diff --git a/lib/std/collections/maybe.c3 b/lib/std/collections/maybe.c3
index 9442b1fa8..94e8ea387 100644
--- a/lib/std/collections/maybe.c3
+++ b/lib/std/collections/maybe.c3
@@ -34,3 +34,12 @@ macro Type? Maybe.get(self)
 {
 	return self.has_value ? self.value : NOT_FOUND?;
 }
+
+fn bool Maybe.equals(self, Maybe other) @operator(==) @if(types::is_equatable_type(Type))
+{
+	if (self.has_value)
+	{
+		return other.has_value && equals(self.value, other.value);
+	}
+	return !other.has_value;
+}
diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index c727a6779..8dd6ebea9 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 - Add `String.replace` and `String.treplace` to replace substrings within a string.
 - Add `Duration * Int` and `Clock - Clock` overload. 
 - Add `DateTime + Duration` overloads.
+- Add `Maybe.equals` and respective `==` operator when the inner type is equatable.
 
 ## 0.7.1 Change list
 
diff --git a/test/unit/stdlib/collections/maybe.c3 b/test/unit/stdlib/collections/maybe.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..748a60b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/stdlib/collections/maybe.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module maybetest @test;
+
+import std::collections::maybe;
+import std::core::types;
+
+alias maybeint = maybe::value{int};
+
+struct Unequatable { int value; }
+
+alias MaybeUnequatable = maybe::Maybe{Unequatable};
+
+fn void test_equals() @test
+{
+	$assert(!types::is_equatable_type(MaybeUnequatable));
+	assert(maybeint(1) == maybeint(1));
+	assert(maybeint(0) == maybeint(0));
+	assert(maybeint(0) != maybeint(1));
+	assert(maybeint(1) != maybeint(0));
+	assert(maybeint(0) != maybe::EMPTY{int});
+	assert(maybe::EMPTY{int} != maybeint(0));
+}