diff --git a/shared/timespec-util.h b/shared/timespec-util.h
index 5f4b2b9e..ca0156af 100644
--- a/shared/timespec-util.h
+++ b/shared/timespec-util.h
@@ -231,6 +231,19 @@ timespec_is_zero(const struct timespec *a)
 	return a->tv_sec == 0 && a->tv_nsec == 0;
 }
 
+/* Check if two timespecs are equal
+ *
+ * \param a[in] timespec to check
+ * \param b[in] timespec to check
+ * \return whether timespecs a and b are equal
+ */
+static inline bool
+timespec_eq(const struct timespec *a, const struct timespec *b)
+{
+	return a->tv_sec == b->tv_sec &&
+	       a->tv_nsec == b->tv_nsec;
+}
+
 /* Convert milli-Hertz to nanoseconds
  *
  * \param mhz frequency in mHz, not zero
diff --git a/tests/timespec-test.c b/tests/timespec-test.c
index 54230f89..24400187 100644
--- a/tests/timespec-test.c
+++ b/tests/timespec-test.c
@@ -294,3 +294,15 @@ ZUC_TEST(timespec_test, timespec_is_zero)
 	ZUC_ASSERT_FALSE(timespec_is_zero(&non_zero_nsec));
 	ZUC_ASSERT_FALSE(timespec_is_zero(&non_zero_sec));
 }
+
+ZUC_TEST(timespec_test, timespec_eq)
+{
+	struct timespec a = { .tv_sec = 2, .tv_nsec = 1 };
+	struct timespec b = { .tv_sec = -1, .tv_nsec = 2 };
+
+	ZUC_ASSERT_TRUE(timespec_eq(&a, &a));
+	ZUC_ASSERT_TRUE(timespec_eq(&b, &b));
+
+	ZUC_ASSERT_FALSE(timespec_eq(&a, &b));
+	ZUC_ASSERT_FALSE(timespec_eq(&b, &a));
+}