diff --git a/src/tree.c b/src/tree.c
index 7599d65..a3bfe21 100644
--- a/src/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "diff.h"
 
 extern PyTypeObject TreeType;
+extern PyTypeObject TreeEntryType;
 extern PyTypeObject DiffType;
 extern PyTypeObject TreeIterType;
 extern PyTypeObject IndexType;
@@ -77,6 +78,47 @@ TreeEntry_oid__get__(TreeEntry *self)
     return git_oid_to_python(oid);
 }
 
+PyObject *
+TreeEntry_richcompare(PyObject *a, PyObject *b, int op)
+{
+    PyObject *res;
+    int cmp;
+
+    /* We only support comparing to another tree entry */
+    if (!PyObject_TypeCheck(b, &TreeEntryType)) {
+        Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+        return Py_NotImplemented;
+    }
+
+    cmp =git_tree_entry_cmp(((TreeEntry*)a)->entry, ((TreeEntry*)b)->entry);
+    switch (op) {
+        case Py_LT:
+            res = (cmp <= 0) ? Py_True: Py_False;
+            break;
+        case Py_LE:
+            res = (cmp < 0) ? Py_True: Py_False;
+            break;
+        case Py_EQ:
+            res = (cmp == 0) ? Py_True: Py_False;
+            break;
+        case Py_NE:
+            res = (cmp != 0) ? Py_True: Py_False;
+            break;
+        case Py_GT:
+            res = (cmp > 0) ? Py_True: Py_False;
+            break;
+        case Py_GE:
+            res = (cmp >= 0) ? Py_True: Py_False;
+            break;
+        default:
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Unexpected '%d' op", op);
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    Py_INCREF(res);
+    return res;
+}
+
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(TreeEntry_hex__doc__, "Hex oid.");
 
@@ -122,7 +164,7 @@ PyTypeObject TreeEntryType = {
     TreeEntry__doc__,                          /* tp_doc            */
     0,                                         /* tp_traverse       */
     0,                                         /* tp_clear          */
-    0,                                         /* tp_richcompare    */
+    (richcmpfunc)TreeEntry_richcompare,        /* tp_richcompare    */
     0,                                         /* tp_weaklistoffset */
     0,                                         /* tp_iter           */
     0,                                         /* tp_iternext       */
diff --git a/test/test_tree.py b/test/test_tree.py
index 16674ec..d1fc0de 100644
--- a/test/test_tree.py
+++ b/test/test_tree.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TreeTest(utils.BareRepoTestCase):
         """
         tree = self.repo[TREE_SHA]
         for tree_entry in tree:
-            self.assertEqual(tree_entry.hex, tree[tree_entry.name].hex)
+            self.assertEqual(tree_entry, tree[tree_entry.name])
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':