diff --git a/lib/element.js b/lib/element.js
index 9f7b81aa0..34a4fa984 100644
--- a/lib/element.js
+++ b/lib/element.js
@@ -953,6 +953,20 @@ ElementFinder.prototype.allowAnimations = function(value) {
   return this.elementArrayFinder_.allowAnimations(value).toElementFinder_();
 };
 
+
+/**
+ * Compares an element to this one for equality.
+ *
+ * @param {!ElementFinder|!webdriver.WebElement} The element to compare to.
+ *
+ * @return {!webdriver.promise.Promise.<boolean>} A promise that will be
+ *     resolved to whether the two WebElements are equal.
+ */
+ElementFinder.prototype.equals = function(element) {
+  return webdriver.WebElement.equals(this.getWebElement(), 
+      element.getWebElement ? element.getWebElement() : element);
+};
+
 /**
  * Shortcut for querying the document directly with css.
  * `element(by.css('.abc'))` is equivalent to `$('.abc')`
diff --git a/spec/basic/elements_spec.js b/spec/basic/elements_spec.js
index c433cac16..deb4d0936 100644
--- a/spec/basic/elements_spec.js
+++ b/spec/basic/elements_spec.js
@@ -186,6 +186,16 @@ describe('ElementFinder', function() {
     ).toEqual('Anon');
 
   });
+
+  it('should check equality correctly', function() {
+    browser.get('index.html#/form');
+
+    var usernameInput = element(by.model('username'));
+    var name = element(by.binding('username'));
+
+    expect(usernameInput.equals(usernameInput)).toEqual(true);
+    expect(usernameInput.equals(name)).toEqual(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('ElementArrayFinder', function() {