diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-rect.h b/include/media/v4l2-rect.h
index 595c3ba05f2396f8c05d2f9d92655afb0a0b1cb3..c86474dc7b552a09efff06326cbc8db95e29bc23 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-rect.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-rect.h
@@ -82,6 +82,32 @@ static inline bool v4l2_rect_same_size(const struct v4l2_rect *r1,
 	return r1->width == r2->width && r1->height == r2->height;
 }
 
+/**
+ * v4l2_rect_same_position() - return true if r1 has the same position as r2
+ * @r1: rectangle.
+ * @r2: rectangle.
+ *
+ * Return true if both rectangles have the same position
+ */
+static inline bool v4l2_rect_same_position(const struct v4l2_rect *r1,
+					   const struct v4l2_rect *r2)
+{
+	return r1->top == r2->top && r1->left == r2->left;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v4l2_rect_equal() - return true if r1 equals r2
+ * @r1: rectangle.
+ * @r2: rectangle.
+ *
+ * Return true if both rectangles have the same size and position.
+ */
+static inline bool v4l2_rect_equal(const struct v4l2_rect *r1,
+				   const struct v4l2_rect *r2)
+{
+	return v4l2_rect_same_size(r1, r2) && v4l2_rect_same_position(r1, r2);
+}
+
 /**
  * v4l2_rect_intersect() - calculate the intersection of two rects.
  * @r: intersection of @r1 and @r2.