diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index df0a6d76b..84b692fbc 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -2506,6 +2506,43 @@ int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_comparev(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *q
 			      spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
 			      spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn);
 
+/**
+ * Submit a compare I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * \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.
+ * \param metadata Virtual address pointer to the metadata payload, the length
+ * of metadata is specified by spdk_nvme_ns_get_md_size()
+ * \param apptag_mask Application tag mask.
+ * \param apptag Application tag to use end-to-end protection information.
+ *
+ * \return 0 if successfully submitted, negated errnos on the following error conditions:
+ * -EINVAL: The request is malformed.
+ * -ENOMEM: The request cannot be allocated.
+ * -ENXIO: The qpair is failed at the transport level.
+ * -EFAULT: Invalid address was specified as part of payload.  cb_fn is also called
+ *          with error status including dnr=1 in this case.
+ */
+int
+spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_comparev_with_md(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, void *metadata,
+				  uint16_t apptag_mask, uint16_t apptag);
+
 /**
  * Submit a compare I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
  *
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
index 3724d6621..2cb4ad1ed 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
@@ -543,6 +543,41 @@ spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_comparev(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair
 	}
 }
 
+int
+spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_comparev_with_md(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, void *metadata,
+				  uint16_t apptag_mask, uint16_t apptag)
+{
+	struct nvme_request *req;
+	struct nvme_payload payload;
+
+	if (!_is_io_flags_valid(io_flags)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (reset_sgl_fn == NULL || next_sge_fn == NULL) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	payload = NVME_PAYLOAD_SGL(reset_sgl_fn, next_sge_fn, cb_arg, 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 if (spdk_nvme_ns_check_request_length(lba_count,
+			ns->sectors_per_max_io,
+			ns->sectors_per_stripe,
+			qpair->ctrlr->opts.io_queue_requests)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+}
+
 int
 spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_read(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, void *buffer,
 		      uint64_t lba,