diff --git a/kotlin-react/src/main/kotlin/react/hooks.kt b/kotlin-react/src/main/kotlin/react/hooks.kt
index 18a7f18543916..8db2a987044a4 100644
--- a/kotlin-react/src/main/kotlin/react/hooks.kt
+++ b/kotlin-react/src/main/kotlin/react/hooks.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package react
 
+import kotlin.properties.ReadWriteProperty
+import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
+
 typealias RDependenciesArray = Array<dynamic>
 typealias RDependenciesList = List<dynamic>
 
@@ -19,6 +22,25 @@ fun <T> useState(valueInitializer: () -> T): Pair<T, RSetState<T>> {
     return currentValue to setState
 }
 
+private class ReactStateDelegate<T>(useState: Pair<T, RSetState<T>>) : ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T> {
+    private val state = useState.first
+
+    private val setState = useState.second
+
+    override operator fun getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T =
+            state
+
+    override operator fun setValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T) {
+        setState(value)
+    }
+}
+
+fun <T> state(initValue: T): ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T> =
+        ReactStateDelegate(useState(initValue))
+
+fun <T> state(valueInitializer: () -> T): ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T> =
+        ReactStateDelegate(useState(valueInitializer))
+
 typealias RReducer<S, A> = (state: S, action: A) -> S
 typealias RDispatch<A> = (action: A) -> Unit