diff --git a/src/libbpf.h b/src/libbpf.h
index d60254c..53e2a64 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.h
+++ b/src/libbpf.h
@@ -1293,6 +1293,16 @@ LIBBPF_API unsigned long ring__producer_pos(const struct ring *r);
  */
 LIBBPF_API size_t ring__avail_data_size(const struct ring *r);
 
+/**
+ * @brief **ring__size()** returns the total size of the ringbuffer's map data
+ * area (excluding special producer/consumer pages). Effectively this gives the
+ * amount of usable bytes of data inside the ringbuffer.
+ *
+ * @param r A ringbuffer object.
+ * @return The total size of the ringbuffer map data area.
+ */
+LIBBPF_API size_t ring__size(const struct ring *r);
+
 struct user_ring_buffer_opts {
 	size_t sz; /* size of this struct, for forward/backward compatibility */
 };
diff --git a/src/libbpf.map b/src/libbpf.map
index 5184c94..a116d0b 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.map
+++ b/src/libbpf.map
@@ -403,5 +403,6 @@ LIBBPF_1.3.0 {
 		ring__avail_data_size;
 		ring__consumer_pos;
 		ring__producer_pos;
+		ring__size;
 		ring_buffer__ring;
 } LIBBPF_1.2.0;
diff --git a/src/ringbuf.c b/src/ringbuf.c
index 07fbc6a..98d0767 100644
--- a/src/ringbuf.c
+++ b/src/ringbuf.c
@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@ size_t ring__avail_data_size(const struct ring *r)
 	return prod_pos - cons_pos;
 }
 
+size_t ring__size(const struct ring *r)
+{
+	return r->mask + 1;
+}
+
 static void user_ringbuf_unmap_ring(struct user_ring_buffer *rb)
 {
 	if (rb->consumer_pos) {