diff --git a/frontends/ast/simplify.cc b/frontends/ast/simplify.cc
index f77b59d83..7edff38d9 100644
--- a/frontends/ast/simplify.cc
+++ b/frontends/ast/simplify.cc
@@ -2077,6 +2077,14 @@ bool AstNode::simplify(bool const_fold, bool at_zero, bool in_lvalue, int stage,
 					auto range = make_struct_member_range(this, item_node);
 					newNode = new AstNode(AST_IDENTIFIER, range);
 					newNode->str = sname;
+					// save type and original number of dimensions for $size() etc.
+					newNode->attributes[ID::wiretype] = item_node->clone();
+					if (!item_node->multirange_dimensions.empty() && children.size() > 0) {
+						if (children[0]->type == AST_RANGE)
+							newNode->integer = 1;
+						else if (children[0]->type == AST_MULTIRANGE)
+							newNode->integer = children[0]->children.size();
+					}
 					newNode->basic_prep = true;
 					if (item_node->is_signed)
 						newNode = new AstNode(AST_TO_SIGNED, newNode);
@@ -3393,24 +3401,42 @@ skip_dynamic_range_lvalue_expansion:;
 						id_ast = current_scope.at(buf->str);
 					if (!id_ast)
 						log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to resolve identifier %s for width detection!\n", buf->str.c_str());
-					// a slice of our identifier means we advance to the next dimension, e.g. $size(a[3])
-					if (buf->children.size() > 0) {
-						// something is hanging below this identifier
-						if (buf->children[0]->type == AST_RANGE && buf->integer == 0)
-							// if integer == 0, this node was originally created as AST_RANGE so it's dimension is 1
-							dim++;
-						// more than one range, e.g. $size(a[3][2])
-						else // created an AST_MULTIRANGE, converted to AST_RANGE, but original dimension saved in 'integer' field
-							dim += buf->integer; // increment by multirange size
+
+					// Check for item in packed struct / union
+					AST::AstNode *item_node;
+					if (id_ast->type == AST_WIRE &&
+					    buf->attributes.count(ID::wiretype) && (item_node = buf->attributes[ID::wiretype]) &&
+					    (item_node->type == AST_STRUCT_ITEM || item_node->type == AST_STRUCT || item_node->type == AST_UNION))
+					{
+						// The dimension of the original array expression is saved in the 'integer' field
+						dim += buf->integer;
+						if (item_node->multirange_dimensions.empty()) {
+							if (dim != 1)
+								log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Dimension %d out of range in `%s', as it only has one dimension!\n", dim, item_node->str.c_str());
+							left  = high = item_node->range_left;
+							right = low  = item_node->range_right;
+						} else {
+							int dims = GetSize(item_node->multirange_dimensions)/2;
+							if (dim < 1 || dim > dims)
+								log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Dimension %d out of range in `%s', as it only has dimensions 1..%d!\n", dim, item_node->str.c_str(), dims);
+							right = low  = get_struct_range_offset(item_node, dim - 1);
+							left  = high = low + get_struct_range_width(item_node, dim - 1) - 1;
+							if (item_node->multirange_swapped[dim - 1]) {
+								std::swap(left, right);
+							}
+							for (int i = dim; i < dims; i++) {
+							    mem_depth *= get_struct_range_width(item_node, i);
+							}
+						}
 					}
-					// We have 4 cases:
+					// Otherwise, we have 4 cases:
 					// wire x;                ==> AST_WIRE, no AST_RANGE children
 					// wire [1:0]x;           ==> AST_WIRE, AST_RANGE children
 					// wire [1:0]x[1:0];      ==> AST_MEMORY, two AST_RANGE children (1st for packed, 2nd for unpacked)
 					// wire [1:0]x[1:0][1:0]; ==> AST_MEMORY, one AST_RANGE child (0) for packed, then AST_MULTIRANGE child (1) for unpacked
 					// (updated: actually by the time we are here, AST_MULTIRANGE is converted into one big AST_RANGE)
 					// case 0 handled by default
-					if ((id_ast->type == AST_WIRE || id_ast->type == AST_MEMORY) && id_ast->children.size() > 0) {
+					else if ((id_ast->type == AST_WIRE || id_ast->type == AST_MEMORY) && id_ast->children.size() > 0) {
 						// handle packed array left/right for case 1, and cases 2/3 when requesting the last dimension (packed side)
 						AstNode *wire_range = id_ast->children[0];
 						left = wire_range->children[0]->integer;
@@ -3419,6 +3445,17 @@ skip_dynamic_range_lvalue_expansion:;
 						low  = min(left, right);
 					}
 					if (id_ast->type == AST_MEMORY) {
