diff --git a/src/bytes.rs b/src/bytes.rs
index 5945f3d..b53fbff 100644
--- a/src/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/bytes.rs
@@ -2525,3 +2525,17 @@ impl<'a, T: ?Sized> PartialOrd<&'a T> for Bytes
         self.partial_cmp(&**other)
     }
 }
+
+impl PartialEq<BytesMut> for Bytes
+{
+    fn eq(&self, other: &BytesMut) -> bool {
+        &other[..] == &self[..]
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<Bytes> for BytesMut
+{
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Bytes) -> bool {
+        &other[..] == &self[..]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_bytes.rs b/tests/test_bytes.rs
index b966fe0..1c8ccd0 100644
--- a/tests/test_bytes.rs
+++ b/tests/test_bytes.rs
@@ -503,3 +503,14 @@ fn stress() {
         assert_eq!(*buf, data[..]);
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn partial_eq_bytesmut() {
+    let bytes = Bytes::from(&b"The quick red fox"[..]);
+    let bytesmut = BytesMut::from(&b"The quick red fox"[..]);
+    assert!(bytes == bytesmut);
+    assert!(bytesmut == bytes);
+    let bytes2 = Bytes::from(&b"Jumped over the lazy brown dog"[..]);
+    assert!(bytes2 != bytesmut);
+    assert!(bytesmut != bytes2);
+}