diff --git a/ext/hash/hash.c b/ext/hash/hash.c
index 928ec778dcdb1..146695b580342 100644
--- a/ext/hash/hash.c
+++ b/ext/hash/hash.c
@@ -729,6 +729,32 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(hash_pbkdf2)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+PHP_FUNCTION(hash_equals)
+{
+	char *known, *given, *known_given, *a, *b;
+	int known_len, given_len, i, k, result;
+
+	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "ss", &known, &known_len, &given, &given_len) == FAILURE) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	known_given = (char *)emalloc(known_len + given_len);
+	memcpy(known_given, known, known_len);
+	memcpy(known_given + known_len, given, given_len);
+
+	result = known_len - given_len;
+	a = known_given;
+	b = known_given + known_len;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < given_len; ++i) {
+		result |= *a++ ^ *b++;
+	}
+
+	efree(known_given);
+
+	RETVAL_BOOL(result == 0);
+}
+
 /* Module Housekeeping */
 
 static void php_hash_dtor(zend_rsrc_list_entry *rsrc TSRMLS_DC) /* {{{ */
@@ -881,6 +907,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(mhash_get_block_size)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+
 #define SALT_SIZE 8
 
 /* {{{ proto string mhash_keygen_s2k(int hash, string input_password, string salt, int bytes)
@@ -1178,6 +1205,11 @@ ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX(arginfo_mhash, 0, 0, 2)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 #endif
 
+ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO(arginfo_hash_equals, 0)
+	ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, known)
+	ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, given)
+ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
+
 /* }}} */
 
 /* {{{ hash_functions[]
@@ -1198,6 +1230,7 @@ const zend_function_entry hash_functions[] = {
 
 	PHP_FE(hash_algos,								arginfo_hash_algos)
 	PHP_FE(hash_pbkdf2,								arginfo_hash_pbkdf2)
+	PHP_FE(hash_equals,								arginfo_hash_equals)
 
 	/* BC Land */
 #ifdef PHP_HASH_MD5_NOT_IN_CORE
diff --git a/ext/hash/php_hash.h b/ext/hash/php_hash.h
index a104522c8888d..729b4ad37db79 100644
--- a/ext/hash/php_hash.h
+++ b/ext/hash/php_hash.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(hash_update_file);
 PHP_FUNCTION(hash_final);
 PHP_FUNCTION(hash_algos);
 PHP_FUNCTION(hash_pbkdf2);
+PHP_FUNCTION(hash_equals);
 
 PHP_HASH_API const php_hash_ops *php_hash_fetch_ops(const char *algo, int algo_len);
 PHP_HASH_API void php_hash_register_algo(const char *algo, const php_hash_ops *ops);