diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 080233d..56f427f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "email_address"
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 authors = ["Simon Johnston <johnstonskj@gmail.com>"]
 description = "A Rust crate providing an implementation of an RFC-compliant `EmailAddress` newtype. "
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/email_address/"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f08c05..80c318f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ assert_eq!(
 
 ## Changes
 
+### Version 0.2.8
+
+* Fix: put back implementation of `Eq`.
+
 ### Version 0.2.7
 
 * Feature: added builder functions to the `Option` type.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e19a838..606584f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ impl PartialEq for EmailAddress {
     }
 }
 
+impl Eq for EmailAddress {}
+
 impl Hash for EmailAddress {
     fn hash<H: std::hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
         self.0.hash(state);