diff --git a/makefiles/utils/strings.mk b/makefiles/utils/strings.mk
index 281b4439ce..66467c2988 100644
--- a/makefiles/utils/strings.mk
+++ b/makefiles/utils/strings.mk
@@ -33,3 +33,16 @@ _is_greater = $(if $(filter $1,$(firstword $(sort $1 $2))),,1)
 #   Return 1 if $1 is greater than $2, nothing otherwise
 version_is_greater = $(call _is_greater,$(call _padded_version,$1),\
                         $(call _padded_version,$2))
+
+# Checks if version $1 is equal to version $2
+#   $1,$2: version to check, '.' separated version 'major.minor.patch'
+#   Return 1 if $1 equal to $2, nothing otherwise
+_is_equal = $(if $(and $(findstring $(1),$(2)),$(findstring $(2),$(1))),1,)
+
+# Checks if version $1 is greater or equal than version $2
+#   $1: version to check, '.' separated version 'major.minor.patch'
+#   $2: minimum version, '.' separated version 'major.minor.patch'
+#   Return 1 if $1 is greater or equal than $2, nothing otherwise
+version_is_greater_or_equal = $(or \
+    $(call _is_greater,$(call _padded_version,$1),$(call _padded_version,$2)),\
+    $(call _is_equal,$(call _padded_version,$1),$(call _padded_version,$2)))
diff --git a/makefiles/utils/test-strings.mk b/makefiles/utils/test-strings.mk
index 10c2348847..65cfcb05c6 100644
--- a/makefiles/utils/test-strings.mk
+++ b/makefiles/utils/test-strings.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ TEST_VERSION_1 = 4.1
 TEST_VERSION_2 = 3.10
 TEST_VERSION_3 = 4.2.3
 TEST_VERSION_4 = 4.19.3
+TEST_VERSION_5 = 4.1.0
 
 test-version_is_greater:
 	$(Q)bash -c 'test 1 = "$(call version_is_greater,$(TEST_VERSION_1),$(TEST_VERSION_2))" || { echo ERROR: "$(TEST_VERSION_2)" \< "$(TEST_VERSION_1)"; exit 1; }'
@@ -25,3 +26,12 @@ test-version_is_greater:
 	$(Q)bash -c 'test 1 = "$(call version_is_greater,$(TEST_VERSION_4),$(TEST_VERSION_3))" || { echo ERROR: "$(TEST_VERSION_3)" \< "$(TEST_VERSION_4)"; exit 1; }'
 	$(Q)bash -c 'test "" = "$(call version_is_greater,$(TEST_VERSION_3),$(TEST_VERSION_4))" || { echo ERROR: Test should fail, "$(TEST_VERSION_4)" is not \< "$(TEST_VERSION_3)"; exit 1; }'
 	$(Q)bash -c 'test "" = "$(call version_is_greater,$(TEST_VERSION_1),$(TEST_VERSION_4))" || { echo ERROR: Test should fail, "$(TEST_VERSION_1)" is not \< "$(TEST_VERSION_4)"; exit 1; }'
+
+test-version_is_greater_or_equal:
+	$(Q)bash -c 'test 1 = "$(call version_is_greater_or_equal,$(TEST_VERSION_1),$(TEST_VERSION_5))" || { echo ERROR: "$(TEST_VERSION_5)" == "$(TEST_VERSION_1)"; exit 1; }'
+	$(Q)bash -c 'test 1 = "$(call version_is_greater_or_equal,$(TEST_VERSION_1),$(TEST_VERSION_1))" || { echo ERROR: "$(TEST_VERSION_1)" == "$(TEST_VERSION_1)"; exit 1; }'
+	$(Q)bash -c 'test 1 = "$(call version_is_greater_or_equal,$(TEST_VERSION_3),$(TEST_VERSION_3))" || { echo ERROR: "$(TEST_VERSION_3)" == "$(TEST_VERSION_3)"; exit 1; }'
+	$(Q)bash -c 'test 1 = "$(call version_is_greater_or_equal,$(TEST_VERSION_3),$(TEST_VERSION_1))" || { echo ERROR: "$(TEST_VERSION_1)" \< "$(TEST_VERSION_3)"; exit 1; }'
+	$(Q)bash -c 'test 1 = "$(call version_is_greater_or_equal,$(TEST_VERSION_4),$(TEST_VERSION_3))" || { echo ERROR: "$(TEST_VERSION_3)" \< "$(TEST_VERSION_4)"; exit 1; }'
+	$(Q)bash -c 'test "" = "$(call version_is_greater_or_equal,$(TEST_VERSION_3),$(TEST_VERSION_4))" || { echo ERROR: Test should fail, "$(TEST_VERSION_4)" is not \< "$(TEST_VERSION_3)"; exit 1; }'
+	$(Q)bash -c 'test "" = "$(call version_is_greater_or_equal,$(TEST_VERSION_1),$(TEST_VERSION_4))" || { echo ERROR: Test should fail, "$(TEST_VERSION_1)" is not \< "$(TEST_VERSION_4)"; exit 1; }'
diff --git a/tests/build_system_utils/Makefile b/tests/build_system_utils/Makefile
index 49d6b54ce9..60345812e9 100644
--- a/tests/build_system_utils/Makefile
+++ b/tests/build_system_utils/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ COMPILE_TESTS += test-lowercase
 COMPILE_TESTS += test-uppercase
 COMPILE_TESTS += test-uppercase_and_underscore
 COMPILE_TESTS += test-version_is_greater
+COMPILE_TESTS += test-version_is_greater_or_equal
 
 # Tests will be run both in the host machine and in `docker`
 all: build-system-utils-tests
@@ -55,3 +56,6 @@ test-uppercase_and_underscore:
 
 test-version_is_greater:
 	$(Q)$(call command_should_succeed,"$(MAKE)" -C $(MAKEFILES_UTILS) -f test-strings.mk test-version_is_greater)
+
+test-version_is_greater_or_equal:
+	$(Q)$(call command_should_succeed,"$(MAKE)" -C $(MAKEFILES_UTILS) -f test-strings.mk test-version_is_greater_or_equal)