diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@
                       ['{}({!r}, {}, {})'.format(name, capture, args_repr, kwargs_repr)
                        for kwargs_repr in kwargs_reprs])
 
+    def test_equality(self):
+        p = functools.partial(capture, 1, 2, a=10, b=20)
+        q = functools.partial(capture, 1, 2, a=10, b=20)
+        self.assertEqual(p, q)
+
+        q = self.partial(capture, 1, 2, a=10)
+        self.assertNotEqual(p, q)
+
     def test_pickle(self):
         f = self.partial(signature, 'asdf', bar=True)
         f.add_something_to__dict__ = True
diff --git a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
--- a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
     PyObject *weakreflist; /* List of weak references */
 } partialobject;
 
-static PyTypeObject partial_type;
+PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) partial_type;
+
+#define PyPartial_Check(op) ((op)->ob_type == &partial_type)
 
 static PyObject *
 partial_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
@@ -299,7 +301,41 @@
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };
 
-static PyTypeObject partial_type = {
+static PyObject *
+partial_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
+{
+    partialobject *a, *b;
+    PyObject *res;
+    int eq;
+
+    if ((op != Py_EQ && op != Py_NE) ||
+        !PyPartial_Check(self) || 
+        !PyPartial_Check(other))
+    {
+        Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
+    }
+
+    a = (partialobject *) self;
+    b = (partialobject *) other;
+
+    if (op == Py_EQ)
+        eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->fn, b->fn, op) &&
+            PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->args, b->args, op) && 
+            PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->kw, b->kw, op);
+        
+    else 
+        eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->fn, b->fn, op) || 
+            PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->args, b->args, op) || 
+            PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->kw, b->kw, op);
+        
+    res = eq ? Py_True : Py_False;
+
+    Py_INCREF(res);
+    
+    return res;
+}
+
+PyTypeObject partial_type = {
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
     "functools.partial",                /* tp_name */
     sizeof(partialobject),              /* tp_basicsize */
@@ -325,7 +361,7 @@
     partial_doc,                        /* tp_doc */
     (traverseproc)partial_traverse,     /* tp_traverse */
     0,                                  /* tp_clear */
-    0,                                  /* tp_richcompare */
+    partial_richcompare,                /* tp_richcompare */
     offsetof(partialobject, weakreflist),       /* tp_weaklistoffset */
     0,                                  /* tp_iter */
     0,                                  /* tp_iternext */