diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d94afd65..b6b96ad6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ All notable changes to eww will be listed here, starting at changes since versio
 - Add `log` function calls to simplexpr (By: topongo)
 - Add `:lines` and `:wrap-mode` properties to label widget (By: vaporii)
 - Add `value-pos` to scale widget (By: ipsvn)
+- Add `byteshumanreadable` function calls to simplexpr (By: bkueng)
 
 ## [0.6.0] (21.04.2024)
 
diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
index 8ee0d843..59975085 100644
--- a/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ pub enum EvalError {
 
     #[error("{1}")]
     Spanned(Span, Box<EvalError>),
+
+    #[error("Invalid argument: {0}")]
+    InvalidArgument(String),
 }
 
 static_assertions::assert_impl_all!(EvalError: Send, Sync);
@@ -508,6 +511,23 @@ fn call_expr_function(name: &str, args: Vec<DynVal>) -> Result<DynVal, EvalError
             }
             _ => Err(EvalError::WrongArgCount(name.to_string())),
         },
+        "byteshumanreadable" => match args.as_slice() {
+            [size, digits] => {
+                let size = size.as_f64()?;
+                let digits = if size > 0.0 { digits.as_i32()? } else { 0 };
+                Ok(DynVal::from(bytes_human_readable(size, digits, true)))
+            }
+            [size, digits, unit] => {
+                let unit = unit.as_string()?;
+                if unit != "binary" && unit != "decimal" {
+                    return Err(EvalError::InvalidArgument(format!("expected 'binary' or 'decimal', given '{}'", unit)));
+                }
+                let size = size.as_f64()?;
+                let digits = if size > 0.0 { digits.as_i32()? } else { 0 };
+                Ok(DynVal::from(bytes_human_readable(size, digits, unit == "binary")))
+            }
+            _ => Err(EvalError::WrongArgCount(name.to_string())),
+        },
 
         _ => Err(EvalError::UnknownFunction(name.to_string())),
     }
@@ -548,6 +568,31 @@ fn run_jaq_function(json: serde_json::Value, code: String, args: &str) -> Result
         .map_err(|e| EvalError::JaqError(e.to_string()))
 }
 
+fn bytes_human_readable(size: f64, digits: i32, unit_is_binary: bool) -> String {
+    let mut size = size;
+    let mut suffix = "B";
+    let base = if unit_is_binary { 1024.0 } else { 1000.0 };
+    while size >= base {
+        match suffix {
+            "B" => {
+                suffix = "KB";
+            }
+            "KB" => {
+                suffix = "MB";
+            }
+            "MB" => {
+                suffix = "GB";
+            }
+            "GB" => {
+                suffix = "TB";
+            }
+            _ => break,
+        }
+        size /= base;
+    }
+    format!("{:.1$} ", size, digits as usize) + suffix
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::dynval::DynVal;
@@ -610,5 +655,9 @@ mod tests {
         jq_empty_arg(r#"jq("[ \"foo\" ]", ".[0]", "")"#) => Ok(DynVal::from(r#""foo""#)),
         jq_invalid_arg(r#"jq("[ \"foo\" ]", ".[0]", "hello")"#) => Ok(DynVal::from(r#""foo""#)),
         jq_no_arg(r#"jq("[ \"foo\" ]", ".[0]")"#) => Ok(DynVal::from(r#""foo""#)),
+        byteshumanreadable1(r#"byteshumanreadable(2048,3)"#) => Ok(DynVal::from("2.000 KB")),
+        byteshumanreadable2(r#"byteshumanreadable(10000000000,3)"#) => Ok(DynVal::from("9.313 GB")),
+        byteshumanreadable3(r#"byteshumanreadable(2048,3,'decimal')"#) => Ok(DynVal::from("2.048 KB")),
+        byteshumanreadable4(r#"byteshumanreadable(10000000000,2,'decimal')"#) => Ok(DynVal::from("10.00 GB")),
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/src/expression_language.md b/docs/src/expression_language.md
index 106776ae..8e267876 100644
--- a/docs/src/expression_language.md
+++ b/docs/src/expression_language.md
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@ Supported currently are the following features:
      Same as other `formattime`, but does not accept timezone. Instead, it uses system's local timezone.
      Check [chrono's documentation](https://docs.rs/chrono/latest/chrono/format/strftime/index.html) for more
      information about format string.
+  - `byteshumanreadable(size, decimal_digits, unit)`: Convert and round a given value in bytes to a human-readable format.
+     `unit` is optional, and can be either `'binary'` (default) or `'decimal'` to use a power of 1024 or 1000 respectively.
+     E.g. `byteshumanreadable(2048, 2)` returns `"2.00 KB"`.