diff --git a/tests/fuzz/Makefile b/tests/fuzz/Makefile
index e60c26e7b..6b36b1e94 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/Makefile
+++ b/tests/fuzz/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ LIBFUZZ_OBJS := $(LIBFUZZ_SRC:.c=.o)
 tests/fuzz/fuzz-connectd-handshake-act*.o: tests/fuzz/connectd_handshake.h
 tests/fuzz/fuzz-ripemd160: LDLIBS += -lcrypto
 tests/fuzz/fuzz-sha256: LDLIBS += -lcrypto
+tests/fuzz/fuzz-hmac-sha256: LDLIBS += -lcrypto
 tests/fuzz/fuzz-wire-*.o: tests/fuzz/wire.h
 tests/fuzz/fuzz-bolt12-*.o: tests/fuzz/bolt12.h
 
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/fuzz-hmac-sha256.c b/tests/fuzz/fuzz-hmac-sha256.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20be74654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fuzz/fuzz-hmac-sha256.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* This is a differential fuzz test comparing CCAN's HMAC‑SHA256 implementation
+ * against OpenSSL's HMAC.
+ */
+#include "config.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <ccan/crypto/hmac_sha256/hmac_sha256.h>
+#include <ccan/mem/mem.h>
+#include <openssl/hmac.h>
+#include <openssl/evp.h>
+#include <openssl/sha.h>
+#include <tests/fuzz/libfuzz.h>
+
+static unsigned char *hmac_key;
+static size_t hmac_key_len;
+
+static EVP_MAC *hmac_sha256_algo;
+
+void init(int *argc, char ***argv)
+{
+	hmac_sha256_algo = EVP_MAC_fetch(NULL, "HMAC", NULL);
+	assert(hmac_sha256_algo);
+}
+
+/* Test that splitting the data and updating via multiple calls yields the same
+ * result as processing the data in a single pass.
+ */
+static void test_split_update(int num_splits, const struct hmac_sha256 *expected,
+                              const u8 *data, size_t size)
+{
+	const size_t split_size = size / (num_splits + 1);
+	struct hmac_sha256_ctx ctx;
+	struct hmac_sha256 actual;
+
+	hmac_sha256_init(&ctx, hmac_key, hmac_key_len);
+	for (int i = 0; i < num_splits; ++i) {
+		hmac_sha256_update(&ctx, data, split_size);
+		data += split_size;
+		size -= split_size;
+	}
+	hmac_sha256_update(&ctx, data, size); /* Process remaining data. */
+	hmac_sha256_done(&ctx, &actual);
+	assert(memeq(expected, sizeof(*expected), &actual, sizeof(actual)));
+}
+
+/* Test that the HMAC calculated by CCAN matches OpenSSL's HMAC. */
+static void test_vs_openssl(const struct hmac_sha256 *expected, const u8 *data, size_t size)
+{
+	u8 openssl_hash[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+	size_t hash_size;
+	EVP_MAC_CTX *ctx;
+	OSSL_PARAM params[] = {
+		OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string("digest", "SHA256", 0),
+		OSSL_PARAM_END
+	};
+
+	ctx = EVP_MAC_CTX_new(hmac_sha256_algo);
+	assert(ctx);
+
+	assert(EVP_MAC_init(ctx, hmac_key, hmac_key_len, params));
+	assert(EVP_MAC_update(ctx, data, size));
+	assert(EVP_MAC_final(ctx, openssl_hash, &hash_size, sizeof(openssl_hash)));
+	EVP_MAC_CTX_free(ctx);
+
+	assert(hash_size == SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH);
+	assert(memeq(expected, sizeof(*expected), openssl_hash, sizeof(openssl_hash)));
+}
+
+void run(const u8 *data, size_t size)
+{
+	struct hmac_sha256 expected;
+	u8 num_splits;
+
+	if (size < 1)
+		return;
+	hmac_key_len = (size_t) data[0];
+	++data; --size;
+
+	if (size < hmac_key_len)
+		return;
+	hmac_key = (unsigned char*) data;
+	data += hmac_key_len; size -= hmac_key_len;
+
+	if (size < 1)
+		return;
+	num_splits = *data;
+	++data; --size;
+
+	/* Compute expected HMAC using the one-shot function. */
+	hmac_sha256(&expected, hmac_key, hmac_key_len, data, size);
+	test_split_update(num_splits, &expected, data, size);
+	test_vs_openssl(&expected, data, size);
+}
+