diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index 1180e7fdc..bd4c56c5b 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -1889,6 +1889,18 @@ uint32_t spdk_nvme_ns_get_md_size(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns);
  */
 bool spdk_nvme_ns_supports_extended_lba(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns);
 
+/**
+ * Check whether if the namespace supports compare operation
+ *
+ * This function is thread safe and can be called at any point while the controller
+ * is attached to the SPDK NVMe driver.
+ *
+ * \param ns Namespace to query.
+ *
+ * \return true if the namespace supports compare operation, or false otherwise.
+ */
+bool spdk_nvme_ns_supports_compare(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns);
+
 /**
  * Determine the value returned when reading deallocated blocks.
  *
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
index 095f0829a..01ce80b32 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ spdk_nvme_ns_supports_extended_lba(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns)
 	return (ns->flags & SPDK_NVME_NS_EXTENDED_LBA_SUPPORTED) ? true : false;
 }
 
+bool
+spdk_nvme_ns_supports_compare(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	return (ns->flags & SPDK_NVME_NS_COMPARE_SUPPORTED) ? true : false;
+}
+
 uint32_t
 spdk_nvme_ns_get_md_size(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns)
 {