diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
index eb14ece33a..8e8435baed 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class entity_instance(object):
 	def __repr__(self): return repr(self.wrapped_data)
 	def is_a(self, *args): return self.wrapped_data.is_a(*args)
 	def id(self): return self.wrapped_data.id()
+	def __eq__(self, other):
+		return self.wrapped_data == other.wrapped_data
+	def __hash__(self):
+		return hash((self.id(), self.wrapped_data.file_pointer()))
 	def __dir__(self):
 		return sorted(set(itertools.chain(
 			dir(type(self)),
diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
index 23955f190f..24ace4cf10 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
@@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ namespace IfcUtil {
 		unsigned i = IfcSchema::Type::GetAttributeIndex($self->type(), a);
 		return std::pair<IfcUtil::ArgumentType,Argument*>($self->getArgumentType(i), $self->getArgument(i));
 	}
+
+	bool __eq__(IfcParse::IfcLateBoundEntity* other) const {
+		if ($self == other) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return $self->id() == other->id() && $self->entity->file == other->entity->file;
+	}
+
+	// Just something to have a somewhat sensible value to hash
+	size_t file_pointer() const {
+		return reinterpret_cast<size_t>($self->entity->file);
+	}
 }
 
 %extend IfcParse::IfcSpfHeader {