diff --git a/rtc_base/BUILD.gn b/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
index 0b8e9ae0e9..c665e03914 100644
--- a/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
+++ b/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ rtc_static_library("rtc_base_generic") {
     ":checks",
     ":stringutils",
     "..:webrtc_common",
+    "../api:array_view",
     "../api:optional",
   ]
   public_deps = [
@@ -655,6 +656,8 @@ rtc_static_library("rtc_base_generic") {
     "stream.h",
     "thread.cc",
     "thread.h",
+    "zero_memory.cc",
+    "zero_memory.h",
   ]
 
   visibility = [
@@ -1090,6 +1093,7 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
       "stream_unittest.cc",
       "testclient_unittest.cc",
       "thread_unittest.cc",
+      "zero_memory_unittest.cc",
     ]
     if (is_win) {
       sources += [
@@ -1110,6 +1114,7 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
       ":rtc_base_tests_main",
       ":rtc_base_tests_utils",
       ":stringutils",
+      "../api:array_view",
       "../api:optional",
       "../test:test_support",
     ]
diff --git a/rtc_base/zero_memory.cc b/rtc_base/zero_memory.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63600b8d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtc_base/zero_memory.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2017 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+
+#if defined(WEBRTC_WIN)
+#include <windows.h>
+#else
+#include <string.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "rtc_base/checks.h"
+#include "rtc_base/zero_memory.h"
+
+namespace rtc {
+
+// Code and comment taken from "OPENSSL_cleanse" of BoringSSL.
+void ExplicitZeroMemory(void* ptr, size_t len) {
+  RTC_DCHECK(ptr || !len);
+#if defined(WEBRTC_WIN)
+  SecureZeroMemory(ptr, len);
+#else
+  memset(ptr, 0, len);
+  /* As best as we can tell, this is sufficient to break any optimisations that
+     might try to eliminate "superfluous" memsets. If there's an easy way to
+     detect memset_s, it would be better to use that. */
+  __asm__ __volatile__("" : : "r"(ptr) : "memory");  // NOLINT
+#endif
+}
+
+}  // namespace rtc
diff --git a/rtc_base/zero_memory.h b/rtc_base/zero_memory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb4646c1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtc_base/zero_memory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2017 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+
+#ifndef RTC_BASE_ZERO_MEMORY_H_
+#define RTC_BASE_ZERO_MEMORY_H_
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+#include "api/array_view.h"
+
+namespace rtc {
+
+// Fill memory with zeros in a way that the compiler doesn't optimize it away
+// even if the pointer is not used afterwards.
+void ExplicitZeroMemory(void* ptr, size_t len);
+
+template <typename T,
+          typename std::enable_if<!std::is_const<T>::value &&
+                                  std::is_trivial<T>::value>::type* = nullptr>
+void ExplicitZeroMemory(rtc::ArrayView<T> a) {
+  ExplicitZeroMemory(a.data(), a.size());
+}
+
+}  // namespace rtc
+
+#endif  // RTC_BASE_ZERO_MEMORY_H_
diff --git a/rtc_base/zero_memory_unittest.cc b/rtc_base/zero_memory_unittest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f496705e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtc_base/zero_memory_unittest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2017 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+
+#include "rtc_base/zero_memory.h"
+
+#include "api/array_view.h"
+#include "rtc_base/buffer.h"
+#include "rtc_base/gunit.h"
+
+namespace rtc {
+
+TEST(ZeroMemoryTest, TestZeroMemory) {
+  static const size_t kBufferSize = 32;
+  uint8_t buffer[kBufferSize];
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < kBufferSize; i++) {
+    buffer[i] = static_cast<uint8_t>(i + 1);
+  }
+  ExplicitZeroMemory(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < kBufferSize; i++) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(buffer[i], 0);
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(ZeroMemoryTest, TestZeroArrayView) {
+  static const size_t kBufferSize = 32;
+  uint8_t buffer[kBufferSize];
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < kBufferSize; i++) {
+    buffer[i] = static_cast<uint8_t>(i + 1);
+  }
+  ExplicitZeroMemory(rtc::ArrayView<uint8_t>(buffer, sizeof(buffer)));
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < kBufferSize; i++) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(buffer[i], 0);
+  }
+}
+
+// While this test doesn't actually test anything, it can be used to check
+// the compiler output to make sure the call to "ExplicitZeroMemory" is not
+// optimized away.
+TEST(ZeroMemoryTest, TestZeroMemoryUnused) {
+  static const size_t kBufferSize = 32;
+  uint8_t buffer[kBufferSize];
+  ExplicitZeroMemory(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+}
+
+}  // namespace rtc