+						// a slice of our identifier means we advance to the next dimension, e.g. $size(a[3])
+						if (buf->children.size() > 0) {
+							// something is hanging below this identifier
+							if (buf->children[0]->type == AST_RANGE && buf->integer == 0)
+								// if integer == 0, this node was originally created as AST_RANGE so it's dimension is 1
+								dim++;
+							// more than one range, e.g. $size(a[3][2])
+							else // created an AST_MULTIRANGE, converted to AST_RANGE, but original dimension saved in 'integer' field
+								dim += buf->integer; // increment by multirange size
+						}
+
 						// We got here only if the argument is a memory
 						// Otherwise $size() and $bits() return the expression width
 						AstNode *mem_range = id_ast->children[1];
@@ -3478,7 +3515,7 @@ skip_dynamic_range_lvalue_expansion:;
 					result = right;
 				else if (str == "\\$size")
 					result = width;
-				else {
+				else { // str == "\\$bits"
 					result = width * mem_depth;
 				}
 				newNode = mkconst_int(result, true);
diff --git a/tests/svtypes/struct_sizebits.sv b/tests/svtypes/struct_sizebits.sv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..092d9ecef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/svtypes/struct_sizebits.sv
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// These tests are adapted from tests/sat/sizebits.sv
+
+module top;
+
+typedef struct packed {
+	logic [2:7][3:0] y;
+} sy_t;
+
+struct packed {
+	logic t;
+	logic [5:2] x;
+	sy_t sy;
+	union packed {
+		logic [7:2][2:9][1:4] z;
+		logic [1:6*8*4] z2;
+	} sz;
+} s;
+
+//wire [$size(s.x)-1:0]x_size;
+//wire [$size({s.x, s.x})-1:0]xx_size;
+//wire [$size(s.sy.y)-1:0]y_size;
+//wire [$size(s.sz.z)-1:0]z_size;
+
+//wire [$bits(s.x)-1:0]x_bits;
+//wire [$bits({s.x, s.x})-1:0]xx_bits;
+
+always_comb begin
+	assert ($size(s) == $size(s.t) + $size(s.x) + $size(s.sy) + $size(s.sz));
+	assert ($size(s) == 1 + 4 + 6*4 + 6*8*4);
+
+	assert ($size(s.t) == 1);
+	assert ($size(s.x) == 4);
+`ifndef VERIFIC
+	assert ($size({3{s.x}}) == 3*4);
+`endif
+	assert ($size(s.sy.y) == 6);
+	assert ($size(s.sy.y, 1) == 6);
+	assert ($size(s.sy.y, (1+1)) == 4);
+	assert ($size(s.sy.y[2], 1) == 4);
+	// This is unsupported at the moment
+	//	assert ($size(s.sy.y[2][1], 1) == 1);
+
+	assert ($size(s.sz.z) == 6);
+	assert ($size(s.sz.z, 1) == 6);
+	assert ($size(s.sz.z, 2) == 8);
+	assert ($size(s.sz.z, 3) == 4);
+	assert ($size(s.sz.z[3], 1) == 8);
+	assert ($size(s.sz.z[3][3], 1) == 4);
+	// This is unsupported at the moment
+	//	assert ($size(s.sz.z[3][3][3], 1) == 1);
+	// This should trigger an error if enabled (it does).
+	//	assert ($size(s.sz.z, 4) == 4);
+
+	assert ($bits(s.t) == 1);
+	assert ($bits(s.x) == 4);
+	assert ($bits(s.sy.y) == 4*6);
+	assert ($bits(s.sz.z) == 4*6*8);
+
+	assert ($high(s.x) == 5);
+	assert ($high(s.sy.y) == 7);
+	assert ($high(s.sy.y, 1) == 7);
+	assert ($high(s.sy.y, (1+1)) == 3);
+
+	assert ($high(s.sz.z) == 7);
+	assert ($high(s.sz.z, 1) == 7);
+	assert ($high(s.sz.z, 2) == 9);
+	assert ($high(s.sz.z, 3) == 4);
+	assert ($high(s.sz.z[3]) == 9);
+	assert ($high(s.sz.z[3][3]) == 4);
+	assert ($high(s.sz.z[3], 2) == 4);
+
+	assert ($low(s.x) == 2);
+	assert ($low(s.sy.y) == 2);
+	assert ($low(s.sy.y, 1) == 2);
+	assert ($low(s.sy.y, (1+1)) == 0);
+
+	assert ($low(s.sz.z) == 2);
+	assert ($low(s.sz.z, 1) == 2);
+	assert ($low(s.sz.z, 2) == 2);
+	assert ($low(s.sz.z, 3) == 1);
+	assert ($low(s.sz.z[3]) == 2);
+	assert ($low(s.sz.z[3][3]) == 1);
+	assert ($low(s.sz.z[3], 2) == 1);
+
+	assert ($left(s.x) == 5);
+	assert ($left(s.sy.y) == 2);
+	assert ($left(s.sy.y, 1) == 2);
+	assert ($left(s.sy.y, (1+1)) == 3);
+
+	assert ($left(s.sz.z) == 7);
+	assert ($left(s.sz.z, 1) == 7);
+	assert ($left(s.sz.z, 2) == 2);
+	assert ($left(s.sz.z, 3) == 1);
+	assert ($left(s.sz.z[3]) == 2);
+	assert ($left(s.sz.z[3][3]) == 1);
+	assert ($left(s.sz.z[3], 2) == 1);
+
+	assert ($right(s.x) == 2);
+	assert ($right(s.sy.y) == 7);
+	assert ($right(s.sy.y, 1) == 7);
+	assert ($right(s.sy.y, (1+1)) == 0);
+
+	assert ($right(s.sz.z) == 2);
+	assert ($right(s.sz.z, 1) == 2);
+	assert ($right(s.sz.z, 2) == 9);
+	assert ($right(s.sz.z, 3) == 4);
+	assert ($right(s.sz.z[3]) == 9);
+	assert ($right(s.sz.z[3][3]) == 4);
+	assert ($right(s.sz.z[3], 2) == 4);
+end
+
+endmodule