diff --git a/loopy/__init__.py b/loopy/__init__.py
index 506b866d5..b6419d916 100644
--- a/loopy/__init__.py
+++ b/loopy/__init__.py
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
 from loopy.target.c import (CFamilyTarget, CTarget, ExecutableCTarget,
                             generate_header, CWithGNULibcTarget,
                             ExecutableCWithGNULibcTarget)
+from loopy.target.c_vector_extensions import (CVectorExtensionsTarget,
+                                              ExecutableCVectorExtensionsTarget)
 from loopy.target.cuda import CudaTarget
 from loopy.target.opencl import OpenCLTarget
 from loopy.target.pyopencl import PyOpenCLTarget
@@ -300,6 +302,7 @@
         "TargetBase",
         "CFamilyTarget", "CTarget", "ExecutableCTarget", "generate_header",
         "CWithGNULibcTarget", "ExecutableCWithGNULibcTarget",
+        "CVectorExtensionsTarget", "ExecutableCVectorExtensionsTarget",
         "CudaTarget", "OpenCLTarget",
         "PyOpenCLTarget", "ISPCTarget",
         "NumbaTarget", "NumbaCudaTarget",
diff --git a/loopy/target/c_vector_extensions.py b/loopy/target/c_vector_extensions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..962dfe4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loopy/target/c_vector_extensions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import numpy as np
+from pytools import memoize_method
+from loopy.target.c import CTarget, CWithGNULibcASTBuilder, ExecutableCTarget
+from loopy.types import NumpyType
+
+
+# {{{ vector types
+
+class vec:  # noqa
+    pass
+
+
+def _create_vector_types():
+    field_names = ["x", "y", "z", "w"]
+
+    vec.types = {}
+    vec.names_and_dtypes = []
+    vec.type_to_scalar_and_count = {}
+
+    counts = [2, 3, 4, 8, 16]
+
+    for base_name, base_type in [
+            ("char", np.int8),
+            ("unsigned char", np.uint8),
+            ("short", np.int16),
+            ("unsigned short", np.uint16),
+            ("int", np.int32),
+            ("unsigned int", np.uint32),
+            ("long", np.int64),
+            ("unsigned long", np.uint64),
+            ("float", np.float32),
+            ("double", np.float64),
+            ]:
+        for count in counts:
+            byte_count = count*np.dtype(base_type).itemsize
+            name = "%s __attribute__((vector_size(%d)))" % (base_name,
+                    byte_count)
+
+            titles = field_names[:count]
+
+            names = [f"s{i}" for i in range(count)]
+
+            if len(titles) < len(names):
+                titles.extend((len(names)-len(titles))*[None])
+
+            try:
+                dtype = np.dtype(dict(
+                    names=names,
+                    formats=[base_type]*count,
+                    titles=titles))
+            except NotImplementedError:
+                try:
+                    dtype = np.dtype([((n, title), base_type)
+                                      for (n, title) in zip(names, titles)])
+                except TypeError:
+                    dtype = np.dtype([(n, base_type) for (n, title)
+                                      in zip(names, titles)])
+
+            setattr(vec, name, dtype)
+
+            vec.names_and_dtypes.append((name, dtype))
+
+            vec.types[np.dtype(base_type), count] = dtype
+            vec.type_to_scalar_and_count[dtype] = np.dtype(base_type), count
+
+
+_create_vector_types()
+
+
+def _register_vector_types(dtype_registry):
+    for name, dtype in vec.names_and_dtypes:
+        dtype_registry.get_or_register_dtype(name, dtype)
+
+# }}}
+
+
+# {{{ target
+
+class CVectorExtensionsTarget(CTarget):
+    """A specialized C-target that represents vectorization through GCC/Clang
+    language extensions.
+    """
+
+    def get_device_ast_builder(self):
+        return CVectorExtensionsASTBuilder(self)
+
+    @memoize_method
+    def get_dtype_registry(self):
+        from loopy.target.c.compyte.dtypes import (
+                DTypeRegistry, fill_registry_with_c99_stdint_types,
+                fill_registry_with_c99_complex_types)
+        from loopy.target.c import DTypeRegistryWrapper
+
+        result = DTypeRegistry()
+        fill_registry_with_c99_stdint_types(result)
+        fill_registry_with_c99_complex_types(result)
+
+        _register_vector_types(result)
+        return DTypeRegistryWrapper(result)
+
+    def is_vector_dtype(self, dtype):
+        return (isinstance(dtype, NumpyType)
+                and dtype.numpy_dtype in list(vec.types.values()))
+
+    def vector_dtype(self, base, count):
+        return NumpyType(
+                vec.types[base.numpy_dtype, count],
+                target=self)
+
+    @property
+    def allows_non_constant_indexing_for_vec_types(self):
+        return True
+
+    @property
+    def broadcasts_scalar_assignment_to_vec_types(self):
+        return False
+
+
+class ExecutableCVectorExtensionsTarget(CVectorExtensionsTarget,
+                                        ExecutableCTarget):
+    def __init__(self, compiler=None, fortran_abi=False):
+        ExecutableCTarget.__init__(self, compiler=compiler, fortran_abi=fortran_abi)
+
+    def get_kernel_executor_cache_key(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return ExecutableCTarget.get_kernel_executor_cache_key(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_kernel_executor(self, t_unit, *args, **kwargs):
+        return ExecutableCTarget.get_kernel_executor(self, t_unit, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_host_ast_builder(self):
+        return ExecutableCTarget.get_host_ast_builder(self)
+
+# }}}
+
+
+# {{{ AST builder
+
+class CVectorExtensionsASTBuilder(CWithGNULibcASTBuilder):
+    def add_vector_access(self, access_expr, index):
+        return access_expr[index]
+
+# }}}