diff --git a/module/language/tree-il/primitives.scm b/module/language/tree-il/primitives.scm
index 71437b2b6..2ea56427e 100644
--- a/module/language/tree-il/primitives.scm
+++ b/module/language/tree-il/primitives.scm
@@ -525,6 +525,28 @@
 (define-primitive-expander f64vector-set! (vec i x)
   (bytevector-ieee-double-native-set! vec (* i 8) x))
 
+(define (chained-comparison-expander prim-name)
+  (case-lambda
+    ((src) (make-const src #t))
+    ((src a) #f)
+    ((src a b) #f)
+    ((src a b . rest)
+     (let* ((b-sym (gensym "b"))
+            (b* (make-lexical-ref src 'b b-sym)))
+       (make-let src
+                 '(b)
+                 (list b-sym)
+                 (list b)
+                 (make-conditional src
+                                   (make-primcall src prim-name (list a b*))
+                                   (make-primcall src prim-name (cons b* rest))
+                                   (make-const src #f)))))))
+
+(for-each (lambda (prim-name)
+            (hashq-set! *primitive-expand-table* prim-name
+                        (chained-comparison-expander prim-name)))
+          '(< > <= >= =))
+
 ;; Appropriate for use with either 'eqv?' or 'equal?'.
 (define (maybe-simplify-to-eq prim)
   (case-lambda