diff --git a/storm/String.cpp b/storm/String.cpp
index 3610b4f..1471f4e 100644
--- a/storm/String.cpp
+++ b/storm/String.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "storm/String.hpp"
 #include "storm/Error.hpp"
 #include "storm/string/bjhash.hpp"
+#include <cstring>
 
 uint8_t bytesFromUTF8[256] = {
     0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ void GetNextTextUpper(uint32_t* orig, const char** string, uint32_t* upper) {
     }
 }
 
+int32_t SStrCmp(const char* string1, const char* string2, size_t maxchars) {
+    return strncmp(string1, string2, maxchars);
+}
+
 size_t SStrCopy(char* dest, const char* source, size_t destsize) {
     STORM_ASSERT(dest);
     STORM_ASSERT(source);
diff --git a/storm/String.hpp b/storm/String.hpp
index 679fcca..6e07c41 100644
--- a/storm/String.hpp
+++ b/storm/String.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #define STORM_MAX_PATH 260
 #define STORM_MAX_STR 0x7FFFFFFF
 
+int32_t SStrCmp(const char* string1, const char* string2, size_t maxchars);
+
 size_t SStrCopy(char* dest, const char* source, size_t destsize);
 
 uint32_t SStrHashHT(const char* string);
diff --git a/test/String.cpp b/test/String.cpp
index 634eece..f159635 100644
--- a/test/String.cpp
+++ b/test/String.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 #include "storm/String.hpp"
 #include "test/Test.hpp"
 
+TEST_CASE("SStrCmp", "[string]") {
+    SECTION("compares two strings that exactly match correctly") {
+        auto compare = SStrCmp("foo", "foo", STORM_MAX_STR);
+        REQUIRE(compare == 0);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("compares two strings that partially match correctly") {
+        auto compare1 = SStrCmp("bar", "foobar", STORM_MAX_STR);
+        auto compare2 = SStrCmp("foobar", "bar", STORM_MAX_STR);
+        REQUIRE(compare1 < 0);
+        REQUIRE(compare2 > 0);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("compares two strings that do not match correctly") {
+        auto compare = SStrCmp("bar", "xyzzy", STORM_MAX_STR);
+        REQUIRE(compare < 0);
+    }
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("SStrHashHT", "[string]") {
     SECTION("hashes simple string correctly") {
         auto hash = SStrHashHT("foo");