diff --git a/base/include/android-base/strings.h b/base/include/android-base/strings.h
index b8a92896a..f5f5c1139 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/strings.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/strings.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ bool StartsWithIgnoreCase(const std::string& s, const char* prefix);
 bool EndsWith(const std::string& s, const char* suffix);
 bool EndsWithIgnoreCase(const std::string& s, const char* suffix);
 
+// Tests whether 'lhs' equals 'rhs', ignoring case.
+bool EqualsIgnoreCase(const std::string& lhs, const std::string& rhs);
+
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
diff --git a/base/strings.cpp b/base/strings.cpp
index 7a94ad78c..46fe93995 100644
--- a/base/strings.cpp
+++ b/base/strings.cpp
@@ -112,5 +112,9 @@ bool EndsWithIgnoreCase(const std::string& s, const char* suffix) {
   return EndsWith(s, suffix, false);
 }
 
+bool EqualsIgnoreCase(const std::string& lhs, const std::string& rhs) {
+  return strcasecmp(lhs.c_str(), rhs.c_str()) == 0;
+}
+
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/base/strings_test.cpp b/base/strings_test.cpp
index 5fb21dde6..7a65a00b1 100644
--- a/base/strings_test.cpp
+++ b/base/strings_test.cpp
@@ -244,3 +244,10 @@ TEST(strings, EndsWithIgnoreCase_contains_prefix) {
   ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::EndsWithIgnoreCase("foobar", "OBA"));
   ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::EndsWithIgnoreCase("foobar", "FOO"));
 }
+
+TEST(strings, EqualsIgnoreCase) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::EqualsIgnoreCase("foo", "FOO"));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::EqualsIgnoreCase("FOO", "foo"));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::EqualsIgnoreCase("foo", "bar"));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::EqualsIgnoreCase("foo", "fool"));
+}