diff --git a/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/datetime/extensions/DateTimeExtensions.java b/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/datetime/extensions/DateTimeExtensions.java
index c46789a..85bf09f 100644
--- a/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/datetime/extensions/DateTimeExtensions.java
+++ b/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/datetime/extensions/DateTimeExtensions.java
@@ -579,6 +579,18 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Calculates the number of days between two dates
+     *
+     * @param self a LocalDate
+     * @param other the other LocalDate
+     * @return the number of days
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    public static long minus(final LocalDate self, LocalDate other) {
+        return ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(other, self);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns a {@link java.time.LocalDate} one day after this date.
      *
      * @param self a LocalDate
diff --git a/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/spec/test/gdk/WorkingWithDateTimeTypesTest.groovy b/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/spec/test/gdk/WorkingWithDateTimeTypesTest.groovy
index 14c0191..005c8df 100644
--- a/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/spec/test/gdk/WorkingWithDateTimeTypesTest.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/groovy-datetime/src/spec/test/gdk/WorkingWithDateTimeTypesTest.groovy
@@ -252,4 +252,18 @@
         // end::to_jsr310_types[]
     }
 
+    void testLocalDateMinusOtherLocalDate() {
+        def date1 = LocalDate.of(2019, Month.OCTOBER, 10)
+        def date2 = LocalDate.of(2019, Month.OCTOBER, 1)
+        assert 9 == date1 - date2
+        assert -9 == date2 - date1
+
+        def date3 = LocalDate.of(2019, Month.OCTOBER, 1)
+        def date4 = LocalDate.of(2019, Month.OCTOBER, 1)
+        assert 0 == date3 - date4
+
+        def date5 = LocalDate.of(2019, Month.OCTOBER, 1)
+        def date6 = LocalDate.of(2019, Month.SEPTEMBER, 30)
+        assert 1 == date5 - date6
+    }
 }