diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index 8d43314c68..49105fd5d0 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -1225,6 +1225,82 @@ int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_reservation_report(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns,
 					void *payload, uint32_t len,
 					spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Submits a compare I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
+ *
+ * \param ns NVMe namespace to submit the compare I/O
+ * \param qpair I/O queue pair to submit the request
+ * \param payload virtual address pointer to the data payload
+ * \param lba starting LBA to compare the data
+ * \param lba_count length (in sectors) for the compare operation
+ * \param cb_fn callback function to invoke when the I/O is completed
+ * \param cb_arg argument to pass to the callback function
+ * \param io_flags set flags, defined in nvme_spec.h, for this I/O
+ *
+ * \return 0 if successfully submitted, ENOMEM if an nvme_request
+ *	     structure cannot be allocated for the I/O request
+ *
+ * The command is submitted to a qpair allocated by spdk_nvme_ctrlr_alloc_io_qpair().
+ * The user must ensure that only one thread submits I/O on a given qpair at any given time.
+ */
+int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_compare(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, void *payload,
+			     uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count, spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn,
+			     void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Submits a compare I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
+ *
+ * \param ns NVMe namespace to submit the compare I/O
+ * \param qpair I/O queue pair to submit the request
+ * \param lba starting LBA to compare the data
+ * \param lba_count length (in sectors) for the compare operation
+ * \param cb_fn callback function to invoke when the I/O is completed
+ * \param cb_arg argument to pass to the callback function
+ * \param io_flags set flags, defined in nvme_spec.h, for this I/O
+ * \param reset_sgl_fn callback function to reset scattered payload
+ * \param next_sge_fn callback function to iterate each scattered
+ * payload memory segment
+ *
+ * \return 0 if successfully submitted, ENOMEM if an nvme_request
+ *	     structure cannot be allocated for the I/O request
+ *
+ * The command is submitted to a qpair allocated by spdk_nvme_ctrlr_alloc_io_qpair().
+ * The user must ensure that only one thread submits I/O on a given qpair at any given time.
+ */
+int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_comparev(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+			      uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
+			      spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags,
+			      spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
+			      spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Submits a compare I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
+ *
+ * \param ns NVMe namespace to submit the compare I/O
+ * \param qpair I/O queue pair to submit the request
+ * \param payload virtual address pointer to the data payload
+ * \param metadata virtual address pointer to the metadata payload, the length
+ *	           of metadata is specified by spdk_nvme_ns_get_md_size()
+ * \param lba starting LBA to compare the data
+ * \param lba_count length (in sectors) for the compare operation
+ * \param cb_fn callback function to invoke when the I/O is completed
+ * \param cb_arg argument to pass to the callback function
+ * \param io_flags set flags, defined in nvme_spec.h, for this I/O
+ * \param apptag_mask application tag mask.
+ * \param apptag application tag to use end-to-end protection information.
+ *
+ * \return 0 if successfully submitted, ENOMEM if an nvme_request
+ *	     structure cannot be allocated for the I/O request
+ *
+ * The command is submitted to a qpair allocated by spdk_nvme_ctrlr_alloc_io_qpair().
+ * The user must ensure that only one thread submits I/O on a given qpair at any given time.
+ */
+int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_compare_with_md(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+				     void *payload, void *metadata,
+				     uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count, spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn,
+				     void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags,
+				     uint16_t apptag_mask, uint16_t apptag);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
index ef3612c93a..9a014a4e08 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
@@ -381,6 +381,85 @@ _nvme_ns_cmd_rw(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
 	return req;
 }
 
+int
+spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_compare(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, void *buffer,
+			 uint64_t lba,
+			 uint32_t lba_count, spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg,
+			 uint32_t io_flags)
+{
+	struct nvme_request *req;
+	struct nvme_payload payload;
+
+	payload.type = NVME_PAYLOAD_TYPE_CONTIG;
+	payload.u.contig = buffer;
+	payload.md = NULL;
+
+	req = _nvme_ns_cmd_rw(ns, qpair, &payload, 0, 0, lba, lba_count, cb_fn, cb_arg,
+			      SPDK_NVME_OPC_COMPARE,
+			      io_flags, 0,
+			      0, true);
+	if (req != NULL) {
+		return nvme_qpair_submit_request(qpair, req);
+	} else {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+}
+
+int
+spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_compare_with_md(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+				 void *buffer,
+				 void *metadata,
+				 uint64_t lba,
+				 uint32_t lba_count, spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg,
+				 uint32_t io_flags, uint16_t apptag_mask, uint16_t apptag)
+{
+	struct nvme_request *req;
+	struct nvme_payload payload;
+
+	payload.type = NVME_PAYLOAD_TYPE_CONTIG;
+	payload.u.contig = buffer;
+	payload.md = metadata;
+
+	req = _nvme_ns_cmd_rw(ns, qpair, &payload, 0, 0, lba, lba_count, cb_fn, cb_arg,
+			      SPDK_NVME_OPC_COMPARE,
+			      io_flags,
+			      apptag_mask, apptag, true);
+	if (req != NULL) {
+		return nvme_qpair_submit_request(qpair, req);
+	} else {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+}
+
+int
+spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_comparev(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+			  uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
+			  spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags,
+			  spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
+			  spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn)
+{
+	struct nvme_request *req;
+	struct nvme_payload payload;
+
+	if (reset_sgl_fn == NULL || next_sge_fn == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	payload.type = NVME_PAYLOAD_TYPE_SGL;
+	payload.md = NULL;
+	payload.u.sgl.reset_sgl_fn = reset_sgl_fn;
+	payload.u.sgl.next_sge_fn = next_sge_fn;
+	payload.u.sgl.cb_arg = cb_arg;
+
+	req = _nvme_ns_cmd_rw(ns, qpair, &payload, 0, 0, lba, lba_count, cb_fn, cb_arg,
+			      SPDK_NVME_OPC_COMPARE,
+			      io_flags, 0, 0, true);
+	if (req != NULL) {
+		return nvme_qpair_submit_request(qpair, req);
+	} else {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+}
+
 int
 spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_read(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, void *buffer,
 		      uint64_t lba,