diff --git a/lib/asan/asan_flags.h b/lib/asan/asan_flags.h
index 47c14aa..377354a 100644
--- a/lib/asan/asan_flags.h
+++ b/lib/asan/asan_flags.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
   bool alloc_dealloc_mismatch;
   // Use stack depot instead of storing stacks in the redzones.
   bool use_stack_depot;
+  // If true, assume that memcmp(p1, p2, n) always reads n bytes before
+  // comparing p1 and p2.
+  bool strict_memcmp;
 };
 
 Flags *flags();
diff --git a/lib/asan/asan_interceptors.cc b/lib/asan/asan_interceptors.cc
index e10a3b2..b1efe74 100644
--- a/lib/asan/asan_interceptors.cc
+++ b/lib/asan/asan_interceptors.cc
@@ -260,10 +260,26 @@
   if (!asan_inited) return internal_memcmp(a1, a2, size);
   ENSURE_ASAN_INITED();
   if (flags()->replace_intrin) {
-    // We check the entire regions even if the first bytes of the buffers
-    // are different.
-    ASAN_READ_RANGE(a1, size);
-    ASAN_READ_RANGE(a2, size);
+    if (flags()->strict_memcmp) {
+      // Check the entire regions even if the first bytes of the buffers are
+      // different.
+      ASAN_READ_RANGE(a1, size);
+      ASAN_READ_RANGE(a2, size);
+      // Fallthrough to REAL(memcmp) below.
+    } else {
+      unsigned char c1 = 0, c2 = 0;
+      const unsigned char *s1 = (const unsigned char*)a1;
+      const unsigned char *s2 = (const unsigned char*)a2;
+      uptr i;
+      for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        c1 = s1[i];
+        c2 = s2[i];
+        if (c1 != c2) break;
+      }
+      ASAN_READ_RANGE(s1, Min(i + 1, size));
+      ASAN_READ_RANGE(s2, Min(i + 1, size));
+      return CharCmp(c1, c2);
+    }
   }
   return REAL(memcmp(a1, a2, size));
 }
diff --git a/lib/asan/asan_rtl.cc b/lib/asan/asan_rtl.cc
index 770e93a..d7aebd4 100644
--- a/lib/asan/asan_rtl.cc
+++ b/lib/asan/asan_rtl.cc
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
   ParseFlag(str, &f->poison_heap, "poison_heap");
   ParseFlag(str, &f->alloc_dealloc_mismatch, "alloc_dealloc_mismatch");
   ParseFlag(str, &f->use_stack_depot, "use_stack_depot");
+  ParseFlag(str, &f->strict_memcmp, "strict_memcmp");
 }
 
 void InitializeFlags(Flags *f, const char *env) {
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@
   // TODO(glider): Fix known issues and enable this back.
   f->alloc_dealloc_mismatch = (ASAN_MAC == 0);;
   f->use_stack_depot = true;  // Only affects allocator2.
+  f->strict_memcmp = true;
 
   // Override from compile definition.
   ParseFlagsFromString(f, MaybeUseAsanDefaultOptionsCompileDefiniton());
diff --git a/lib/asan/lit_tests/memcmp_strict_test.cc b/lib/asan/lit_tests/memcmp_strict_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00bf921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/asan/lit_tests/memcmp_strict_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// RUN: %clangxx_asan -m64 -O0 %s -o %t && ASAN_OPTIONS=strict_memcmp=0 %t 2>&1 | %symbolize | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-nonstrict
+// RUN: %clangxx_asan -m64 -O0 %s -o %t && ASAN_OPTIONS=strict_memcmp=1 %t 2>&1 | %symbolize | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-strict
+// Default to strict_memcmp=1.
+// RUN: %clangxx_asan -m64 -O0 %s -o %t && %t 2>&1 | %symbolize | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-strict
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+int main() {
+  char kFoo[] = "foo";
+  char kFubar[] = "fubar";
+  int res = memcmp(kFoo, kFubar, strlen(kFubar));
+  printf("res: %d\n", res);
+  // CHECK-nonstrict: {{res: -1}}
+  // CHECK-strict: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow
+  return 0;
+}