diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e578a1..167de4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 - Variable lookup now supports introspection of Swift types. You can now lookup
   values of Swift structures and classes inside a Context.
 
-- If tags can now use prefix and infix operators such as `not`, `and` and `or`.
+- If tags can now use prefix and infix operators such as `not`, `and`, `or` and
+  `==`.
 
     ```html+django
     {% if one or two and not three %}
diff --git a/Sources/Expression.swift b/Sources/Expression.swift
index f063033..b935556 100644
--- a/Sources/Expression.swift
+++ b/Sources/Expression.swift
@@ -134,6 +134,42 @@ final class AndExpression: Expression, InfixOperator, CustomStringConvertible {
 }
 
 
+final class EqualityExpression: Expression, InfixOperator, CustomStringConvertible {
+  let lhs: Expression
+  let rhs: Expression
+
+  init(lhs: Expression, rhs: Expression) {
+    self.lhs = lhs
+    self.rhs = rhs
+  }
+
+  var description: String {
+    return "(\(lhs) == \(rhs))"
+  }
+
+  func evaluate(context: Context) throws -> Bool {
+    if let lhs = lhs as? VariableExpression, let rhs = rhs as? VariableExpression {
+      let lhsValue = try lhs.variable.resolve(context)
+      let rhsValue = try rhs.variable.resolve(context)
+
+      if let lhs = lhsValue, let rhs = rhsValue {
+        if let lhs = toNumber(value: lhs), let rhs = toNumber(value: rhs) {
+          return lhs == rhs
+        } else if let lhs = lhsValue as? String, let rhs = rhsValue as? String {
+          return lhs == rhs
+        } else if let lhs = lhsValue as? Bool, let rhs = rhsValue as? Bool {
+          return lhs == rhs
+        }
+      } else if lhsValue == nil && rhsValue == nil {
+        return true
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+
 func toNumber(value: Any) -> Float80? {
     if let value = value as? Float {
         return Float80(value)
diff --git a/Sources/IfTag.swift b/Sources/IfTag.swift
index b8ef3f7..68c117d 100644
--- a/Sources/IfTag.swift
+++ b/Sources/IfTag.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let operators: [Operator] = [
   .infix("or", 6, OrExpression.self),
   .infix("and", 7, AndExpression.self),
   .prefix("not", 8, NotExpression.self),
+  .infix("==", 10, EqualityExpression.self),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/Tests/StencilTests/ExpressionSpec.swift b/Tests/StencilTests/ExpressionSpec.swift
index 6dbb44e..d0e7bc3 100644
--- a/Tests/StencilTests/ExpressionSpec.swift
+++ b/Tests/StencilTests/ExpressionSpec.swift
@@ -154,6 +154,42 @@ func testExpressions() {
         }
       }
 
+      $0.describe("equality expression") {
+        let expression = try! parseExpression(components: ["lhs", "==", "rhs"])
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to true with equal lhs/rhs") {
+          try expect(expression.evaluate(context: Context(dictionary: ["lhs": "a", "rhs": "a"]))).to.beTrue()
+        }
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to false with non equal lhs/rhs") {
+          print(expression)
+        }
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to true with nils") {
+          try expect(expression.evaluate(context: Context(dictionary: [:]))).to.beTrue()
+        }
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to true with numbers") {
+          try expect(expression.evaluate(context: Context(dictionary: ["lhs": 1, "rhs": 1.0]))).to.beTrue()
+        }
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to false with non equal numbers") {
+          try expect(expression.evaluate(context: Context(dictionary: ["lhs": 1, "rhs": 1.1]))).to.beFalse()
+        }
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to true with booleans") {
+          try expect(expression.evaluate(context: Context(dictionary: ["lhs": true, "rhs": true]))).to.beTrue()
+        }
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to false with falsy booleans") {
+          try expect(expression.evaluate(context: Context(dictionary: ["lhs": true, "rhs": false]))).to.beFalse()
+        }
+
+        $0.it("evaluates to false with different types") {
+          try expect(expression.evaluate(context: Context(dictionary: ["lhs": true, "rhs": 1]))).to.beFalse()
+        }
+      }
+
       $0.describe("multiple expression") {
         let expression = try! parseExpression(components: ["one", "or", "two", "and", "not", "three"])
 
diff --git a/docs/builtins.rst b/docs/builtins.rst
index 34899b4..0053bf5 100644
--- a/docs/builtins.rst
+++ b/docs/builtins.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ Will be treated as:
 
     one or (two and three)
 
+``==`` operator
+"""""""""""""""
+
+.. code-block:: html+django
+
+    {% if value == other_value %}
+      value is equal to other_value
+    {% endif %}
+
+.. note:: The equality operator only supports numerical, string and boolean types.
+
 ``ifnot``
 ~~~~~~~~~