diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
index 7443989f2..3f5e0ad60 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
@@ -1942,6 +1942,27 @@ fu_common_bytes_compare(GBytes *bytes1, GBytes *bytes2, GError **error)
 	return fu_common_bytes_compare_raw(buf1, bufsz1, buf2, bufsz2, error);
 }
 
+/**
+ * fu_byte_array_compare:
+ * @buf1: a data blob
+ * @buf2: another #GByteArray
+ * @error: (nullable): optional return location for an error
+ *
+ * Compares two buffers for equality.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if @buf1 and @buf2 are identical
+ *
+ * Since: 1.8.0
+ **/
+gboolean
+fu_byte_array_compare(GByteArray *buf1, GByteArray *buf2, GError **error)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail(buf1 != NULL, FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail(buf2 != NULL, FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail(error == NULL || *error == NULL, FALSE);
+	return fu_common_bytes_compare_raw(buf1->data, buf1->len, buf2->data, buf2->len, error);
+}
+
 /**
  * fu_common_bytes_pad:
  * @bytes: data blob
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
index 0b39a0b9b..af69a1933 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ void
 fu_byte_array_append_uint64(GByteArray *array, guint64 data, FuEndianType endian);
 void
 fu_byte_array_append_bytes(GByteArray *array, GBytes *bytes);
+gboolean
+fu_byte_array_compare(GByteArray *buf1, GByteArray *buf2, GError **error);
 
 void
 fu_common_write_uint16(guint8 *buf, guint16 val_native, FuEndianType endian);
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
index 4608d1f40..f39ebb3c8 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@ LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.7.7 {
 LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.8.0 {
   global:
     fu_backend_invalidate;
+    fu_byte_array_compare;
     fu_cfi_device_chip_select;
     fu_cfi_device_chip_select_locker_new;
     fu_common_reverse_uint8;