diff --git a/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/functions.py b/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/functions.py
index d09c7b5..8a1f03d 100644
--- a/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/functions.py
+++ b/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/functions.py
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 from amaranth import *
+from amaranth.hdl import ShapeCastable, ValueCastable
 from amaranth.utils import bits_for, exact_log2
 from amaranth.lib import data
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
+
+from amaranth_types.types import ValueLike
 from transactron.utils._typing import SignalBundle
 
-__all__ = [
-    "mod_incr",
-    "popcount",
-    "count_leading_zeros",
-    "count_trailing_zeros",
-    "flatten_signals",
-]
+__all__ = ["mod_incr", "popcount", "count_leading_zeros", "count_trailing_zeros", "flatten_signals", "shape_of"]
 
 
 def mod_incr(sig: Value, mod: int) -> Value:
@@ -97,3 +94,12 @@ def flatten_signals(signals: SignalBundle) -> Iterable[Signal]:
             yield from flatten_signals(signals[x])
     else:
         yield signals
+
+
+def shape_of(value: ValueLike) -> Shape | ShapeCastable:
+    if isinstance(value, ValueCastable):
+        shape = value.shape()
+        assert isinstance(shape, (Shape, ShapeCastable))
+        return shape
+    else:
+        return Value.cast(value).shape()
diff --git a/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/shifter.py b/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/shifter.py
index 15afa68..3fd16b1 100644
--- a/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/shifter.py
+++ b/transactron/utils/amaranth_ext/shifter.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from amaranth import *
-from amaranth.hdl import ValueCastable, ShapeCastable
+from amaranth.hdl import ValueCastable
 from collections.abc import Sequence
-from typing import TypeVar, overload
+from typing import Optional, TypeVar, overload
 from amaranth_types.types import ValueLike
+from .functions import shape_of
 
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@
     "rotate_left",
     "generic_shift_vec_right",
     "generic_shift_vec_left",
+    "shift_vec_right",
+    "shift_vec_left",
     "rotate_vec_right",
     "rotate_vec_left",
 ]
@@ -35,14 +38,18 @@ def generic_shift_left(value1: ValueLike, value2: ValueLike, offset: ValueLike)
     return Cat(*reversed(generic_shift_right(Cat(*reversed(value2)), Cat(*reversed(value1)), offset)))
 
 
-def shift_right(value: ValueLike, offset: ValueLike) -> Value:
+def shift_right(value: ValueLike, offset: ValueLike, placeholder: ValueLike = 0) -> Value:
     value = Value.cast(value)
-    return generic_shift_right(value, C(0, len(value)), offset)
+    placeholder = Value.cast(placeholder)
+    assert len(placeholder) == 1
+    return generic_shift_right(value, placeholder.replicate(len(value)), offset)
 
 
-def shift_left(value: ValueLike, offset: ValueLike) -> Value:
+def shift_left(value: ValueLike, offset: ValueLike, placeholder: ValueLike = 0) -> Value:
     value = Value.cast(value)
-    return generic_shift_left(value, C(0, len(value)), offset)
+    placeholder = Value.cast(placeholder)
+    assert len(placeholder) == 1
+    return generic_shift_left(value, placeholder.replicate(len(value)), offset)
 
 
 def rotate_right(value: ValueLike, offset: ValueLike) -> Value:
@@ -68,11 +75,7 @@ def generic_shift_vec_right(
 def generic_shift_vec_right(
     data1: Sequence[ValueLike | ValueCastable], data2: Sequence[ValueLike | ValueCastable], offset: ValueLike
 ) -> Sequence[Value | ValueCastable]:
-    if isinstance(data1[0], ValueCastable):
-        shape = data1[0].shape()
-    else:
-        shape = Value.cast(data1[0]).shape()
-    assert isinstance(shape, (Shape | ShapeCastable))
+    shape = shape_of(data1[0])
 
     data1_values = [Value.cast(entry) for entry in data1]
     data2_values = [Value.cast(entry) for entry in data2]
@@ -113,6 +116,50 @@ def generic_shift_vec_left(
     return list(reversed(generic_shift_vec_right(list(reversed(data2)), list(reversed(data1)), offset)))
 
 
+@overload
+def shift_vec_right(
+    data: Sequence[_T_ValueCastable], offset: ValueLike, placeholder: Optional[_T_ValueCastable]
+) -> Sequence[_T_ValueCastable]: ...
+
+
+@overload
+def shift_vec_right(
+    data: Sequence[ValueLike], offset: ValueLike, placeholder: Optional[ValueLike]
+) -> Sequence[Value]: ...
+
+
+def shift_vec_right(
+    data: Sequence[ValueLike | ValueCastable],
+    offset: ValueLike,
+    placeholder: Optional[ValueLike | ValueCastable] = None,
+) -> Sequence[Value | ValueCastable]:
+    if placeholder is None:
+        placeholder = C(0, shape_of(data[0]))
+    return generic_shift_vec_right(data, [placeholder] * len(data), offset)
+
+
+@overload
+def shift_vec_left(
+    data: Sequence[_T_ValueCastable], offset: ValueLike, placeholder: Optional[_T_ValueCastable]
+) -> Sequence[_T_ValueCastable]: ...
+
+
+@overload
+def shift_vec_left(
+    data: Sequence[ValueLike], offset: ValueLike, placeholder: Optional[ValueLike]
+) -> Sequence[Value]: ...
+
+
+def shift_vec_left(
+    data: Sequence[ValueLike | ValueCastable],
+    offset: ValueLike,
+    placeholder: Optional[ValueLike | ValueCastable] = None,
+) -> Sequence[Value | ValueCastable]:
+    if placeholder is None:
+        placeholder = C(0, shape_of(data[0]))
+    return generic_shift_vec_left(data, [placeholder] * len(data), offset)
+
+
 @overload
 def rotate_vec_right(data: Sequence[_T_ValueCastable], offset: ValueLike) -> Sequence[_T_ValueCastable]: ...