diff --git a/System/Posix/Files.hsc b/System/Posix/Files.hsc
index 104df18f..949abf7c 100644
--- a/System/Posix/Files.hsc
+++ b/System/Posix/Files.hsc
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ module System.Posix.Files (
     isBlockDevice, isCharacterDevice, isNamedPipe, isRegularFile,
     isDirectory, isSymbolicLink, isSocket,
 
+    fileBlockSize,
+    fileBlocks,
+
     -- * Creation
     createNamedPipe,
     createDevice,
diff --git a/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc b/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc
index 88298a2b..d808e86e 100644
--- a/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc
+++ b/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ module System.Posix.Files.ByteString (
     isBlockDevice, isCharacterDevice, isNamedPipe, isRegularFile,
     isDirectory, isSymbolicLink, isSocket,
 
+    fileBlockSize,
+    fileBlocks,
+
     -- * Creation
     createNamedPipe,
     createDevice,
diff --git a/System/Posix/Files/Common.hsc b/System/Posix/Files/Common.hsc
index 59b94f1a..32e1997d 100644
--- a/System/Posix/Files/Common.hsc
+++ b/System/Posix/Files/Common.hsc
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ module System.Posix.Files.Common (
     isBlockDevice, isCharacterDevice, isNamedPipe, isRegularFile,
     isDirectory, isSymbolicLink, isSocket,
 
+    fileBlockSize,
+    fileBlocks,
+
     -- * Setting file sizes
     setFdSize,
 
@@ -255,6 +258,14 @@ specialDeviceID  :: FileStatus -> DeviceID
 -- | Size of the file in bytes. If this file is a symbolic link the size is
 -- the length of the pathname it contains.
 fileSize         :: FileStatus -> FileOffset
+-- | Number of blocks allocated for this file, in units of
+-- 512-bytes. Returns @Nothing@ if @st_blocks@ is not supported on this
+-- platform.
+fileBlocks       :: FileStatus -> Maybe CBlkCnt
+-- | Gives the preferred block size for efficient filesystem I/O in
+-- bytes. Returns @Nothing@ if @st_blocksize@ is not supported on this
+-- platform.
+fileBlockSize    :: FileStatus -> Maybe CBlkSize
 -- | Time of last access.
 accessTime       :: FileStatus -> EpochTime
 -- | Time of last access in sub-second resolution. Depends on the timestamp resolution of the
@@ -294,6 +305,19 @@ modificationTime (FileStatus stat) =
 statusChangeTime (FileStatus stat) =
   unsafePerformIO $ withForeignPtr stat $ (#peek struct stat, st_ctime)
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS
+fileBlocks (FileStatus stat) =
+  Just $ unsafePerformIO $ withForeignPtr stat $ (#peek struct stat, st_blocks)
+#else
+fileBlocks _ = Nothing
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE
+fileBlockSize (FileStatus stat) =
+  Just $ unsafePerformIO $ withForeignPtr stat $ (#peek struct stat, st_blksize)
+#else
+fileBlockSize _ = Nothing
+#endif
+
 accessTimeHiRes (FileStatus stat) =
   unsafePerformIO $ withForeignPtr stat $ \stat_ptr -> do
     sec  <- (#peek struct stat, st_atime) stat_ptr :: IO EpochTime
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c23c9e1c..c65df49e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_uatime])
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_umtime])
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_uctime])
 
+AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_blocks])
+AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_blksize])
+
 AC_CHECK_MEMBER([struct passwd.pw_gecos], [], [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_NO_PASSWD_PW_GECOS],[],[Ignore the pw_gecos member of passwd where it does not exist])], [[#include <pwd.h>]])
 
 # Functions for changing file timestamps