diff --git a/src/front/glsl/ast.rs b/src/front/glsl/ast.rs
index 148049a688..cbb21f6de9 100644
--- a/src/front/glsl/ast.rs
+++ b/src/front/glsl/ast.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ pub enum HirExprKind {
         /// The target expression
         expr: Handle<HirExpr>,
     },
+    /// A method call like `what.something(a, b, c)`
+    Method {
+        /// expression the method call applies to (`what` in the example)
+        expr: Handle<HirExpr>,
+        /// the method name (`something` in the example)
+        name: String,
+        /// the arguments to the method (`a`, `b`, and `c` in the example)
+        args: Vec<Handle<HirExpr>>,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
diff --git a/src/front/glsl/context.rs b/src/front/glsl/context.rs
index 13eb5d180a..c269e5fd18 100644
--- a/src/front/glsl/context.rs
+++ b/src/front/glsl/context.rs
@@ -1366,6 +1366,67 @@ impl Context {
                     value
                 }
             }
+            HirExprKind::Method {
+                expr: object,
+                ref name,
+                ref args,
+            } if ExprPos::Lhs != pos => {
+                let args = args
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|e| self.lower_expect_inner(stmt, parser, *e, ExprPos::Rhs, body))
+                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+                match name.as_ref() {
+                    "length" => {
+                        if !args.is_empty() {
+                            parser.errors.push(Error {
+                                kind: ErrorKind::SemanticError(
+                                    ".length() doesn't take any arguments".into(),
+                                ),
+                                meta,
+                            });
+                        }
+                        let lowered_array =
+                            self.lower_expect_inner(stmt, parser, object, pos, body)?.0;
+                        let array_type = parser.resolve_type(self, lowered_array, meta)?;
+
+                        match *array_type {
+                            TypeInner::Array {
+                                size: crate::ArraySize::Constant(size),
+                                ..
+                            } => {
+                                let mut array_length =
+                                    self.add_expression(Expression::Constant(size), meta, body);
+                                self.forced_conversion(
+                                    parser,
+                                    &mut array_length,
+                                    meta,
+                                    ScalarKind::Sint,
+                                    4,
+                                )?;
+                                array_length
+                            }
+                            // let the error be handled in type checking if it's not a dynamic array
+                            _ => {
+                                let mut array_length = self.add_expression(
+                                    Expression::ArrayLength(lowered_array),
+                                    meta,
+                                    body,
+                                );
+                                self.conversion(&mut array_length, meta, ScalarKind::Sint, 4)?;
+                                array_length
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => {
+                        return Err(Error {
+                            kind: ErrorKind::SemanticError(
+                                format!("unknown method '{}'", name).into(),
+                            ),
+                            meta,
+                        });
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             _ => {
                 return Err(Error {
                     kind: ErrorKind::SemanticError(
diff --git a/src/front/glsl/parser/expressions.rs b/src/front/glsl/parser/expressions.rs
index 44f9ea9d0d..ad9cf80a0f 100644
--- a/src/front/glsl/parser/expressions.rs
+++ b/src/front/glsl/parser/expressions.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,24 @@ impl<'source> ParsingContext<'source> {
                 TokenValue::Dot => {
                     let (field, end_meta) = self.expect_ident(parser)?;
 
+                    if self.bump_if(parser, TokenValue::LeftParen).is_some() {
+                        let args =
+                            self.parse_function_call_args(parser, ctx, stmt, body, &mut meta)?;
+
+                        base = stmt.hir_exprs.append(
+                            HirExpr {
+                                kind: HirExprKind::Method {
+                                    expr: base,
+                                    name: field,
+                                    args,
+                                },
+                                meta,
+                            },
+                            Default::default(),
+                        );
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     meta.subsume(end_meta);
                     base = stmt.hir_exprs.append(
                         HirExpr {
diff --git a/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag b/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
index acf0ea9213..2e386057b5 100644
--- a/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
+++ b/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
@@ -132,6 +132,18 @@ void testMatrixMultiplication(mat4x3 a, mat4x4 b) {
     mat4x3 c = a * b;
 }
 
+layout(std430, binding = 0) buffer a_buf {
+    float a[];
+};
+
+void testLength() {
+    int len = a.length();
+}
+
+void testConstantLength(float a[4u]) {
+    int len = a.length();
+}
+
 out vec4 o_color;
 void main() {
     privatePointer(global);
diff --git a/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl b/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
index 7cf1eace0e..5c8a3de5fd 100644
--- a/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
+++ b/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ struct BST {
     data: i32,
 }
 
+struct a_buf {
+    a: array<f32>,
+}
+
 struct FragmentOutput {
     @location(0) o_color: vec4<f32>,
 }
 
 var<private> global: f32;
+@group(0) @binding(0) 
+var<storage, read_write> global_1: a_buf;
 var<private> o_color: vec4<f32>;
 
 fn testBinOpVecFloat(a: vec4<f32>, b: f32) {
@@ -369,28 +375,47 @@ fn testMatrixMultiplication(a_22: mat4x3<f32>, b_18: mat4x4<f32>) {
     return;
 }
 
+fn testLength() {
+    var len: i32;
+
+    len = i32(arrayLength((&global_1.a)));
+    return;
+}
+
+fn testConstantLength(a_24: array<f32,4u>) {
+    var a_25: array<f32,4u>;
+    var len_1: i32 = 4;
+
+    _ = (&global_1.a);
+    a_25 = a_24;
+    _ = a_25;
+    _ = i32(4u);
+}
+
 fn main_1() {
     var local_5: f32;
 
+    _ = (&global_1.a);
     _ = global;
-    let _e3 = global;
-    local_5 = _e3;
+    let _e5 = global;
+    local_5 = _e5;
     privatePointer((&local_5));
-    let _e5 = local_5;
-    global = _e5;
-    let _e6 = o_color;
-    _ = _e6.xyzw;
-    let _e9 = vec4<f32>(1.0);
-    o_color.x = _e9.x;
-    o_color.y = _e9.y;
-    o_color.z = _e9.z;
-    o_color.w = _e9.w;
+    let _e7 = local_5;
+    global = _e7;
+    let _e8 = o_color;
+    _ = _e8.xyzw;
+    let _e11 = vec4<f32>(1.0);
+    o_color.x = _e11.x;
+    o_color.y = _e11.y;
+    o_color.z = _e11.z;
+    o_color.w = _e11.w;
     return;
 }
 
 @fragment 
 fn main() -> FragmentOutput {
+    _ = (&global_1.a);
     main_1();
-    let _e5 = o_color;
-    return FragmentOutput(_e5);
+    let _e7 = o_color;
+    return FragmentOutput(_e7);
 }