diff --git a/sql/vector--0.7.4--0.8.0.sql b/sql/vector--0.7.4--0.8.0.sql
index 931cd19..38058c8 100644
--- a/sql/vector--0.7.4--0.8.0.sql
+++ b/sql/vector--0.7.4--0.8.0.sql
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ CREATE TYPE minivec (
 	STORAGE   = external
 );
 
+CREATE FUNCTION l2_distance(minivec, minivec) RETURNS float8
+	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'minivec_l2_distance' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
+CREATE OPERATOR <-> (
+	LEFTARG = minivec, RIGHTARG = minivec, PROCEDURE = l2_distance,
+	COMMUTATOR = '<->'
+);
+
 CREATE FUNCTION array_to_sparsevec(integer[], integer, boolean) RETURNS sparsevec
 	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
 
diff --git a/sql/vector.sql b/sql/vector.sql
index 1781266..a3c54f1 100644
--- a/sql/vector.sql
+++ b/sql/vector.sql
@@ -675,6 +675,18 @@ CREATE TYPE minivec (
 	STORAGE   = external
 );
 
+-- minivec functions
+
+CREATE FUNCTION l2_distance(minivec, minivec) RETURNS float8
+	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'minivec_l2_distance' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
+-- minivec operators
+
+CREATE OPERATOR <-> (
+	LEFTARG = minivec, RIGHTARG = minivec, PROCEDURE = l2_distance,
+	COMMUTATOR = '<->'
+);
+
 -- bit functions
 
 CREATE FUNCTION hamming_distance(bit, bit) RETURNS float8
diff --git a/src/minivec.c b/src/minivec.c
index 2ea5a59..cdab86d 100644
--- a/src/minivec.c
+++ b/src/minivec.c
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
 #include "utils/numeric.h"
 #include "vector.h"
 
+/*
+ * Ensure same dimensions
+ */
+static inline void
+CheckDims(MiniVector * a, MiniVector * b)
+{
+	if (a->dim != b->dim)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATA_EXCEPTION),
+				 errmsg("different minivec dimensions %d and %d", a->dim, b->dim)));
+}
+
 /*
  * Ensure expected dimensions
  */
@@ -334,3 +346,34 @@ minivec_send(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(pq_endtypsend(&buf));
 }
+
+static float
+MinivecL2SquaredDistance(int dim, fp8 * ax, fp8 * bx)
+{
+	float		distance = 0.0;
+
+	/* Auto-vectorized */
+	for (int i = 0; i < dim; i++)
+	{
+		float		diff = Fp8ToFloat4(ax[i]) - Fp8ToFloat4(bx[i]);
+
+		distance += diff * diff;
+	}
+
+	return distance;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get the L2 distance between fp8 vectors
+ */
+FUNCTION_PREFIX PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(minivec_l2_distance);
+Datum
+minivec_l2_distance(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	MiniVector *a = PG_GETARG_MINIVEC_P(0);
+	MiniVector *b = PG_GETARG_MINIVEC_P(1);
+
+	CheckDims(a, b);
+
+	PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(sqrt((double) MinivecL2SquaredDistance(a->dim, a->x, b->x)));
+}
diff --git a/test/expected/minivec.out b/test/expected/minivec.out
index 2d28a38..b4560be 100644
--- a/test/expected/minivec.out
+++ b/test/expected/minivec.out
@@ -168,3 +168,29 @@ SELECT '{"[1,2,3]"}'::minivec(2)[];
  {"[1,2,3]"}
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT l2_distance('[0,0]'::minivec, '[3,4]');
+ l2_distance 
+-------------
+           5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT l2_distance('[0,0]'::minivec, '[0,1]');
+ l2_distance 
+-------------
+           1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT l2_distance('[1,2]'::minivec, '[3]');
+ERROR:  different minivec dimensions 2 and 1
+SELECT l2_distance('[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]'::minivec, '[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,5]');
+ l2_distance 
+-------------
+           5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '[0,0]'::minivec <-> '[3,4]';
+ ?column? 
+----------
+        5
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/test/sql/minivec.sql b/test/sql/minivec.sql
index 61e11d1..b6a7f3e 100644
--- a/test/sql/minivec.sql
+++ b/test/sql/minivec.sql
@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ SELECT '[1,2,3]'::minivec(16001);
 
 SELECT unnest('{"[1,2,3]", "[4,5,6]"}'::minivec[]);
 SELECT '{"[1,2,3]"}'::minivec(2)[];
+
+SELECT l2_distance('[0,0]'::minivec, '[3,4]');
+SELECT l2_distance('[0,0]'::minivec, '[0,1]');
+SELECT l2_distance('[1,2]'::minivec, '[3]');
+SELECT l2_distance('[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]'::minivec, '[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,5]');
+SELECT '[0,0]'::minivec <-> '[3,4]';