diff --git a/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.c b/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.c
index 302e37330..b1833e214 100644
--- a/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.c
+++ b/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.c
@@ -87,6 +87,47 @@ bool libtest_check_str(char const* file, int line, bool pass, char const* lhs, c
     return pass;
 }
 
+static void print_mem(FILE* stream, void const* data, size_t size)
+{
+    if (data == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stream, "NULL");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (size == 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stream, "(no bytes)");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    uint8_t const* byte_data = data;
+
+    fprintf(stream, "x'");
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
+    {
+        fprintf(stream, "%02x", (unsigned int)byte_data[i]);
+    }
+
+    fprintf(stream, "'");
+}
+
+bool libtest_check_mem(char const* file, int line, bool pass, void const* lhs, void const* rhs, size_t size,
+    char const* lhs_str, char const* op_str, char const* rhs_str)
+{
+    if (should_print(pass))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s %s:%d: %s %s %s (", pass ? "PASS" : "FAIL", file, line, lhs_str, op_str, rhs_str);
+        print_mem(stderr, lhs, size);
+        fprintf(stderr, " %s ", op_str);
+        print_mem(stderr, rhs, size);
+        fprintf(stderr, ")\n");
+    }
+
+    return pass;
+}
+
 bool libtest_check_int(char const* file, int line, bool pass, intmax_t lhs, intmax_t rhs, char const* lhs_str,
     char const* op_str, char const* rhs_str)
 {
diff --git a/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.h b/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.h
index c6c41197a..0943001b6 100644
--- a/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.h
+++ b/libtransmission/libtransmission-test.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ bool libtest_check_bool(char const* file, int line, bool pass, bool lhs, bool rh
     char const* rhs_str);
 bool libtest_check_str(char const* file, int line, bool pass, char const* lhs, char const* rhs, char const* lhs_str,
     char const* op_str, char const* rhs_str);
+bool libtest_check_mem(char const* file, int line, bool pass, void const* lhs, void const* rhs, size_t size,
+    char const* lhs_str, char const* op_str, char const* rhs_str);
 bool libtest_check_int(char const* file, int line, bool pass, intmax_t lhs, intmax_t rhs, char const* lhs_str,
     char const* op_str, char const* rhs_str);
 bool libtest_check_uint(char const* file, int line, bool pass, uintmax_t lhs, uintmax_t rhs, char const* lhs_str,
@@ -84,6 +86,23 @@ bool libtest_check_ptr(char const* file, int line, bool pass, void const* lhs, v
     } \
     while (0)
 
+#define check_mem(lhs, op, rhs, size) \
+    do \
+    { \
+        ++current_test; \
+        \
+        void const* const check_mem_lhs = (lhs); \
+        void const* const check_mem_rhs = (rhs); \
+        size_t const check_mem_size = (size);\
+        \
+        if (!libtest_check_mem(__FILE__, __LINE__, tr_memcmp0(check_mem_lhs, check_mem_rhs, check_mem_size) op 0, \
+            check_mem_lhs, check_mem_rhs, check_mem_size, #lhs, #op, #rhs)) \
+        { \
+            return current_test; \
+        } \
+    } \
+    while (0)
+
 #define check_int(lhs, op, rhs) \
     do \
     { \
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.c b/libtransmission/utils.c
index 5608068ba..ef5836626 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.c
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.c
@@ -493,6 +493,26 @@ int tr_strcmp0(char const* str1, char const* str2)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int tr_memcmp0(void const* lhs, void const* rhs, size_t size)
+{
+    if (lhs != NULL && rhs != NULL)
+    {
+        return memcmp(lhs, rhs, size);
+    }
+
+    if (lhs != NULL)
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (rhs != NULL)
+    {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /****
 *****
 ****/
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.h b/libtransmission/utils.h
index d280cc338..93bcf7ae1 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.h
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.h
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ char* tr_strdup(void const* in);
  */
 int tr_strcmp0(char const* str1, char const* str2);
 
+/**
+ * @brief like memcmp() but gracefully handles NULL pointers
+ */
+int tr_memcmp0(void const* lhs, void const* rhs, size_t size);
+
 char* evbuffer_free_to_str(struct evbuffer* buf, size_t* result_len);
 
 /** @brief similar to bsearch() but returns the index of the lower bound */