diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey.c
index df8b425a0f..d5f5a51ab6 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey.c
@@ -732,6 +732,44 @@ ossl_pkey_public_to_pem(VALUE self)
     return ossl_pkey_export_spki(self, 0);
 }
 
+/*
+ *  call-seq:
+ *      pkey.compare?(another_pkey) -> true | false
+ *
+ * Used primarily to check if an OpenSSL::X509::Certificate#public_key compares to its private key.
+ *
+ * == Example
+ *   x509 = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(pem_encoded_certificate)
+ *   rsa_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(pem_encoded_private_key)
+ *
+ *   rsa_key.compare?(x509.public_key) => true | false
+ */
+static VALUE
+ossl_pkey_compare(VALUE self, VALUE other)
+{
+    int ret;
+    EVP_PKEY *selfPKey;
+    EVP_PKEY *otherPKey;
+
+    GetPKey(self, selfPKey);
+    GetPKey(other, otherPKey);
+
+    /* Explicitly check the key type given EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD(3)
+     * docs param_cmp could return any negative number.
+     */
+    if (EVP_PKEY_id(selfPKey) != EVP_PKEY_id(otherPKey))
+        ossl_raise(rb_eTypeError, "cannot match different PKey types");
+
+    ret = EVP_PKEY_cmp(selfPKey, otherPKey);
+
+    if (ret == 0)
+        return Qfalse;
+    else if (ret == 1)
+        return Qtrue;
+    else
+        ossl_raise(ePKeyError, "EVP_PKEY_cmp");
+}
+
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *      pkey.sign(digest, data) -> String
@@ -1031,6 +1069,7 @@ Init_ossl_pkey(void)
     rb_define_method(cPKey, "private_to_pem", ossl_pkey_private_to_pem, -1);
     rb_define_method(cPKey, "public_to_der", ossl_pkey_public_to_der, 0);
     rb_define_method(cPKey, "public_to_pem", ossl_pkey_public_to_pem, 0);
+    rb_define_method(cPKey, "compare?", ossl_pkey_compare, 1);
 
     rb_define_method(cPKey, "sign", ossl_pkey_sign, 2);
     rb_define_method(cPKey, "verify", ossl_pkey_verify, 3);
diff --git a/test/openssl/test_pkey.rb b/test/openssl/test_pkey.rb
index 5307fe5b08..0a516f98e8 100644
--- a/test/openssl/test_pkey.rb
+++ b/test/openssl/test_pkey.rb
@@ -151,4 +151,22 @@ class OpenSSL::TestPKey < OpenSSL::PKeyTestCase
     assert_equal bob_pem, bob.public_to_pem
     assert_equal [shared_secret].pack("H*"), alice.derive(bob)
   end
+
+  def test_compare?
+    key1 = Fixtures.pkey("rsa1024")
+    key2 = Fixtures.pkey("rsa1024")
+    key3 = Fixtures.pkey("rsa2048")
+    key4 = Fixtures.pkey("dh-1")
+
+    assert_equal(true, key1.compare?(key2))
+    assert_equal(true, key1.public_key.compare?(key2))
+    assert_equal(true, key2.compare?(key1))
+    assert_equal(true, key2.public_key.compare?(key1))
+
+    assert_equal(false, key1.compare?(key3))
+
+    assert_raise(TypeError) do
+      key1.compare?(key4)
+    end
+  end
 end