diff --git a/src/hb-meta.hh b/src/hb-meta.hh
index a1e93d750ba9efdee41d2535e45be8369cc46afc..df8ebd17503396b1cf96a0e843f0aa03c4a0a331 100644
--- a/src/hb-meta.hh
+++ b/src/hb-meta.hh
@@ -389,5 +389,12 @@ using hb_is_trivially_copyable= hb_bool_constant<
 >;
 #define hb_is_trivially_copyable(T) hb_is_trivially_copyable<T>::value
 
+template <typename T>
+using hb_is_trivial= hb_bool_constant<
+  hb_is_trivially_copyable (T) &&
+  hb_is_trivially_default_constructible (T)
+>;
+#define hb_is_trivial(T) hb_is_trivial<T>::value
+
 
 #endif /* HB_META_HH */
diff --git a/src/test-meta.cc b/src/test-meta.cc
index f03be306434c8490925b47d206abd12449d3daf5..ffd360b0d3ce984411a91edf3975db692afc23ae 100644
--- a/src/test-meta.cc
+++ b/src/test-meta.cc
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   static_assert (hb_is_trivially_copyable (X), "");
   static_assert (hb_is_trivially_copyable (Y), "");
 
+  static_assert (hb_is_trivial (int), "");
+  static_assert (hb_is_trivial (X), "");
+  static_assert (hb_is_trivial (Y), "");
+
   /* TODO Add more meaningful tests. */
 
   return 0;