diff --git a/include/fc/static_variant.hpp b/include/fc/static_variant.hpp
index 757ebb3..5c3695f 100644
--- a/include/fc/static_variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/static_variant.hpp
@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ public:
        return *this;
     }
 
+    friend bool operator==( const static_variant& a, const static_variant& b ) {
+       if (a.which() != b.which())
+          return false;
+       return typelist::runtime::dispatch(list(), a.which(), [&a, &b](auto t) {
+          return a.get<typename decltype(t)::type>() == b.get<typename decltype(t)::type>();
+       });
+    }
+
     template<typename X, typename = type_in_typelist<X>>
     X& get() {
         if(_tag == typelist::index_of<list, X>()) {
diff --git a/tests/variant_test.cpp b/tests/variant_test.cpp
index 474e5ae..96e62b5 100644
--- a/tests/variant_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/variant_test.cpp
@@ -182,10 +182,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( nested_objects_test )
 
       from_variant( v, sv1, nested_levels + 2 );
 
-      auto sv_equal = [](const fc::static_variant<fc::test::item>& v1, const fc::static_variant<fc::test::item>& v2) {
-         return v1.get<fc::test::item>() == v2.get<fc::test::item>();
-      };
-      BOOST_CHECK( sv_equal(sv, sv1) );
+      BOOST_CHECK( sv == sv1 );
 
       // both log and dump should never throw
       BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE( "========== About to log static_variant. ==========" );
@@ -218,7 +215,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( nested_objects_test )
 
       from_variant( v, vec1, nested_levels + 3 );
 
-      BOOST_CHECK( std::equal(vec.begin(), vec.end(), vec1.begin(), sv_equal) );
+      BOOST_CHECK( vec == vec1 );
 
       // both log and dump should never throw
       BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE( "========== About to log vector. ==========" );