diff --git a/jedi/api/classes.py b/jedi/api/classes.py
index b521cc90..68f2efb2 100644
--- a/jedi/api/classes.py
+++ b/jedi/api/classes.py
@@ -231,6 +231,37 @@ class BaseName(object):
             return None
         return start_pos[1]
 
+    @property
+    def definition_start_position(self):
+        """
+        The (row, column) of the start of the definition range. Rows start with
+        1, columns start with 0.
+
+        :rtype: Tuple[int, int]
+        """
+        definition = self._name.tree_name.get_definition()
+        if definition is None:
+            return self._name.start_pos
+        return definition.start_pos
+
+    @property
+    def definition_end_position(self):
+        """
+        The (row, column) of the end of the definition range. Rows start with
+        1, columns start with 0.
+
+        :rtype: Tuple[int, int]
+        """
+        definition = self._name.tree_name.get_definition()
+        if definition is None:
+            return self._name.end_pos
+        if self.type in ("function", "class"):
+            last_leaf = definition.get_last_leaf()
+            if last_leaf.type == "newline":
+                return last_leaf.get_previous_leaf().end_pos
+            return last_leaf.end_pos
+        return definition.end_pos
+
     def docstring(self, raw=False, fast=True):
         r"""
         Return a document string for this completion object.
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_classes.py b/test/test_api/test_classes.py
index 8e4d935e..38d7b503 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_classes.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_classes.py
@@ -603,3 +603,38 @@ def test_get_type_hint(Script, code, expected, skip_pre_python36):
 
 def test_pseudotreenameclass_type(Script):
     assert Script('from typing import Any\n').get_names()[0].type == 'class'
+
+def test_definition_start_end_position(Script):
+    '''Tests for definition_start_position and definition_end_position'''
+    code = '\n'.join([
+        'def a_func():',
+        '    return "bar"',
+        '',
+        'var1 = 12',
+        '',
+        'class AClass:',
+        '    """my class"""',
+        '    @staticmethod',
+        '    def hello():',
+        '        func_var = 1',
+        '        return func_var',
+    ])
+    script = Script(code=code)
+    names = script.get_names(all_scopes=True)
+    assert len(names) == 5
+    a_func, var1, AClass, hello, func_var = names
+
+    assert a_func.definition_start_position == (1, 0)
+    assert a_func.definition_end_position == (2, 16)
+
+    assert var1.definition_start_position == (4, 0)
+    assert var1.definition_end_position == (4, 9)
+
+    assert AClass.definition_start_position == (6, 0)
+    assert AClass.definition_end_position == (11, 23)
+
+    assert hello.definition_start_position == (9, 4)
+    assert hello.definition_end_position == (11, 23)
+
+    assert func_var.definition_start_position == (10, 8)
+    assert func_var.definition_end_position == (10, 20)