diff --git a/api/array_view.h b/api/array_view.h
index 7ff065f..6c2e493 100644
--- a/api/array_view.h
+++ b/api/array_view.h
@@ -266,8 +266,11 @@
   // const, because the ArrayView doesn't own the array. (To prevent mutation,
   // use a const element type.)
   T& operator[](size_t idx) const {
-    RTC_DCHECK_LT(idx, this->size());
-    RTC_DCHECK(this->data());
+    // RTC_HARDENING_ASSERT is used because this is tunable at compile time
+    // to be on or off in production, depending on the choices of the
+    // embedder.
+    RTC_HARDENING_ASSERT(idx < this->size());
+    RTC_HARDENING_ASSERT(this->data());
     return this->data()[idx];
   }
   T* begin() const { return this->data(); }
diff --git a/rtc_base/checks.h b/rtc_base/checks.h
index 992c98d..26f5da2 100644
--- a/rtc_base/checks.h
+++ b/rtc_base/checks.h
@@ -526,4 +526,16 @@
 
 #endif  // __cplusplus
 
+// Hardening assert. This assert can be turned on and off independently
+// of debug mode / non debug mode.
+// If enabled, it turns into RTC_CHECK.
+// If disabled, it turns into RTC_DCHECK.
+// This resembles the behavior of ABSL_HARDENING_ASSERT,
+// but is not affected by NDEBUG.
+#ifdef RTC_HARDENING
+#define RTC_HARDENING_ASSERT(x) RTC_CHECK(x)
+#else
+#define RTC_HARDENING_ASSERT(x) RTC_DCHECK(x)
+#endif
+
 #endif  // RTC_BASE_CHECKS_H_