diff --git a/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api.rst b/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api.rst
index 0729df55406..cb01d478702 100644
--- a/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api.rst
+++ b/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api.rst
@@ -101,5 +101,7 @@ Feature availability:
 
 -  C++23 ``<mdspan>`` is available in C++17.
 
-   -  mdspan is feature complete in C++17 onwards.
-   -  mdspan on msvc is only supported in C++20 and onwards.
+   -  ``mdspan`` is feature complete in C++17 onwards.
+   -  ``mdspan`` on msvc is only supported in C++20 and onwards.
+
+-  C++26 ``std::dims`` is available in C++17.
diff --git a/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api/container_library/mdspan.rst b/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api/container_library/mdspan.rst
index 664a60eb48e..72174d13624 100644
--- a/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api/container_library/mdspan.rst
+++ b/docs/libcudacxx/standard_api/container_library/mdspan.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Extensions
 ----------
 
 -  All features of ``<mdspan>`` are made available in C++17 onwards
+-  C++26 ``std::dims`` is made available in C++17 onwards
 
 Restrictions
 ------------
diff --git a/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__mdspan/extents.h b/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__mdspan/extents.h
index d0bdfd016f6..0acb6579d7d 100644
--- a/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__mdspan/extents.h
+++ b/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__mdspan/extents.h
@@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ struct __make_dextents<_IndexType, 0, _CUDA_VSTD::extents<_IndexType, _ExtentsPa
 template <class _IndexType, size_t _Rank>
 using dextents = typename __detail::__make_dextents<_IndexType, _Rank>::type;
 
+template <size_t _Rank, class _IndexType = size_t>
+using dims = dextents<_IndexType, _Rank>;
+
 #  if defined(__MDSPAN_USE_CLASS_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENT_DEDUCTION)
 template <class... _IndexTypes>
 _CCCL_HOST_DEVICE extents(_IndexTypes...)
diff --git a/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/std/containers/views/mdspan/mdspan.extents.dims/compare.pass.cpp b/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/std/containers/views/mdspan/mdspan.extents.dims/compare.pass.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec2e8c6d725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/std/containers/views/mdspan/mdspan.extents.dims/compare.pass.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// UNSUPPORTED: c++11
+// UNSUPPORTED: msvc && c++14, msvc && c++17
+
+#include <cuda/std/cassert>
+#include <cuda/std/mdspan>
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+  {
+    using index_t = size_t;
+
+    cuda::std::dextents<index_t, 3> e0{1, 2, 3};
+    cuda::std::dims<3> e1{1, 2, 3};
+
+    static_assert(cuda::std::is_same<decltype(e0), decltype(e1)>::value, "");
+    assert(e0 == e1);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}