diff --git a/crates/egui/src/context.rs b/crates/egui/src/context.rs
index 162ff4a739e..1a1e5f6c212 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/context.rs
@@ -1147,6 +1147,7 @@ impl Context {
             is_pointer_button_down_on: false,
             interact_pointer_pos: None,
             changed: false,
+            intrinsic_size: None,
         };
 
         self.write(|ctx| {
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/response.rs b/crates/egui/src/response.rs
index d6a9a8a0c7f..bac50977a0c 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/response.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/response.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ pub struct Response {
     /// Always `false` for something like a [`Button`](crate::Button).
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub changed: bool,
+
+    /// The intrinsic / desired size of the widget.
+    ///
+    /// For a button, this will be the size of the label + the frames padding,
+    /// even if the button is laid out in a justified layout and the actual size will be larger.
+    ///
+    /// If this is `None`, use [`Self::rect`] instead.
+    ///
+    /// At the time of writing, this is only used by external crates
+    /// for improved layouting.
+    /// See for instance [`egui_flex`](https://github.com/lucasmerlin/hello_egui/tree/main/crates/egui_flex).
+    pub intrinsic_size: Option<Vec2>,
 }
 
 impl Response {
@@ -1137,6 +1149,7 @@ impl Response {
                 || other.is_pointer_button_down_on,
             interact_pointer_pos: self.interact_pointer_pos.or(other.interact_pointer_pos),
             changed: self.changed || other.changed,
+            intrinsic_size: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/ui.rs b/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
index ac31bf4856c..7a869fde749 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
@@ -1035,7 +1035,9 @@ impl Ui {
     /// ```
     pub fn allocate_response(&mut self, desired_size: Vec2, sense: Sense) -> Response {
         let (id, rect) = self.allocate_space(desired_size);
-        self.interact(rect, id, sense)
+        let mut response = self.interact(rect, id, sense);
+        response.intrinsic_size = Some(desired_size);
+        response
     }
 
     /// Returns a [`Rect`] with exactly what you asked for.