diff --git a/lib/twitter/place.rb b/lib/twitter/place.rb
index edee12a4a..9bf47f8f9 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/place.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/place.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 module Twitter
   class Place < Twitter::Base
-    include Equalizer.new(:woeid)
     attr_reader :attributes, :country, :full_name, :name, :woeid
     alias woe_id woeid
     object_attr_reader :GeoFactory, :bounding_box
@@ -11,6 +10,19 @@ class Place < Twitter::Base
     alias contained? contained_within?
     uri_attr_reader :uri
 
+    # @param other [Twitter::Place]
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    def eql?(other)
+      super || instance_of?(other.class) && !woeid.nil? && other.respond_to?(:woeid) && woeid.eql?(other.woeid)
+    end
+
+    # @param other [Twitter::Place]
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    def ==(other)
+      other = coerce(other) if respond_to?(:coerce, true)
+      super || kind_of?(self.class) && !woeid.nil? && other.respond_to?(:woeid) && woeid == other.woeid
+    end
+
     # @return [String]
     def country_code
       @attrs[:country_code] || @attrs[:countryCode]