diff --git a/system/core/compat/hash.php b/system/core/compat/hash.php
index a9f59f1..b217010 100644
--- a/system/core/compat/hash.php
+++ b/system/core/compat/hash.php
@@ -39,6 +39,52 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+if (is_php('5.6'))
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if ( ! function_exists('hash_equals'))
+{
+	/**
+	 * hash_equals()
+	 *
+	 * @link	http://php.net/hash_equals
+	 * @param	string	$known_string
+	 * @param	string	$user_string
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
+	function hash_equals($known_string, $user_string)
+	{
+		if ( ! is_string($known_string))
+		{
+			trigger_error('hash_equals(): Expected known_string to be a string, '.strtolower(gettype($known_string)).' given', E_USER_WARNING);
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		elseif ( ! is_string($user_string))
+		{
+			trigger_error('hash_equals(): Expected user_string to be a string, '.strtolower(gettype($user_string)).' given', E_USER_WARNING);
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		elseif (($length = strlen($known_string)) !== strlen($user_string))
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
+		$diff = 0;
+		for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++)
+		{
+			$diff |= ord($known_string[$i]) ^ ord($user_string[$i]);
+		}
+
+		return ($diff === 0);
+	}
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 if (is_php('5.5'))
 {
 	return;