diff --git a/all.h b/all.h
index 3a73e55..6f51ee2 100644
--- a/all.h
+++ b/all.h
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ fn void stringChunkListDeleteLast(StringArena* a, StringChunkList* list);
 fn StringChunkList stringChunkListInit(StringArena* a);
 fn void stringChunkCopyToBuffer(StringChunkList* list, u8* buffer, u32 len);
 fn bool stringChunkListsEq(StringChunkList* a, StringChunkList* b);
+fn bool stringChunkListEqString(StringChunkList* a, String* b);
 
 ///// BINARY SERIALIZATION NONSENSE
 fn u64 writeU64ToBufferLE(u8* buffer, u64 value);
diff --git a/string_chunk.c b/string_chunk.c
index f3c3caf..7f64b4a 100644
--- a/string_chunk.c
+++ b/string_chunk.c
@@ -182,3 +182,17 @@ fn bool stringChunkListsEq(StringChunkList* a, StringChunkList* b) {
   return true;
 }
 
+fn bool stringChunkListEqString(StringChunkList* a, String* b) {
+  if (a->total_size != b->length) return false; 
+  StringChunk* chunk = a->first;
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < a->total_size; i++) {
+    if (i > 0 && i % STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE == 0) {
+      chunk = chunk->next;
+    }
+    u8 a_char = *((char*)(chunk + 1) + (i%STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE));
+    u8 b_char = b->bytes[i];
+    if (a_char != b_char) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+