diff --git a/bpmodify/bpmodify.go b/bpmodify/bpmodify.go
index 29d28f0..3a70689 100644
--- a/bpmodify/bpmodify.go
+++ b/bpmodify/bpmodify.go
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ var (
 	addIdents        = new(identSet)
 	removeIdents     = new(identSet)
 
-	setString *string
+	setString  *string
+	addLiteral *string
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.Var(targetedProperty, "parameter", "alias to -property=`name`")
 	flag.Var(targetedProperty, "property", "fully qualified `name` of property to modify (default \"deps\")")
 	flag.Var(addIdents, "a", "comma or whitespace separated list of identifiers to add")
+	flag.Var(stringPtrFlag{&addLiteral}, "add-literal", "a literal to add")
 	flag.Var(removeIdents, "r", "comma or whitespace separated list of identifiers to remove")
 	flag.Var(stringPtrFlag{&setString}, "str", "set a string property")
 	flag.Usage = usage
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ func processModule(module *parser.Module, moduleName string,
 		return false, []error{err}
 	}
 	if prop == nil {
-		if len(addIdents.idents) > 0 {
+		if len(addIdents.idents) > 0 || addLiteral != nil {
 			// We are adding something to a non-existing list prop, so we need to create it first.
 			prop, modified, err = createRecursiveProperty(module, targetedProperty.name(), targetedProperty.prefixes(), &parser.List{})
 		} else if setString != nil {
@@ -253,6 +255,21 @@ func processParameter(value parser.Expression, paramName, moduleName string,
 		if (wasSorted || *sortLists) && modified {
 			parser.SortList(file, list)
 		}
+	} else if addLiteral != nil {
+		if *sortLists {
+			return false, []error{fmt.Errorf("sorting not supported when adding a literal")}
+		}
+		list, ok := value.(*parser.List)
+		if !ok {
+			return false, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected parameter %s in module %s to be list, found %s",
+				paramName, moduleName, value.Type().String())}
+		}
+		value, errs := parser.ParseExpression(strings.NewReader(*addLiteral))
+		if errs != nil {
+			return false, errs
+		}
+		list.Values = append(list.Values, value)
+		modified = true
 	} else if setString != nil {
 		str, ok := value.(*parser.String)
 		if !ok {
@@ -324,8 +341,8 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if len(addIdents.idents) == 0 && len(removeIdents.idents) == 0 && setString == nil {
-		report(fmt.Errorf("-a, -r or -str parameter is required"))
+	if len(addIdents.idents) == 0 && len(removeIdents.idents) == 0 && setString == nil && addLiteral == nil {
+		report(fmt.Errorf("-a, -add-literal, -r or -str parameter is required"))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go b/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go
index a92d439..9740e63 100644
--- a/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go
+++ b/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 var testCases = []struct {
-	name      string
-	input     string
-	output    string
-	property  string
-	addSet    string
-	removeSet string
-	setString *string
+	name       string
+	input      string
+	output     string
+	property   string
+	addSet     string
+	removeSet  string
+	addLiteral *string
+	setString  *string
 }{
 	{
 		name: "add",
@@ -251,6 +252,25 @@ var testCases = []struct {
 		property: "deps",
 		addSet:   "bar-v10-bar",
 	},
+	{
+		name:  "add a struct with literal",
+		input: `cc_foo {name: "foo"}`,
+		output: `cc_foo {
+    name: "foo",
+    structs: [
+        {
+            version: "1",
+            imports: [
+                "bar1",
+                "bar2",
+            ],
+        },
+    ],
+}
+`,
+		property:   "structs",
+		addLiteral: proptools.StringPtr(`{version: "1", imports: ["bar1", "bar2"]}`),
+	},
 	{
 		name: "set string",
 		input: `
@@ -301,6 +321,7 @@ func TestProcessModule(t *testing.T) {
 			addIdents.Set(testCase.addSet)
 			removeIdents.Set(testCase.removeSet)
 			setString = testCase.setString
+			addLiteral = testCase.addLiteral
 
 			inAst, errs := parser.ParseAndEval("", strings.NewReader(testCase.input), parser.NewScope(nil))
 			if len(errs) > 0 {
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index 3e26b21..bb8817e 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ func Parse(filename string, r io.Reader, scope *Scope) (file *File, errs []error
 	return parse(p)
 }
 
+func ParseExpression(r io.Reader) (value Expression, errs []error) {
+	p := newParser(r, NewScope(nil))
+	value = p.parseExpression()
+	p.accept(scanner.EOF)
+	errs = p.errors
+	return
+}
+
 type parser struct {
 	scanner  scanner.Scanner
 	tok      rune