diff --git a/include/rapidjson/document.h b/include/rapidjson/document.h
index 77250a3..16167ff 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/document.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/document.h
@@ -556,6 +556,71 @@ public:
 	GenericValue& Move() { return *this; }
 	//@}
 
+	//!@name Equal-to and not-equal-to operators
+	//@{
+	//! Equal-to operator
+	bool operator==(const GenericValue& rhs) const {
+		if (GetType() != rhs.GetType())
+			return false;
+
+		switch (GetType()) {
+		case kObjectType: // Warning: O(n^2) inner-loop
+			if (data_.o.size != rhs.data_.o.size)
+				return false;			
+			for (ConstMemberIterator lhsMemberItr = MemberBegin(); lhsMemberItr != MemberEnd(); ++lhsMemberItr) {
+				ConstMemberIterator rhsMemberItr = rhs.FindMember(lhsMemberItr->name);
+				if (rhsMemberItr == rhs.MemberEnd() || lhsMemberItr->value != rhsMemberItr->value)
+					return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+
+			
+		case kArrayType:
+			if (data_.a.size != rhs.data_.a.size)
+				return false;
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < data_.a.size; i++)
+				if ((*this)[i] != rhs[i])
+					return false;
+			return true;
+
+		case kStringType:
+			return StringEqual(rhs);
+
+		case kNumberType:
+			if (IsDouble() || rhs.GetDouble())
+				return GetDouble() == rhs.GetDouble(); // May convert one operand from integer to double.
+			else
+				return data_.n.u64 == rhs.data_.n.u64;
+
+		default: // kTrueType, kFalseType, kNullType
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//! Not-equal-to operator
+	bool operator!=(const GenericValue& rhs) const { return !(*this == rhs); }
+
+	//! (Not-)Equal-to operator with const C-string pointer.
+	friend bool operator==(const GenericValue& lhs, const Ch* rhs) { return lhs == GenericValue(StringRef(rhs)); }
+	friend bool operator!=(const GenericValue& lhs, const Ch* rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
+	friend bool operator==(const Ch* lhs, const GenericValue& rhs) { return GenericValue(StringRef(lhs)) == rhs; }
+	friend bool operator!=(const Ch* lhs, const GenericValue& rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
+
+	//! (Not-)Equal-to operator with non-const C-string pointer.
+	friend bool operator==(const GenericValue& lhs, Ch* rhs) { return lhs == GenericValue(StringRef(rhs)); }
+	friend bool operator!=(const GenericValue& lhs, Ch* rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
+	friend bool operator==(Ch* lhs, const GenericValue& rhs) { return GenericValue(StringRef(lhs)) == rhs; }
+	friend bool operator!=(Ch* lhs, const GenericValue& rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
+
+	//! (Not-)Equal-to operator with primitive types.
+	/*! \tparam T Either \ref Type, \c int, \c unsigned, \c int64_t, \c uint64_t, \c double, \c true, \c false
+	*/
+	template <typename T> friend bool operator==(const GenericValue& lhs, const T& rhs) { return lhs == GenericValue(rhs); }
+	template <typename T> friend bool operator!=(const GenericValue& lhs, const T& rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
+	template <typename T> friend bool operator==(const T& lhs, const GenericValue& rhs) { return GenericValue(lhs) == rhs; }
+	template <typename T> friend bool operator!=(const T& lhs, const GenericValue& rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
+	//@}
+
 	//!@name Type
 	//@{
 
@@ -672,10 +737,9 @@ public:
 	MemberIterator FindMember(const GenericValue& name) {
 		RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(IsObject());
 		RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(name.IsString());
-		SizeType len = name.data_.s.length;
 		MemberIterator member = MemberBegin();
 		for ( ; member != MemberEnd(); ++member)
-			if (member->name.data_.s.length == len && memcmp(member->name.data_.s.str, name.data_.s.str, len * sizeof(Ch)) == 0)
+			if (name.StringEqual(member->name))
 				break;
 		return member;
 	}
@@ -1214,6 +1278,13 @@ private:
 		rhs.flags_ = kNullFlag;
 	}
 
+	bool StringEqual(const GenericValue& rhs) const {
+		RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(IsString());
+		RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(rhs.IsString());
+		return data_.s.str == rhs.data_.s.str || // fast path for constant string
+			((data_.s.length == rhs.data_.s.length) && memcmp(data_.s.str, rhs.data_.s.str, sizeof(Ch) * data_.s.length) == 0);
+	}
+
 	Data data_;
 	unsigned flags_;
 };
diff --git a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
index 8eaf84a..3bd0afc 100644
--- a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,58 @@ TEST(Value, assignment_operator) {
 	EXPECT_EQ(y.GetString(),mstr);
 }
 
+template <typename A, typename B> 
+void TestEqual(const A& a, const B& b) {
+	EXPECT_TRUE (a == b);
+	EXPECT_FALSE(a != b);
+	EXPECT_TRUE (b == a);
+	EXPECT_FALSE(b != a);
+}
+
+template <typename A, typename B> 
+void TestUnequal(const A& a, const B& b) {
+	EXPECT_FALSE(a == b);
+	EXPECT_TRUE (a != b);
+	EXPECT_FALSE(b == a);
+	EXPECT_TRUE (b != a);
+}
+
+TEST(Value, equalto_operator) {
+	Value::AllocatorType allocator;
+	Value x(kObjectType);
+	x.AddMember("hello", "world", allocator)
+		.AddMember("t", Value(true).Move(), allocator)
+		.AddMember("f", Value(false).Move(), allocator)
+		.AddMember("n", Value(kNullType).Move(), allocator)
+		.AddMember("i", 123, allocator)
+		.AddMember("pi", 3.14, allocator)
+		.AddMember("a", Value(kArrayType).Move().PushBack(1, allocator).PushBack(2, allocator).PushBack(3, allocator), allocator);
+
+	// Test templated operator==() and operator!=()
+	TestEqual(x["hello"], "world");
+	const char* cc = "world";
+	TestEqual(x["hello"], cc);
+	char* c = strdup("world");
+	TestEqual(x["hello"], c);
+	free(c);
+
+	TestEqual(x["t"], true);
+	TestEqual(x["f"], false);
+	TestEqual(x["i"], 123);
+	TestEqual(x["pi"], 3.14);
+
+	// Test operator==()
+	Value y;
+	y.CopyFrom(x, allocator);
+	TestEqual(x, y);
+
+	// Swapping member order should be fine.
+	y.RemoveMember("t");
+	TestUnequal(x, y);
+	y.AddMember("t", Value(true).Move(), allocator);
+	TestEqual(x, y);
+}
+
 template <typename Value>
 void TestCopyFrom() {
 	typename Value::AllocatorType a;