diff --git a/c/README.md b/c/README.md
index e3fca0c..5e35fe0 100644
--- a/c/README.md
+++ b/c/README.md
@@ -185,6 +185,21 @@ parameter for the starting byte position in the output stream. To
 efficiently stream a large output without allocating memory, call this
 function in a loop, incrementing `seek` by the output length each time.
 
+---
+
+```c
+void blake3_hasher_reset(
+  blake3_hasher *self);
+```
+
+Reset the hasher to its initial state, prior to any calls to
+`blake3_hasher_update`. Currently this is no different from calling
+`blake3_hasher_init` or similar again. However, if this implementation gains
+multithreading support in the future, and if `blake3_hasher` holds (optional)
+threading resources, this function will reuse those resources. Until then, this
+is mainly for feature compatibility with the Rust implementation.
+
+
 # Building
 
 This implementation is just C and assembly files. It doesn't include a
diff --git a/c/blake3.c b/c/blake3.c
index 20b6bd0..1239433 100644
--- a/c/blake3.c
+++ b/c/blake3.c
@@ -609,3 +609,8 @@ void blake3_hasher_finalize_seek(const blake3_hasher *self, uint64_t seek,
   }
   output_root_bytes(&output, seek, out, out_len);
 }
+
+void blake3_hasher_reset(blake3_hasher *self) {
+  chunk_state_reset(&self->chunk, self->key, 0);
+  self->cv_stack_len = 0;
+}
diff --git a/c/blake3.h b/c/blake3.h
index c3ca22d..5cccc90 100644
--- a/c/blake3.h
+++ b/c/blake3.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void blake3_hasher_finalize(const blake3_hasher *self, uint8_t *out,
                             size_t out_len);
 void blake3_hasher_finalize_seek(const blake3_hasher *self, uint64_t seek,
                                  uint8_t *out, size_t out_len);
+void blake3_hasher_reset(blake3_hasher *self);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/lib.rs b/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/lib.rs
index f18fe12..41e4938 100644
--- a/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/lib.rs
+++ b/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/lib.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ impl Hasher {
             ffi::blake3_hasher_finalize_seek(&self.0, seek, output.as_mut_ptr(), output.len());
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn reset(&mut self) {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::blake3_hasher_reset(&mut self.0);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub mod ffi {
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ pub mod ffi {
             out: *mut u8,
             out_len: usize,
         );
+        pub fn blake3_hasher_reset(self_: *mut blake3_hasher);
 
         // portable low-level functions
         pub fn blake3_compress_in_place_portable(
diff --git a/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/test.rs b/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/test.rs
index 3b3d8a7..f4d4810 100644
--- a/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/test.rs
+++ b/c/blake3_c_rust_bindings/src/test.rs
@@ -509,3 +509,54 @@ fn test_finalize_seek() {
         assert_eq!(&expected[seek..][..out.len()], &out[..]);
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_reset() {
+    {
+        let mut hasher = crate::Hasher::new();
+        hasher.update(&[42; 3 * CHUNK_LEN + 7]);
+        hasher.reset();
+        hasher.update(&[42; CHUNK_LEN + 3]);
+        let mut output = [0; 32];
+        hasher.finalize(&mut output);
+
+        let mut reference_hasher = reference_impl::Hasher::new();
+        reference_hasher.update(&[42; CHUNK_LEN + 3]);
+        let mut reference_hash = [0; 32];
+        reference_hasher.finalize(&mut reference_hash);
+
+        assert_eq!(reference_hash, output);
+    }
+    {
+        let key = &[99; 32];
+        let mut hasher = crate::Hasher::new_keyed(key);
+        hasher.update(&[42; 3 * CHUNK_LEN + 7]);
+        hasher.reset();
+        hasher.update(&[42; CHUNK_LEN + 3]);
+        let mut output = [0; 32];
+        hasher.finalize(&mut output);
+
+        let mut reference_hasher = reference_impl::Hasher::new_keyed(key);
+        reference_hasher.update(&[42; CHUNK_LEN + 3]);
+        let mut reference_hash = [0; 32];
+        reference_hasher.finalize(&mut reference_hash);
+
+        assert_eq!(reference_hash, output);
+    }
+    {
+        let context = "BLAKE3 2020-02-12 10:20:58 reset test";
+        let mut hasher = crate::Hasher::new_derive_key(context);
+        hasher.update(&[42; 3 * CHUNK_LEN + 7]);
+        hasher.reset();
+        hasher.update(&[42; CHUNK_LEN + 3]);
+        let mut output = [0; 32];
+        hasher.finalize(&mut output);
+
+        let mut reference_hasher = reference_impl::Hasher::new_derive_key(context);
+        reference_hasher.update(&[42; CHUNK_LEN + 3]);
+        let mut reference_hash = [0; 32];
+        reference_hasher.finalize(&mut reference_hash);
+
+        assert_eq!(reference_hash, output);
+    }
+}