diff --git a/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor b/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor
index 2092800c7d..19920a58ba 100644
--- a/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2009 Jeremy Hughes.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: alien.inline alien.inline.private io.directories io.files
-kernel namespaces tools.test alien.c-types ;
+kernel namespaces tools.test alien.c-types alien.structs ;
 IN: alien.inline.tests
 
 C-LIBRARY: test
@@ -16,15 +16,31 @@ C-FUNCTION: bigfloat smaller ( bigfloat a )
     return a / 10;
 ;
 
+C-STRUCTURE: rectangle
+    { "int" "width" }
+    { "int" "height" } ;
+
+C-FUNCTION: int area ( rectangle c )
+    return c.width * c.height;
+;
+
 ;C-LIBRARY
 
 { 2 1 } [ add ] must-infer-as
 [ 5 ] [ 2 3 add ] unit-test
 
+[ t ] [ "double" "bigfloat" [ resolve-typedef ] bi@ = ] unit-test
 { 1 1 } [ smaller ] must-infer-as
 [ 1.0 ] [ 10 smaller ] unit-test
 
-[ t ] [ "double" "bigfloat" [ resolve-typedef ] bi@ = ] unit-test
+[ t ] [ "rectangle" resolve-typedef struct-type? ] unit-test
+{ 1 1 } [ area ] must-infer-as
+[ 20 ] [
+    "rectangle" <c-object>
+    4 over set-rectangle-width
+    5 over set-rectangle-height
+    area
+] unit-test
 
 DELETE-C-LIBRARY: const
 
diff --git a/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor b/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
index 0f05488917..68da8b50f9 100644
--- a/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ generalizations grouping io.directories io.files
 io.files.info io.files.temp kernel lexer math math.order
 math.ranges multiline namespaces sequences source-files
 splitting strings system vocabs.loader vocabs.parser words
-alien.c-types make ;
+alien.c-types alien.structs make parser ;
 IN: alien.inline
 
 <PRIVATE
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ PRIVATE>
         "" make c-strings get push
     ] 2bi ;
 
+: define-c-struct ( name vocab fields -- )
+    [ define-struct ] [
+        nip over
+        [
+            "typedef struct " % "_" % % " {\n" %
+            [ first2 swap % " " % % ";\n" % ] each
+            "} " % % ";\n" %
+        ] "" make c-strings get push
+    ] 3bi ;
+
 : delete-inline-library ( str -- )
     library-path dup exists? [ delete-file ] [ drop ] if ;
 
@@ -113,6 +123,9 @@ SYNTAX: C-FUNCTION:
 
 SYNTAX: C-TYPEDEF: scan scan define-c-typedef ;
 
+SYNTAX: C-STRUCTURE:
+    scan current-vocab parse-definition define-c-struct ;
+
 SYNTAX: ;C-LIBRARY compile-c-library ;
 
 SYNTAX: DELETE-C-LIBRARY: scan delete-inline-library ;