diff --git a/redis/client.py b/redis/client.py
index 5adaa7ca65..d77ef0121e 100755
--- a/redis/client.py
+++ b/redis/client.py
@@ -707,6 +707,12 @@ def __init__(self, host='localhost', port=6379,
     def __repr__(self):
         return "%s<%s>" % (type(self).__name__, repr(self.connection_pool))
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return (
+            isinstance(other, self.__class__)
+            and self.connection_pool == other.connection_pool
+        )
+
     def set_response_callback(self, command, callback):
         "Set a custom Response Callback"
         self.response_callbacks[command] = callback
diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index feea041288..44a9922b43 100755
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -1044,6 +1044,12 @@ def __repr__(self):
             repr(self.connection_class(**self.connection_kwargs)),
         )
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return (
+            isinstance(other, self.__class__)
+            and self.connection_kwargs == other.connection_kwargs
+        )
+
     def reset(self):
         self.pid = os.getpid()
         self._created_connections = 0
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8f79b1be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import redis
+
+
+class TestClient(object):
+    def test_client_equality(self):
+        r1 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
+        r2 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
+        assert r1 == r2
+
+    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_types(self):
+        r = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
+        assert r != 0
+
+    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_hosts(self):
+        r1 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
+        r2 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://127.0.0.1:6379/9')
+        assert r1 != r2
+
+    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_ports(self):
+        r1 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
+        r2 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6380/9')
+        assert r1 != r2
+
+    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_dbs(self):
+        r1 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
+        r2 = redis.Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6380/10')
+        assert r1 != r2
diff --git a/tests/test_connection_pool.py b/tests/test_connection_pool.py
index f580f71d52..406b5dbc5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_connection_pool.py
+++ b/tests/test_connection_pool.py
@@ -77,6 +77,47 @@ def test_repr_contains_db_info_unix(self):
         expected = 'ConnectionPool<UnixDomainSocketConnection<path=/abc,db=1>>'
         assert repr(pool) == expected
 
+    def test_pool_equality(self):
+        connection_kwargs = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379, 'db': 1}
+        pool1 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        pool2 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        assert pool1 == pool2
+
+    def test_pools_unequal_if_different_types(self):
+        connection_kwargs = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379, 'db': 1}
+        pool = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs,
+                             connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        assert pool != 0
+
+    def test_pools_unequal_if_different_hosts(self):
+        connection_kwargs1 = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379, 'db': 1}
+        connection_kwargs2 = {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 6379, 'db': 1}
+        pool1 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs1,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        pool2 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs2,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        assert pool1 != pool2
+
+    def test_pools_unequal_if_different_ports(self):
+        connection_kwargs1 = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379, 'db': 1}
+        connection_kwargs2 = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6380, 'db': 1}
+        pool1 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs1,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        pool2 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs2,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        assert pool1 != pool2
+
+    def test_pools_unequal_if_different_dbs(self):
+        connection_kwargs1 = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379, 'db': 1}
+        connection_kwargs2 = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379, 'db': 2}
+        pool1 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs1,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        pool2 = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs2,
+                              connection_class=redis.Connection)
+        assert pool1 != pool2
+
 
 class TestBlockingConnectionPool(object):
     def get_pool(self, connection_kwargs=None, max_connections=10, timeout=20):