diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
index 5a63135..caada9c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -544,6 +544,16 @@
         hugecount2 = '{}b{}H'.format(sys.maxsize//2, sys.maxsize//2)
         self.assertRaises(struct.error, struct.calcsize, hugecount2)
 
+    def test_sizeof(self):
+        self.assertGreater(sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('BHILfdspP')),
+                           sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('B')))
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('123B')),
+                                sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('B')))
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('B' * 123)),
+                                sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('123B')))
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('123xB')),
+                                sys.getsizeof(struct.Struct('B')))
+
 def test_main():
     run_unittest(StructTest)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a279941..ca0740e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #15402: An issue in the struct module that caused sys.getsizeof to
+  return incorrect results for struct.Struct instances has been fixed.
+  Initial patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
 - Issue #15232: when mangle_from is True, email.Generator now correctly mangles
   lines that start with 'From' that occur in a MIME preamble or epilog.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_struct.c b/Modules/_struct.c
index c158eba..3ede1d0 100644
--- a/Modules/_struct.c
+++ b/Modules/_struct.c
@@ -1693,6 +1693,22 @@
     return PyInt_FromSsize_t(self->s_size);
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(s_sizeof__doc__,
+"S.__sizeof__() -> size of S in memory, in bytes");
+
+static PyObject *
+s_sizeof(PyStructObject *self)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    formatcode *code;
+
+    size = sizeof(PyStructObject) + sizeof(formatcode);
+    for (code = self->s_codes; code->fmtdef != NULL; code++) {
+        size += sizeof(formatcode);
+    }
+    return PyLong_FromSsize_t(size);
+}
+
 /* List of functions */
 
 static struct PyMethodDef s_methods[] = {
@@ -1701,6 +1717,7 @@
     {"unpack",          s_unpack,       METH_O, s_unpack__doc__},
     {"unpack_from",     (PyCFunction)s_unpack_from, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
                     s_unpack_from__doc__},
+    {"__sizeof__",      (PyCFunction)s_sizeof, METH_NOARGS, s_sizeof__doc__},
     {NULL,       NULL}          /* sentinel */
 };