Feline{name: 'Cthulhu' breed: 'Great Old One' age: 2147483647}
+	unsafe {
+		assert *(&string(byteptr(&fel) + __offsetof(Feline, name))) == 'Cthulhu'
+		assert *(&string(byteptr(&fel) + __offsetof(Feline, breed))) == 'Great Old One'
+		assert *(&int(byteptr(&fel) + __offsetof(Feline, age))) == 2147483647
+	}
+}