diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Deriving.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Deriving.lean
index e99c6fb63b..6f380820c1 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Deriving.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Deriving.lean
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ import Lean.Elab.Deriving.BEq
 import Lean.Elab.Deriving.DecEq
 import Lean.Elab.Deriving.Repr
 import Lean.Elab.Deriving.FromToJson
+import Lean.Elab.Deriving.SizeOf
diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Deriving/SizeOf.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Deriving/SizeOf.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c60f7c43fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Deriving/SizeOf.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Leonardo de Moura
+-/
+import Lean.Meta.SizeOf
+import Lean.Elab.Deriving.Basic
+
+/-
+Remark: `SizeOf` instances are automatically generated. We add support for `deriving instance` for `SizeOf`
+just to be able to use them to define instances for types defined at `Prelude.lean`
+-/
+
+namespace Lean.Elab.Deriving.SizeOf
+
+open Command
+
+def mkSizeOfHandler (declNames : Array Name) : CommandElabM Bool := do
+  if (← declNames.allM isInductive) && declNames.size > 0 then
+    liftTermElabM none <| Meta.mkSizeOfInstances declNames[0]
+    return true
+  else
+    return false
+
+builtin_initialize
+  registerBuiltinDerivingHandler `SizeOf mkSizeOfHandler
+
+end Lean.Elab.Deriving.SizeOf