diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp
@@ -1685,14 +1685,18 @@
             die.GetOffset(), attrs.name.GetCString());
       }
 
-      if (tag == DW_TAG_structure_type) // this only applies in C
-      {
+      // If the byte size of the record is specified then overwrite the size
+      // that would be computed by Clang. This is only needed as LLDB's
+      // TypeSystemClang is always in C++ mode, but some compilers such as
+      // GCC and Clang give empty structs a size of 0 in C mode (in contrast to
+      // the size of 1 for empty structs that would be computed in C++ mode).
+      if (attrs.byte_size) {
         clang::RecordDecl *record_decl =
             TypeSystemClang::GetAsRecordDecl(clang_type);
-
         if (record_decl) {
-          GetClangASTImporter().SetRecordLayout(
-              record_decl, ClangASTImporter::LayoutInfo());
+          ClangASTImporter::LayoutInfo layout;
+          layout.bit_size = *attrs.byte_size * 8;
+          GetClangASTImporter().SetRecordLayout(record_decl, layout);
         }
       }
     } else if (clang_type_was_created) {
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/Makefile b/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+C_SOURCES := main.c
+
+include Makefile.rules
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/TestCSizeof.py b/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/TestCSizeof.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/TestCSizeof.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+class TestCase(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def test(self):
+        self.build()
+        self.createTestTarget()
+
+        # Empty structs are not allowed in C, but Clang/GCC allow them and
+        # give them a size of 0.
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(Empty) == sizeof_empty", result_value="true")
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(SingleMember) == sizeof_single", result_value="true")
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(PaddingMember) == sizeof_padding", result_value="true")
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/main.c b/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/main.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/c/sizeof/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+struct Empty {};
+struct SingleMember {
+  int i;
+};
+
+struct PaddingMember {
+  int i;
+  char c;
+};
+
+const unsigned sizeof_empty = sizeof(struct Empty);
+const unsigned sizeof_single = sizeof(struct SingleMember);
+const unsigned sizeof_padding = sizeof(struct PaddingMember);
+
+int main() {
+  struct Empty empty;
+  struct SingleMember single;
+  struct PaddingMember padding;
+  // Make sure globals are used.
+  return sizeof_empty + sizeof_single + sizeof_padding;
+}
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/Makefile b/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CXX_SOURCES := main.cpp
+
+include Makefile.rules
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/TestCPPSizeof.py b/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/TestCPPSizeof.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/TestCPPSizeof.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+class TestCase(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def test(self):
+        self.build()
+        self.createTestTarget()
+
+        # Empty structs/classes have size 1 in C++.
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(Empty) == sizeof_empty", result_value="true")
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(EmptyClass) == sizeof_empty_class", result_value="true")
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(SingleMember) == sizeof_single", result_value="true")
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(SingleMemberClass) == sizeof_single_class", result_value="true")
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(PaddingMember) == sizeof_padding", result_value="true")
+        self.expect_expr("sizeof(PaddingMemberClass) == sizeof_padding_class", result_value="true")
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/main.cpp b/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/sizeof/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+struct Empty {};
+class EmptyClass {};
+
+struct SingleMember {
+  int i;
+};
+class SingleMemberClass {
+  int i;
+};
+
+struct PaddingMember {
+  int i;
+  char c;
+};
+class PaddingMemberClass {
+  int i;
+  char c;
+};
+
+const unsigned sizeof_empty = sizeof(Empty);
+const unsigned sizeof_empty_class = sizeof(EmptyClass);
+const unsigned sizeof_single = sizeof(SingleMember);
+const unsigned sizeof_single_class = sizeof(SingleMemberClass);
+const unsigned sizeof_padding = sizeof(PaddingMember);
+const unsigned sizeof_padding_class = sizeof(PaddingMemberClass);
+
+int main() {
+  Empty empty;
+  EmptyClass empty_class;
+  SingleMember single;
+  SingleMemberClass single_class;
+  PaddingMember padding;
+  PaddingMemberClass padding_class;
+  // Make sure globals are used.
+  return sizeof_empty + sizeof_empty_class + sizeof_single +
+    sizeof_single_class + sizeof_padding + sizeof_padding_class;
+}