diff -r 867de88b69f0 Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
@@ -443,6 +443,11 @@ class ArrayMemoryviewTest(unittest.TestC
         m[:] = new_a
         self.assertEqual(a, new_a)
 
+    def test_array_eq(self):
+        values = [array.array(t, range(10)) for t in 'bBhHiIlL']
+        for v in values:
+            for w in values:
+                self.assertEqual(memoryview(v), memoryview(w))
 
 class BytesMemorySliceTest(unittest.TestCase,
     BaseMemorySliceTests, BaseBytesMemoryTests):
diff -r 867de88b69f0 Objects/memoryobject.c
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
         return NULL;                                                           \
     }
 
+static PyObject * _IntTupleFromSsizet(int len, Py_ssize_t *vals);
 
 Py_LOCAL_INLINE(_PyManagedBufferObject *)
 mbuf_alloc(void)
@@ -2384,11 +2385,12 @@ cmp_rec(const char *p, const char *q,
 static PyObject *
 memory_richcompare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
 {
-    PyObject *res;
+    PyObject *res, *vval, *wval;
     Py_buffer wbuf, *vv, *ww = NULL;
     const char *vfmt, *wfmt;
     int equal = -1; /* Py_NotImplemented */
 
+    vval = wval = NULL;
     if (op != Py_EQ && op != Py_NE)
         goto result; /* Py_NotImplemented */
 
@@ -2422,9 +2424,29 @@ memory_richcompare(PyObject *v, PyObject
     }
 
     if (cmp_structure(vv, ww) < 0) {
+	/* Different structures. Compare tolist representations. */
         PyErr_Clear();
-        equal = 0;
-        goto result;
+	equal = -1;
+	wval = 0;
+	vval = _IntTupleFromSsizet(vv->ndim, vv->shape);
+	if (!vval)
+	    goto result;
+	wval = _IntTupleFromSsizet(ww->ndim, ww->shape);
+	if (!wval)
+	    goto result;
+	equal = PyObject_RichCompareBool(vval, wval, Py_EQ);
+	if (equal != 1)
+	    goto result;
+	Py_CLEAR(vval);
+	Py_CLEAR(wval);
+	vval = memory_tolist((PyMemoryViewObject*)v, NULL);
+	if (!vval)
+	    goto result;
+	wval = memory_tolist((PyMemoryViewObject*)w, NULL);
+	if (!wval)
+	    goto result;
+	equal = PyObject_RichCompareBool(vval, wval, Py_EQ);
+	goto result;
     }
 
     if (vv->ndim == 0) {
@@ -2444,6 +2466,8 @@ memory_richcompare(PyObject *v, PyObject
     }
 
 result:
+    Py_XDECREF(vval);
+    Py_XDECREF(wval);
     if (equal < 0)
         res = Py_NotImplemented; 
     else if ((equal && op == Py_EQ) || (!equal && op == Py_NE))