diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a41244abd..ed00b7cf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ A new capability, CRC-32C, was added via `spdk_accel_submit_crc32c`.
 
 The software accel engine implemenation has added support for CRC-32C.
 
+A new capability, compare, was added via `spdk_accel_submit_compare`.
+
+The software accel engine implemenation has added support forCRC-32Cc and compare.
+
 ### idxd
 
 IDXD engine support for CRC-32C has been added.
diff --git a/include/spdk/accel_engine.h b/include/spdk/accel_engine.h
index 3fde134a0..938b57b6a 100644
--- a/include/spdk/accel_engine.h
+++ b/include/spdk/accel_engine.h
@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@ uint64_t spdk_accel_get_capabilities(struct spdk_io_channel *ch);
 int spdk_accel_submit_copy(struct spdk_accel_task *accel_req, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *dst,
 			   void *src, uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb);
 
+/**
+ * Submit a compare request.
+ *
+ * \param accel_req Accel request task.
+ * \param ch I/O channel to submit request to the accel engine. This channel can
+ * be obtained by the function spdk_accel_engine_get_io_channel().
+ * \param src1 First location to perform compare on.
+ * \param src2 Second location to perform compare on.
+ * \param nbytes Length in bytes to compare.
+ * \param cb Called when this compare operation completes.
+ *
+ * \return 0 on success, any other value means there was a miscompare.
+ */
+int spdk_accel_submit_compare(struct spdk_accel_task *accel_req, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+			      void *src1,
+			      void *src2, uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb);
+
 /**
  * Submit a fill request.
  *
diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/accel_engine.h b/include/spdk_internal/accel_engine.h
index 6488b4aed..f7a24f7df 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/accel_engine.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/accel_engine.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ struct spdk_accel_engine {
 	uint64_t (*get_capabilities)(void);
 	int (*copy)(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *dst, void *src,
 		    uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb);
+	int (*compare)(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *src1, void *src2,
+		       uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb);
 	int (*fill)(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *dst, uint8_t fill,
 		    uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb);
 	int (*crc32c)(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, uint32_t *dst, void *src,
diff --git a/lib/accel/Makefile b/lib/accel/Makefile
index 0cb8679f9..3d4f648c0 100644
--- a/lib/accel/Makefile
+++ b/lib/accel/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 SO_VER := 2
-SO_MINOR := 2
+SO_MINOR := 3
 SO_SUFFIX := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 
 LIBNAME = accel
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_engine.c b/lib/accel/accel_engine.c
index 32027a9ec..c04322747 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel_engine.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel_engine.c
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ spdk_accel_submit_copy(struct spdk_accel_task *accel_req, struct spdk_io_channel
 				      _accel_engine_done);
 }
 
+/* Accel framework public API for compare function */
+int
+spdk_accel_submit_compare(struct spdk_accel_task *accel_req, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+			  void *src1, void *src2, uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb)
+{
+	struct accel_io_channel *accel_ch = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
+
+	accel_req->cb = cb;
+	return accel_ch->engine->compare(accel_req->offload_ctx, accel_ch->ch, src1, src2, nbytes,
+					 _accel_engine_done);
+}
+
 /* Accel framework public API for fill function */
 int
 spdk_accel_submit_fill(struct spdk_accel_task *accel_req, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
@@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ spdk_accel_engine_config_text(FILE *fp)
 static uint64_t
 sw_accel_get_capabilities(void)
 {
-	return ACCEL_COPY | ACCEL_FILL | ACCEL_CRC32C;
+	return ACCEL_COPY | ACCEL_FILL | ACCEL_CRC32C | ACCEL_COMPARE;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -320,6 +332,23 @@ sw_accel_submit_copy(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *dst, void *
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+sw_accel_submit_compare(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *src1, void *src2,
+			uint64_t nbytes,
+			spdk_accel_completion_cb cb)
+{
+	struct spdk_accel_task *accel_req;
+	int result;
+
+	result = memcmp(src1, src2, (size_t)nbytes);
+
+	accel_req = (struct spdk_accel_task *)((uintptr_t)cb_arg -
+					       offsetof(struct spdk_accel_task, offload_ctx));
+	cb(accel_req, result);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 sw_accel_submit_fill(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *dst, uint8_t fill,
 		     uint64_t nbytes,
@@ -355,6 +384,7 @@ static struct spdk_io_channel *sw_accel_get_io_channel(void);
 static struct spdk_accel_engine sw_accel_engine = {
 	.get_capabilities	= sw_accel_get_capabilities,
 	.copy			= sw_accel_submit_copy,
+	.compare		= sw_accel_submit_compare,
 	.fill			= sw_accel_submit_fill,
 	.crc32c			= sw_accel_submit_crc32c,
 	.get_io_channel		= sw_accel_get_io_channel,
diff --git a/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map b/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
index 992d1faf6..fe3fbc4ac 100644
--- a/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
+++ b/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	spdk_accel_engine_get_io_channel;
 	spdk_accel_get_capabilities;
 	spdk_accel_submit_copy;
+	spdk_accel_submit_compare;
 	spdk_accel_submit_fill;
 	spdk_accel_submit_crc32c;
 	spdk_accel_task_size;