diff --git a/nuklear.h b/nuklear.h
index 7c950e0..e125865 100644
--- a/nuklear.h
+++ b/nuklear.h
@@ -2577,6 +2577,21 @@ NK_API struct nk_rect nk_layout_space_rect_to_screen(struct nk_context*, struct
 /// Returns transformed `nk_rect` in layout space coordinates
 */
 NK_API struct nk_rect nk_layout_space_rect_to_local(struct nk_context*, struct nk_rect);
+
+/*/// #### nk_spacer
+/// Spacer is a dummy widget that consumes space as usual but doesn't draw anything
+/// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~c
+/// void nk_spacer(struct nk_context* );
+/// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+///
+/// Parameter   | Description
+/// ------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
+/// __ctx__     | Must point to an previously initialized `nk_context` struct after call `nk_layout_space_begin`
+///
+*/
+NK_API void nk_spacer(struct nk_context* );
+
+
 /* =============================================================================
  *
  *                                  GROUP
@@ -22148,6 +22163,12 @@ nk_layout_peek(struct nk_rect *bounds, struct nk_context *ctx)
     layout->at_y = y;
     layout->row.index = index;
 }
+NK_API void 
+nk_spacer(struct nk_context *ctx )
+{
+    struct nk_rect dummy_rect = {0};
+    nk_panel_alloc_space( &dummy_rect, ctx );
+}
 
 
 
@@ -29539,6 +29560,7 @@ nk_tooltipfv(struct nk_context *ctx, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 ///    - [yy]: Minor version with non-breaking API and library changes
 ///    - [zz]: Bug fix version with no direct changes to API
 ///
+/// - 2021/10/16 (4.09.0) - Added nk_spacer() widget
 /// - 2021/09/22 (4.08.6) - Fix "may be used uninitialized" warnings in nk_widget
 /// - 2021/09/22 (4.08.5) - GCC __builtin_offsetof only exists in version 4 and later
 /// - 2021/09/15 (4.08.4) - Fix "'num_len' may be used uninitialized" in nk_do_property
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6acf1fe..65aa3eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nuklear",
-  "version": "4.08.6",
+  "version": "4.09.0",
   "repo": "Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear",
   "description": "A small ANSI C gui toolkit",
   "keywords": ["gl", "ui", "toolkit"],
diff --git a/src/CHANGELOG b/src/CHANGELOG
index b88b388..ce587c8 100644
--- a/src/CHANGELOG
+++ b/src/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ///    - [yy]: Minor version with non-breaking API and library changes
 ///    - [zz]: Bug fix version with no direct changes to API
 ///
+/// - 2021/10/16 (4.09.0) - Added nk_spacer() widget
 /// - 2021/09/22 (4.08.6) - Fix "may be used uninitialized" warnings in nk_widget
 /// - 2021/09/22 (4.08.5) - GCC __builtin_offsetof only exists in version 4 and later
 /// - 2021/09/15 (4.08.4) - Fix "'num_len' may be used uninitialized" in nk_do_property
diff --git a/src/nuklear.h b/src/nuklear.h
index c195690..89a75b6 100644
--- a/src/nuklear.h
+++ b/src/nuklear.h
@@ -2356,6 +2356,21 @@ NK_API struct nk_rect nk_layout_space_rect_to_screen(struct nk_context*, struct
 /// Returns transformed `nk_rect` in layout space coordinates
 */
 NK_API struct nk_rect nk_layout_space_rect_to_local(struct nk_context*, struct nk_rect);
+
+/*/// #### nk_spacer
+/// Spacer is a dummy widget that consumes space as usual but doesn't draw anything
+/// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~c
+/// void nk_spacer(struct nk_context* );
+/// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+///
+/// Parameter   | Description
+/// ------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
+/// __ctx__     | Must point to an previously initialized `nk_context` struct after call `nk_layout_space_begin`
+///
+*/
+NK_API void nk_spacer(struct nk_context* );
+
+
 /* =============================================================================
  *
  *                                  GROUP
diff --git a/src/nuklear_layout.c b/src/nuklear_layout.c
index bfd99c2..b737aca 100644
--- a/src/nuklear_layout.c
+++ b/src/nuklear_layout.c
@@ -760,4 +760,10 @@ nk_layout_peek(struct nk_rect *bounds, struct nk_context *ctx)
     layout->at_y = y;
     layout->row.index = index;
 }
+NK_API void 
+nk_spacer(struct nk_context *ctx )
+{
+    struct nk_rect dummy_rect = {0};
+    nk_panel_alloc_space( &dummy_rect, ctx );
+}