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
@@ -217,6 +217,26 @@
                       ['{}({!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.assertTrue(p == q)
+        self.assertFalse(p != q)
+        self.assertTrue(p.__eq__(q))
+        self.assertFalse(p.__ne__(q))
+
+        q = self.partial(capture, 1, 2, a=10)
+        self.assertFalse(p == q)
+        self.assertTrue(p != q)
+
+        self.assertNotEqual(p, capture)
+        self.assertNotEqual(q, capture)
+
+        a = self.partial(capture)
+        b = self.partial(signature)
+        self.assertFalse(a == b)
+        self.assertTrue(a != b)
+
     def test_pickle(self):
         f = self.partial(signature, ['asdf'], bar=[True])
         f.attr = []
diff --git a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
--- a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 static PyTypeObject partial_type;
 
+#define PyPartial_CheckExact(op) ((op)->ob_type == &partial_type)
+
 static PyObject *
 partial_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
 {
@@ -307,6 +309,45 @@
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };
 
+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_CheckExact(self) || 
+        !PyPartial_CheckExact(other))
+    {
+        Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
+    }
+
+    a = (partialobject *) self;
+    b = (partialobject *) other;
+    
+    eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->fn, b->fn, Py_EQ);
+    if (eq == 1) {
+        eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->args, b->args, Py_EQ);
+        if (eq == 1) {
+            eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(a->kw, b->kw, Py_EQ);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (eq < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (op == Py_EQ)
+        res = eq ? Py_True : Py_False;
+    else
+        res = eq ? Py_False : Py_True;
+
+    Py_INCREF(res);
+    
+    return res;
+}
+
 static PyTypeObject partial_type = {
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
     "functools.partial",                /* tp_name */
@@ -333,7 +374,7 @@
     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 */