diff --git a/src/idl_gen_python.cpp b/src/idl_gen_python.cpp
index 38a5bc100..76d3dfe9b 100644
--- a/src/idl_gen_python.cpp
+++ b/src/idl_gen_python.cpp
@@ -1141,6 +1141,23 @@ class PythonGenerator : public BaseGenerator {
     code += "\n";
   }
 
+  void GenCompareOperator(const StructDef &struct_def, 
+                          std::string *code_ptr) const {
+    auto &code = *code_ptr;
+    code += GenIndents(1) + "def __eq__(self, other):";
+    code += GenIndents(2) + "return type(self) == type(other)";
+    for (auto it = struct_def.fields.vec.begin();
+            it != struct_def.fields.vec.end(); ++it) {
+          auto &field = **it;
+          if (field.deprecated) continue;
+
+          // Wrties the comparison statement for this field.
+          const auto field_field = namer_.Field(field);
+          code += " and \\" + GenIndents(3) + "self." + field_field + " == " + "other." + field_field;
+        }
+    code += "\n";
+  }
+
   void GenUnPackForStruct(const StructDef &struct_def, const FieldDef &field,
                           std::string *code_ptr) const {
     auto &code = *code_ptr;
@@ -1623,6 +1640,10 @@ class PythonGenerator : public BaseGenerator {
 
     InitializeFromObjForObject(struct_def, &code);
 
+    if (parser_.opts.gen_compare) {
+      GenCompareOperator(struct_def, &code);
+    }
+
     GenUnPack(struct_def, &code);
 
     if (struct_def.fixed) {
diff --git a/tests/MyGame/MonsterExtra.py b/tests/MyGame/MonsterExtra.py
index b30ee6e78..90916523c 100644
--- a/tests/MyGame/MonsterExtra.py
+++ b/tests/MyGame/MonsterExtra.py
@@ -217,6 +217,19 @@ class MonsterExtraT(object):
         x._UnPack(monsterExtra)
         return x
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return type(self) == type(other) and \
+            self.d0 == other.d0 and \
+            self.d1 == other.d1 and \
+            self.d2 == other.d2 and \
+            self.d3 == other.d3 and \
+            self.f0 == other.f0 and \
+            self.f1 == other.f1 and \
+            self.f2 == other.f2 and \
+            self.f3 == other.f3 and \
+            self.dvec == other.dvec and \
+            self.fvec == other.fvec
+
     # MonsterExtraT
     def _UnPack(self, monsterExtra):
         if monsterExtra is None: