diff --git a/lua.lyx b/lua.lyx
index 975f2598..923ee037 100644
--- a/lua.lyx
+++ b/lua.lyx
@@ -4930,6 +4930,50 @@ Multiply 32-bit numbers <a> and <b>.
  bits.
 \end_layout
 
+\begin_layout Subsection
+bit.fextract: Extract bit field
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+Syntax: number bit.fextract(number value, number shift, number width)
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Extract <width> bits starting from bit <shift> from number <value>.
+ This is more compact way to write 
+\begin_inset Formula $\left(value\gg shift\right)\&\left(2^{width}-1\right)$
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+bit.bfields: Split number into bit fields
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+Syntax: number...
+ bit.bfields(number v, number q...)
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Split a number <v> into bitfields of <q> bits (in order, from least significant
+ towards more significant bits), with no padding in between.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+Eg.
+ number of form 0 bbbbb ggggg rrrrr can be decoded to its component fields
+ using r,g,b = bit.bfields(v, 5, 5, 5).
+ 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+Eg.
+ number of form x yyyyyyy w zzzzzzz can be decode to its component fields
+ using z, w, y, x = bit.bfields(v, 7, 1, 7, 1).
+\end_layout
+
 \begin_layout Standard
 \begin_inset Newpage pagebreak
 \end_inset
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index ce360640..e2c89a85 100644
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diff --git a/src/lua/bit.cpp b/src/lua/bit.cpp
index 1edf4be4..8c38e7d6 100644
--- a/src/lua/bit.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/bit.cpp
@@ -358,6 +358,40 @@ namespace
 		return 2;
 	}
 
+	int bit_fextract(lua::state& L, lua::parameters& P)
+	{
+		uint64_t a, b, c;
+
+		P(a, b, c);
+		if(b > 63)
+			L.pushnumber(0);
+		else if(c > 63)
+			L.pushnumber(a >> b);
+		else
+			L.pushnumber((a >> b) & ((1 << c) - 1));
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	int bit_bfields(lua::state& L, lua::parameters& P)
+	{
+		uint64_t v;
+		unsigned values = L.gettop();
+
+		P(v);
+		for(unsigned i = 1; i < values; i++) {
+			uint64_t q;
+			P(q);
+			if(q > 63) {
+				L.pushnumber(v);
+				v = 0;
+			} else {
+				L.pushnumber(v & ((1 << q) - 1));
+				v >>= q;
+			}
+		}
+		return values - 1;
+	}
+
 	lua::functions LUA_bitops_fn(lua_func_bit, "bit", {
 		{"flagdecode", flagdecode_core<false>},
 		{"rflagdecode", flagdecode_core<true>},
@@ -412,6 +446,8 @@ namespace
 		{"quotent", bit_quotent},
 		{"multidiv", bit_multidiv},
 		{"mul32", bit_mul32},
+		{"fextract", bit_fextract},
+		{"bfields", bit_bfields},
 		{"binary_ld_u8be", bit_ldbinarynumber<uint8_t, false>},
 		{"binary_ld_s8be", bit_ldbinarynumber<int8_t, false>},
 		{"binary_ld_u16be", bit_ldbinarynumber<uint16_t, false>},