diff --git a/src/protocol/mod.rs b/src/protocol/mod.rs
index d0dd2453c06c9f49d1cce7f935c3c0f092dba0ce..7a24b96535d8103cb1f74cf06665c8af8a27de4f 100644
--- a/src/protocol/mod.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/mod.rs
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ impl<'a> TypeInspector<'a> {
         let type_table = self.type_table.variant.as_union();
         return UnionTypeInspector{ heap, type_table };
     }
+
+    pub fn as_struct(&'a self) -> StructTypeInspector<'a> {
+        let heap = self.heap.as_struct();
+        let type_table = self.type_table.variant.as_struct();
+        return StructTypeInspector{ heap, type_table };
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct UnionTypeInspector<'a> {
@@ -310,4 +316,18 @@ impl UnionTypeInspector<'_> {
             .position(|v| v.identifier.value.as_bytes() == variant_name)?;
         return Some(variant_index as i64);
     }
+}
+
+pub struct StructTypeInspector<'a> {
+    heap: &'a StructDefinition,
+    type_table: &'a StructMonomorph,
+}
+
+impl StructTypeInspector<'_> {
+    /// Retrieves struct field index
+    pub fn get_struct_field_index(&self, field_name: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
+        let field_index = self.heap.fields.iter()
+            .position(|v| v.field.value.as_bytes() == field_name)?;
+        return Some(field_index);
+    }
 }
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