diff --git a/include/sys/util.h b/include/sys/util.h
index 08739ff9ec6..c9db6a654f4 100644
--- a/include/sys/util.h
+++ b/include/sys/util.h
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ extern "C" {
 #define GENMASK(h, l) \
 	(((~0UL) - (1UL << (l)) + 1) & (~0UL >> (BITS_PER_LONG - 1 - (h))))
 
+/** @brief Extract the Least Significant Bit from @p value. */
+#define LSB_GET(value) ((value) & -(value))
+
+/**
+ * @brief Extract a bitfield element from @p value corresponding to
+ *	  the field mask @p mask.
+ */
+#define FIELD_GET(mask, value)  (((value) & (mask)) / LSB_GET(mask))
+
+/**
+ * @brief Prepare a bitfield element using @p value with @p mask representing
+ *	  its field position and width. The result should be combined
+ *	  with other fields using a logical OR.
+ */
+#define FIELD_PREP(mask, value) (((value) * LSB_GET(mask)) & (mask))
+
 /** @brief 0 if @p cond is true-ish; causes a compile error otherwise. */
 #define ZERO_OR_COMPILE_ERROR(cond) ((int) sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !(cond)]) - 1)