diff --git a/src/ui/popup.js b/src/ui/popup.js
index 2732eb82857..a5a19116ae8 100644
--- a/src/ui/popup.js
+++ b/src/ui/popup.js
@@ -432,6 +432,18 @@ export default class Popup extends Evented {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the popup's offset.
+     *
+     * @param offset Sets the popup's offset.
+     * @returns {Popup} `this`
+     */
+    setOffset (offset?: Offset) {
+        this.options.offset = offset;
+        this._update();
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add or remove the given CSS class on the popup container, depending on whether the container currently has that class.
      *
diff --git a/test/unit/ui/popup.test.js b/test/unit/ui/popup.test.js
index 5de4adc716b..50f94065c8f 100644
--- a/test/unit/ui/popup.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/ui/popup.test.js
@@ -480,6 +480,22 @@ test('Popup is offset via an incomplete object offset option', (t) => {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('Popup offset can be set via setOffset', (t) => {
+    const map = createMap(t);
+
+    const popup = new Popup({offset: 5})
+        .setLngLat([0, 0])
+        .setText('Test')
+        .addTo(map);
+
+    t.equal(popup.options.offset, 5);
+
+    popup.setOffset(10);
+
+    t.equal(popup.options.offset, 10);
+    t.end();
+});
+
 test('Popup can be removed and added again (#1477)', (t) => {
     const map = createMap(t);