diff --git a/doc/docs.md b/doc/docs.md
index b3c6aa1307..f0bb2ae461 100644
--- a/doc/docs.md
+++ b/doc/docs.md
@@ -6139,7 +6139,8 @@ that are substituted at compile time:
 - `@BUILD_TIME` => replaced with the build time, for example '12:32:07' .
 - `@BUILD_TIMESTAMP` => replaced with the build timestamp, for example '1726219885' .
 - `@OS` => replaced with the OS type, for example 'linux' .
-- `@COMPILER` => replaced with the C compiler type, for example 'gcc' .
+- `@CCOMPILER` => replaced with the C compiler type, for example 'gcc' .
+- `@BACKEND` => replaced with current language backend, for example 'c' or 'golang' .
 - `@PLATFORM` => replaced with the platform type, for example 'amd64' .
 Note: `@BUILD_DATE`, `@BUILD_TIME`, `@BUILD_TIMESTAMP` represent times in the UTC timezone.
 By default, they are based on the current time of the compilation/build. They can be overridden
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 060b5a9d13..3fccd9661b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -4033,9 +4033,12 @@ fn (mut c Checker) at_expr(mut node ast.AtExpr) ast.Type {
 		.os {
 			node.val = pref.get_host_os().lower()
 		}
-		.compiler {
+		.ccompiler {
 			node.val = c.pref.ccompiler_type.str()
 		}
+		.backend {
+			node.val = c.pref.backend.str()
+		}
 		.platform {
 			node.val = c.pref.arch.str()
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v b/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
index 4806f2d4c0..67ca8dfd4f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ fn (mut p Parser) at() ast.AtExpr {
 		'@BUILD_TIME' { token.AtKind.build_time }
 		'@BUILD_TIMESTAMP' { token.AtKind.build_timestamp }
 		'@OS' { token.AtKind.os }
-		'@COMPILER' { token.AtKind.compiler }
+		'@CCOMPILER' { token.AtKind.ccompiler }
+		'@BACKEND' { token.AtKind.backend }
 		'@PLATFORM' { token.AtKind.platform }
 		else { token.AtKind.unknown }
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/v/scanner/tests/unknown_comptime_var_err.out b/vlib/v/scanner/tests/unknown_comptime_var_err.out
index c53fadd606..861ea2e093 100644
--- a/vlib/v/scanner/tests/unknown_comptime_var_err.out
+++ b/vlib/v/scanner/tests/unknown_comptime_var_err.out
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ vlib/v/scanner/tests/unknown_comptime_var_err.vv:2:9: error: @ must be used befo
     3 | }
 Details: available compile time variables: @VROOT, @VMODROOT, @VEXEROOT, @FN, @METHOD, @MOD,
 @STRUCT, @VEXE, @FILE, @DIR, @LINE, @COLUMN, @VHASH, @VCURRENTHASH, @VMOD_FILE, @VMODHASH,
-@FILE_LINE, @LOCATION, @BUILD_DATE, @BUILD_TIME, @BUILD_TIMESTAMP, @OS, @COMPILER,
-@PLATFORM
+@FILE_LINE, @LOCATION, @BUILD_DATE, @BUILD_TIME, @BUILD_TIMESTAMP, @OS, @CCOMPILER,
+@BACKEND, @PLATFORM
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/comptime/comptime_at_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/comptime/comptime_at_test.v
index 18de32a171..eb680717c8 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/comptime/comptime_at_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/comptime/comptime_at_test.v
@@ -206,9 +206,15 @@ fn test_at_os() {
 		'js_node', 'js_freestanding', 'js_browser']
 }
 
-fn test_at_compiler() {
-	println('Current Compiler is ${@COMPILER}')
-	assert @COMPILER in ['gcc', 'tinyc', 'clang', 'emcc', 'mingw', 'msvc', 'cplusplus']
+fn test_at_ccompiler() {
+	println('Current C Compiler is ${@CCOMPILER}')
+	assert @CCOMPILER in ['gcc', 'tinyc', 'clang', 'emcc', 'mingw', 'msvc', 'cplusplus']
+}
+
+fn test_at_backend() {
+	println('Current language backend is ${@BACKEND}')
+	assert @BACKEND in ['c', 'golang', 'interpret', 'js_node', 'js_browser', 'js_freestanding',
+		'native', 'wasm']
 }
 
 fn test_at_platform() {
diff --git a/vlib/v/token/token.v b/vlib/v/token/token.v
index b18abd7e12..f8fcad1c47 100644
--- a/vlib/v/token/token.v
+++ b/vlib/v/token/token.v
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ pub enum AtKind {
 	build_time
 	build_timestamp
 	os
-	compiler
+	ccompiler
+	backend
 	platform
 }
 
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ pub const assign_tokens = [Kind.assign, .decl_assign, .plus_assign, .minus_assig
 pub const valid_at_tokens = ['@VROOT', '@VMODROOT', '@VEXEROOT', '@FN', '@METHOD', '@MOD', '@STRUCT',
 	'@VEXE', '@FILE', '@DIR', '@LINE', '@COLUMN', '@VHASH', '@VCURRENTHASH', '@VMOD_FILE',
 	'@VMODHASH', '@FILE_LINE', '@LOCATION', '@BUILD_DATE', '@BUILD_TIME', '@BUILD_TIMESTAMP', '@OS',
-	'@COMPILER', '@PLATFORM']
+	'@CCOMPILER', '@BACKEND', '@PLATFORM']
 
 pub const token_str = build_token_str()