diff --git a/src/Array.cpp b/src/Array.cpp
index a0a2af01c..62e275b36 100644
--- a/src/Array.cpp
+++ b/src/Array.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ void ArrayBase::zero(Dynamic inFirst, Dynamic inCount)
 
 int ArrayBase::Memcmp(ArrayBase *inOther)
 {
+   if (length == 0 && inOther->length == 0) return 0;
    int bytesA = length * GetElementSize();
    int bytesB = inOther->length * inOther->GetElementSize();
    int common = bytesA<bytesB ? bytesA : bytesB;
diff --git a/test/native/tests/TestPtr.hx b/test/native/tests/TestPtr.hx
index c58253925..6d2f58555 100644
--- a/test/native/tests/TestPtr.hx
+++ b/test/native/tests/TestPtr.hx
@@ -339,6 +339,20 @@ class TestPtr extends haxe.unit.TestCase{
       assertTrue( a.memcmp(a) == 0 );
    }
 
+   public function testIssue933() : Void {
+        var a = haxe.io.Bytes.ofString(""); 
+        var b = haxe.io.Bytes.ofString(""); 
+        assertTrue( a.length == 0 );
+        assertTrue( b.length == 0 );
+        assertTrue( a.compare(b) == 0 );
+
+        // https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hxcpp/issues/933
+        var foo = cpp.NativeArray.address(a.getData(), 0).constRaw;
+        assertTrue( a.length == 0 );
+        assertTrue( b.length == 0 );
+        assertTrue( a.compare(b) == 0 );  // issue 933 makes this fail (value is 1)
+   }
+
    public function testCapacity() {
       var a = [1,2,3];
       assertTrue( a.capacity() < 1000 );