diff --git a/deep.go b/deep.go
index ea6265c..4fc9566 100644
--- a/deep.go
+++ b/deep.go
@@ -41,13 +41,55 @@ var (
 	ErrNotHandled = errors.New("cannot compare the reflect.Kind")
 )
 
-type cmp struct {
-	diff        []string
-	buff        []string
-	floatFormat string
+// Comparer is a struct capturing the configuration used for Equals(). The package
+// Equal() function uses a default Comparer struct which references the global
+// variables that control the execution of the equality algorithm.
+type Comparer struct {
+	FloatPrecision          *int
+	MaxDiff                 *int
+	MaxDepth                *int
+	LogErrors               *bool
+	CompareUnexportedFields *bool
+	ErrMaxRecursion         *error
+	ErrTypeMismatch         *error
+	ErrNotHandled           *error
 }
 
-var errorType = reflect.TypeOf((*error)(nil)).Elem()
+// MakeComparer returns a Comparer struct with nil fields initialized to point
+// to the global settings.
+func MakeComparer(c Comparer) Comparer {
+	if c.FloatPrecision == nil {
+		c.FloatPrecision = &FloatPrecision
+	}
+	if c.MaxDiff == nil {
+		c.MaxDiff = &MaxDiff
+	}
+	if c.MaxDepth == nil {
+		c.MaxDepth = &MaxDepth
+	}
+	if c.LogErrors == nil {
+		c.LogErrors = &LogErrors
+	}
+	if c.CompareUnexportedFields == nil {
+		c.CompareUnexportedFields = &CompareUnexportedFields
+	}
+	if c.ErrMaxRecursion == nil {
+		c.ErrMaxRecursion = &ErrMaxRecursion
+	}
+	if c.ErrTypeMismatch == nil {
+		c.ErrTypeMismatch = &ErrTypeMismatch
+	}
+	if c.ErrNotHandled == nil {
+		c.ErrNotHandled = &ErrNotHandled
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+func makeDefaultComparer() Comparer {
+	return MakeComparer(Comparer{})
+}
+
+var DefaultComparer = makeDefaultComparer()
 
 // Equal compares variables a and b, recursing into their structure up to
 // MaxDepth levels deep, and returns a list of differences, or nil if there are
@@ -56,12 +98,26 @@ var errorType = reflect.TypeOf((*error)(nil)).Elem()
 // If a type has an Equal method, like time.Equal, it is called to check for
 // equality.
 func Equal(a, b interface{}) []string {
+	return DefaultComparer.Equal(a, b)
+}
+
+type cmp struct {
+	diff        []string
+	buff        []string
+	floatFormat string
+	*Comparer
+}
+
+var errorType = reflect.TypeOf((*error)(nil)).Elem()
+
+func (cp *Comparer) Equal(a, b interface{}) []string {
 	aVal := reflect.ValueOf(a)
 	bVal := reflect.ValueOf(b)
 	c := &cmp{
 		diff:        []string{},
 		buff:        []string{},
-		floatFormat: fmt.Sprintf("%%.%df", FloatPrecision),
+		floatFormat: fmt.Sprintf("%%.%df", *cp.FloatPrecision),
+		Comparer:    cp,
 	}
 	if a == nil && b == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -82,8 +138,8 @@ func Equal(a, b interface{}) []string {
 }
 
 func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
-	if level > MaxDepth {
-		logError(ErrMaxRecursion)
+	if level > *c.MaxDepth {
+		c.logError(*c.ErrMaxRecursion)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -102,7 +158,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 	bType := b.Type()
 	if aType != bType {
 		c.saveDiff(aType, bType)
-		logError(ErrTypeMismatch)
+		c.logError(*c.ErrTypeMismatch)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -181,7 +237,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 		}
 
 		for i := 0; i < a.NumField(); i++ {
-			if aType.Field(i).PkgPath != "" && !CompareUnexportedFields {
+			if aType.Field(i).PkgPath != "" && !*c.CompareUnexportedFields {
 				continue // skip unexported field, e.g. s in type T struct {s string}
 			}
 
@@ -197,7 +253,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 
 			c.pop() // pop field name from buff
 
-			if len(c.diff) >= MaxDiff {
+			if len(c.diff) >= *c.MaxDiff {
 				break
 			}
 		}
@@ -243,7 +299,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 
 			c.pop()
 
-			if len(c.diff) >= MaxDiff {
+			if len(c.diff) >= *c.MaxDiff {
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -256,7 +312,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 			c.push(fmt.Sprintf("map[%s]", key))
 			c.saveDiff("<does not have key>", b.MapIndex(key))
 			c.pop()
-			if len(c.diff) >= MaxDiff {
+			if len(c.diff) >= *c.MaxDiff {
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -266,7 +322,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 			c.push(fmt.Sprintf("array[%d]", i))
 			c.equals(a.Index(i), b.Index(i), level+1)
 			c.pop()
-			if len(c.diff) >= MaxDiff {
+			if len(c.diff) >= *c.MaxDiff {
 				break
 			}
 		}
@@ -300,7 +356,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 				c.saveDiff("<no value>", b.Index(i))
 			}
 			c.pop()
-			if len(c.diff) >= MaxDiff {
+			if len(c.diff) >= *c.MaxDiff {
 				break
 			}
 		}
@@ -335,7 +391,7 @@ func (c *cmp) equals(a, b reflect.Value, level int) {
 		}
 
 	default:
-		logError(ErrNotHandled)
+		c.logError(*c.ErrNotHandled)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -358,8 +414,8 @@ func (c *cmp) saveDiff(aval, bval interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
-func logError(err error) {
-	if LogErrors {
+func (c *cmp) logError(err error) {
+	if *c.LogErrors {
 		log.Println(err)
 	}
 }