diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index 847b628..96ef18c 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -4782,6 +4782,11 @@ int bpf_program__fd(const struct bpf_program *prog)
 	return bpf_program__nth_fd(prog, 0);
 }
 
+size_t bpf_program__size(const struct bpf_program *prog)
+{
+	return prog->insns_cnt * sizeof(struct bpf_insn);
+}
+
 int bpf_program__set_prep(struct bpf_program *prog, int nr_instances,
 			  bpf_program_prep_t prep)
 {
diff --git a/src/libbpf.h b/src/libbpf.h
index f0947cc..5aa27ca 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.h
+++ b/src/libbpf.h
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ LIBBPF_API void bpf_program__set_ifindex(struct bpf_program *prog,
 LIBBPF_API const char *bpf_program__title(const struct bpf_program *prog,
 					  bool needs_copy);
 
+/* returns program size in bytes */
+LIBBPF_API size_t bpf_program__size(const struct bpf_program *prog);
+
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__load(struct bpf_program *prog, char *license,
 				 __u32 kern_version);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__fd(const struct bpf_program *prog);
diff --git a/src/libbpf.map b/src/libbpf.map
index d1a782a..9f39ee0 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.map
+++ b/src/libbpf.map
@@ -203,4 +203,5 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.6 {
 		bpf_program__get_type;
 		bpf_program__is_tracing;
 		bpf_program__set_tracing;
+		bpf_program__size;
 } LIBBPF_0.0.5;