diff --git a/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.spec.tsx b/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.spec.tsx
index 8975a0c1..ec734aa2 100644
--- a/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.spec.tsx
@@ -217,3 +217,45 @@ it('does not trigger a re-render when changing a facet from undefined to undefin
 
   expect(renderedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
 })
+
+it('supports custom equality checks', () => {
+  const value = {}
+  const demoFacet = createFacet({ initialValue: value })
+
+  // Dummy equality check that always returns its not equal
+  const check = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false)
+  const equalityCheck = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(check)
+
+  const renderedMock = jest.fn()
+
+  const ComponentWithFacetEffect = () => {
+    useFacetUnwrap(demoFacet, equalityCheck)
+    renderedMock()
+    return null
+  }
+
+  render(<ComponentWithFacetEffect />)
+
+  // initialize equality checks once
+  expect(equalityCheck).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+  // but check for it twice, once upon initialization, then another on the first observed value
+  expect(check).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  expect(check).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, value)
+  expect(check).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, value)
+
+  // as the custom equality check always returns false, we render twice on mount
+  expect(renderedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+  jest.clearAllMocks()
+
+  // If we update with the same object,
+  act(() => {
+    demoFacet.set(value)
+  })
+
+  expect(equalityCheck).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0) // equality check was already initialized
+  expect(check).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) // but the check should be executed
+  expect(check).toHaveBeenCalledWith(value) // passing the value (which should be the same)
+  expect(renderedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) // and since the equality check always returns "false", we have a render
+})
diff --git a/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.ts b/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.ts
index 53c3ad68..c2bba377 100644
--- a/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-facet/core/src/hooks/useFacetUnwrap.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useLayoutEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import { FacetProp, isFacet, Value, NoValue } from '../types'
+import { FacetProp, isFacet, Value, NoValue, EqualityCheck, NO_VALUE } from '../types'
+import { defaultEqualityCheck } from '../equalityChecks'
 
 /**
  * Hook that allows consuming values from a Facet
@@ -7,7 +8,10 @@ import { FacetProp, isFacet, Value, NoValue } from '../types'
  *
  * @param facet
  */
-export function useFacetUnwrap<T extends Value>(prop: FacetProp<T>): T | NoValue {
+export function useFacetUnwrap<T extends Value>(
+  prop: FacetProp<T>,
+  equalityCheck: EqualityCheck<T> = defaultEqualityCheck,
+): T | NoValue {
   const [state, setState] = useState<{ value: T | NoValue }>(() => {
     if (!isFacet(prop)) return { value: prop }
 
@@ -18,12 +22,17 @@ export function useFacetUnwrap<T extends Value>(prop: FacetProp<T>): T | NoValue
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (isFacet(prop)) {
+      // Initialize the equalityCheck
+      const isEqual = equalityCheck()
+      const startValue = prop.get()
+      if (startValue !== NO_VALUE) {
+        isEqual(startValue)
+      }
+
       return prop.observe((value) => {
         setState((previousState) => {
           const { value: previousValue } = previousState
 
-          const typeofValue = typeof previousValue
-
           /**
            * Performs this equality check locally to prevent triggering two consecutive renderings
            * for facets that have immutable values (unfortunately we can't handle mutable values).
@@ -34,14 +43,24 @@ export function useFacetUnwrap<T extends Value>(prop: FacetProp<T>): T | NoValue
            * - Once on initialization of the useState above
            * - And another time on this observe initialization
            */
-          if (
-            (typeofValue === 'number' ||
-              typeofValue === 'string' ||
-              typeofValue === 'boolean' ||
-              value === undefined ||
-              value === null) &&
-            value === previousValue
-          ) {
+          if (equalityCheck === defaultEqualityCheck) {
+            const typeofValue = typeof previousValue
+
+            if (
+              (typeofValue === 'number' ||
+                typeofValue === 'string' ||
+                typeofValue === 'boolean' ||
+                value === undefined ||
+                value === null) &&
+              value === previousValue
+            ) {
+              return previousState
+            }
+
+            return { value }
+          }
+
+          if (previousValue !== NO_VALUE && isEqual(previousValue)) {
             return previousState
           }
 
@@ -49,7 +68,7 @@ export function useFacetUnwrap<T extends Value>(prop: FacetProp<T>): T | NoValue
         })
       })
     }
-  }, [prop])
+  }, [prop, equalityCheck])
 
   return isFacet(prop) ? state.value : prop
 }