diff --git a/packages/interface-compliance-tests/package.json b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/package.json
index 75b3cdfb08..8ca8129daf 100644
--- a/packages/interface-compliance-tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
       "types": "./dist/src/is-valid-tick.d.ts",
       "import": "./dist/src/is-valid-tick.js"
     },
+    "./matchers": {
+      "types": "./dist/src/matchers.d.ts",
+      "import": "./dist/src/matchers.js"
+    },
     "./mocks": {
       "types": "./dist/src/mocks/index.d.ts",
       "import": "./dist/src/mocks/index.js"
diff --git a/packages/interface-compliance-tests/src/matchers.ts b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/src/matchers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4f56c4a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/src/matchers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import Sinon from 'sinon'
+import type { PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { Multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
+
+export function matchPeerId (peerId: PeerId): Sinon.SinonMatcher {
+  return Sinon.match(p => p.toString() === peerId.toString())
+}
+
+export function matchMultiaddr (ma: Multiaddr): Sinon.SinonMatcher {
+  return Sinon.match(m => m.toString() === ma.toString())
+}
diff --git a/packages/interface-compliance-tests/test/matchers.spec.ts b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/test/matchers.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..568aca0f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/test/matchers.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { peerIdFromString } from '@libp2p/peer-id'
+import { createEd25519PeerId } from '@libp2p/peer-id-factory'
+import { multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
+import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
+import Sinon from 'sinon'
+import { matchMultiaddr, matchPeerId } from '../src/matchers.js'
+
+describe('peer id matcher', () => {
+  it('should match the same object', async () => {
+    const peerId = await createEd25519PeerId()
+
+    const stub = Sinon.stub()
+    stub(peerId)
+
+    expect(stub.calledWith(matchPeerId(peerId))).to.be.true()
+  })
+
+  it('should match the same value', async () => {
+    const peerId = await createEd25519PeerId()
+    const peerId2 = peerIdFromString(peerId.toString())
+
+    const stub = Sinon.stub()
+    stub(peerId)
+
+    // this does not match because peerId2 does not contain the private key so
+    // the values are not deeply equal
+    expect(stub.calledWith(peerId2)).to.be.false()
+    expect(stub.calledWith(matchPeerId(peerId2))).to.be.true()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('multiaddr matcher', () => {
+  it('should match the same object', async () => {
+    const ma = multiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001')
+
+    const stub = Sinon.stub()
+    stub(ma)
+
+    expect(stub.calledWith(matchMultiaddr(ma))).to.be.true()
+  })
+
+  it('should match the same value', async () => {
+    const ma = multiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001')
+    const ma2 = multiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001')
+
+    const stub = Sinon.stub()
+    stub(ma)
+
+    // this would match because no properties are changed after creation since
+    // https://github.com/multiformats/js-multiaddr/pull/330
+    // expect(stub.calledWith(ma2)).to.be.false()
+    expect(stub.calledWith(matchMultiaddr(ma2))).to.be.true()
+  })
+})