diff --git a/sycl/doc/syclcompat/README.md b/sycl/doc/syclcompat/README.md
index df8d453a41d57..be0cc7eb92b67 100644
--- a/sycl/doc/syclcompat/README.md
+++ b/sycl/doc/syclcompat/README.md
@@ -1108,6 +1108,7 @@ class device_ext : public sycl::device {
   int get_max_work_group_size() const;
   int get_mem_base_addr_align() const;
   size_t get_global_mem_size() const;
+  size_t get_local_mem_size() const;
   void get_memory_info(size_t &free_memory, size_t &total_memory) const;
 
   void get_device_info(device_info &out) const;
diff --git a/sycl/include/syclcompat/device.hpp b/sycl/include/syclcompat/device.hpp
index 4e227a635c44e..95b378fa54f9f 100644
--- a/sycl/include/syclcompat/device.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/syclcompat/device.hpp
@@ -395,6 +395,10 @@ class device_ext : public sycl::device {
     return get_device_info().get_global_mem_size();
   }
 
+  size_t get_local_mem_size() const {
+    return get_device_info().get_local_mem_size();
+  }
+
   /// Get the number of bytes of free and total memory on the SYCL device.
   /// \param [out] free_memory The number of bytes of free memory on the SYCL
   /// device.