diff --git a/sendgrid/helpers/mail/email.py b/sendgrid/helpers/mail/email.py
index 3c2cb3bbb..10a8718b1 100644
--- a/sendgrid/helpers/mail/email.py
+++ b/sendgrid/helpers/mail/email.py
@@ -73,6 +73,27 @@ def __init__(self,
         if p is not None:
             self.personalization = p
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        """Email objects are equal if they have the same email and the same name
+
+        :param other: object to compare with
+        :type other: any
+        """
+        if isinstance(other, Email):
+            return self.email == other.email and self.name == other.name
+        return NotImplemented
+    
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        """Inverse of __eq__ (required for Python 2)
+        
+        :param other: object to compare with
+        :type other: any
+        """
+        x = self.__eq__(other)
+        if x is not NotImplemented:
+            return not x
+        return NotImplemented
+
     @property
     def name(self):
         """Name associated with this email.
diff --git a/test/test_email.py b/test/test_email.py
index eb50374aa..c8614fe17 100644
--- a/test/test_email.py
+++ b/test/test_email.py
@@ -80,3 +80,51 @@ def test_add_unicode_name_with_comma(self):
         email.name = name
 
         self.assertEqual(email.name, u'"' + name + u'"')
+
+    def test_equality_email_name(self):
+        address = "test@example.com"
+        name = "SomeName"
+        email1 = Email(address, name)
+        email2 = Email(address, name)
+        
+        self.assertEqual(email1, email2)
+
+    def test_equality_email(self):
+        address = "test@example.com"
+        email1 = Email(address)
+        email2 = Email(address)
+        
+        self.assertEqual(email1, email2)
+
+    def test_equality_name(self):
+        name = "SomeName"
+        email1 = Email()
+        email1.name = name
+        email2 = Email()
+        email2.name = name
+
+        self.assertEqual(email1, email2)
+
+    def test_equality_different_emails(self):
+        address1 = "test1@example.com"
+        email1 = Email(address1)
+        address2 = "test2@example.com"
+        email2 = Email(address2)
+
+        self.assertNotEqual(email1, email2)
+
+    def test_equality_different_name(self):
+        name1 = "SomeName1"
+        email1 = Email()
+        email1.name = name1
+        name2 = "SomeName2"
+        email2 = Email()
+        email2.name = name2
+
+        self.assertNotEqual(email1, email2)
+
+    def test_equality_non_email(self):
+        address = "test@example.com"
+        email = Email(address)
+
+        self.assertNotEqual(email, address)