diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9fca99a785f3a3..9c1485888b74ca 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ New library functions
 ---------------------
 
 * `hardlink(src, dst)` can be used to create hard links. ([#41639])
+* `diskstat(path=pwd())` can be used to return statistics about the disk. ([#42248])
 
 New library features
 --------------------
diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 3c7baa40cb5fcf..84c53ca405e7d0 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ export
     chown,
     cp,
     ctime,
+    diskstat,
     download,
     filemode,
     filesize,
diff --git a/base/file.jl b/base/file.jl
index 66e49174a4656e..4cca1f51d01240 100644
--- a/base/file.jl
+++ b/base/file.jl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export
     chown,
     cp,
     cptree,
+    diskstat,
     hardlink,
     mkdir,
     mkpath,
@@ -1168,3 +1169,61 @@ function chown(path::AbstractString, owner::Integer, group::Integer=-1)
     err < 0 && uv_error("chown($(repr(path)), $owner, $group)", err)
     path
 end
+
+
+# - http://docs.libuv.org/en/v1.x/fs.html#c.uv_fs_statfs (libuv function docs)
+# - http://docs.libuv.org/en/v1.x/fs.html#c.uv_statfs_t (libuv docs of the returned struct)
+"""
+    DiskStat
+
+Stores information about the disk in bytes. Populate by calling `diskstat`.
+"""
+struct DiskStat
+    ftype::UInt64
+    bsize::UInt64
+    blocks::UInt64
+    bfree::UInt64
+    bavail::UInt64
+    files::UInt64
+    ffree::UInt64
+    fspare::NTuple{4, UInt64} # reserved
+end
+
+function Base.getproperty(stats::DiskStat, field::Symbol)
+    total = getfield(stats, :bsize) * getfield(stats, :blocks)
+    available = getfield(stats, :bsize) * getfield(stats, :bavail)
+    field === :available && return available
+    field === :total && return total
+    field === :used && return total - available
+    return getfield(stats, field)
+end
+
+@eval Base.propertynames(stats::DiskStat) = $((fieldnames(DiskStat)[1:end-1]..., :available, :total, :used))
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, x::DiskStat)
+    print(io, "DiskStat(")
+    for field in 1:(nfields(x) - 1)
+        print(io, "$(getfield(x, field)), ")
+    end
+    print(io, "available: $(x.available), total: $(x.total), used: $(x.used))")
+end
+
+"""
+    diskstat(path=pwd())
+
+Returns statistics in bytes about the disk that contains the file or directory pointed at by
+`path`. If no argument is passed, statistics about the disk that contains the current
+working directory are returned.
+
+!!! compat "Julia 1.8"
+    This method was added in Julia 1.8.
+"""
+function diskstat(path::AbstractString=pwd())
+    req = zeros(UInt8, _sizeof_uv_fs)
+    err = ccall(:uv_fs_statfs, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid}, Ptr{Cvoid}, Cstring, Ptr{Cvoid}),
+                C_NULL, req, path, C_NULL)
+    err < 0 && uv_error("diskstat($(repr(path)))", err)
+    statfs_ptr = ccall(:jl_uv_fs_t_ptr, Ptr{Nothing}, (Ptr{Cvoid},), req)
+
+    return unsafe_load(reinterpret(Ptr{DiskStat}, statfs_ptr))
+end
diff --git a/doc/src/base/file.md b/doc/src/base/file.md
index 40d1cc2ca7ef0a..86a1f2bab5dcd8 100644
--- a/doc/src/base/file.md
+++ b/doc/src/base/file.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Base.Filesystem.chmod
 Base.Filesystem.chown
 Base.RawFD
 Base.stat
+Base.Filesystem.diskstat
 Base.Filesystem.lstat
 Base.Filesystem.ctime
 Base.Filesystem.mtime
diff --git a/test/file.jl b/test/file.jl
index 39c73eed390def..3515b7a0a3de9d 100644
--- a/test/file.jl
+++ b/test/file.jl
@@ -1695,3 +1695,17 @@ end
         @test !isnothing(Base.Filesystem.getgroupname(s.gid))
     end
 end
+
+@testset "diskstat() works" begin
+    # Sanity check assuming disk is smaller than 32PB
+    PB = Int64(2)^44
+
+    dstat = diskstat()
+    @test dstat.total < 32PB
+    @test dstat.used + dstat.available == dstat.total
+    @test occursin(r"^DiskStat\(.*, available: \d+, total: \d+, used: \d+\)$", sprint(show, dstat))
+    # Test diskstat(::AbstractString)
+    dstat = diskstat(pwd())
+    @test dstat.total < 32PB
+    @test dstat.used + dstat.available == dstat.total
+end