diff --git a/hacking/core.py b/hacking/core.py
index fe712385..1db7f4b6 100755
--- a/hacking/core.py
+++ b/hacking/core.py
@@ -639,6 +639,22 @@ def hacking_no_cr(physical_line):
         return (pos, "H601: Windows style line endings not allowed in code")
 
 
+@flake8ext
+def hacking_no_assert_equals(logical_line, tokens):
+    r"""assertEquals() is deprecated, use assertEqual instead.
+
+    Okay: self.assertEqual(0, 0)
+    H602: self.assertEquals(0, 0)
+    """
+
+    for token_type, text, start_index, _, _ in tokens:
+
+        if token_type == tokenize.NAME and text == "assertEquals":
+            yield (
+                start_index[1],
+                "H602: assertEquals is deprecated, use assertEqual")
+
+
 FORMAT_RE = re.compile("%(?:"
                        "%|"           # Ignore plain percents
                        "(\(\w+\))?"   # mapping key
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 00da5051..7fa6974c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ flake8.extension =
     H404 = hacking.core:hacking_docstring_multiline_start
     H501 = hacking.core:hacking_no_locals
     H601 = hacking.core:hacking_no_cr
+    H602 = hacking.core:hacking_no_assert_equals
     H700 = hacking.core:hacking_localization_strings
     H801 = hacking.core:OnceGitCheckCommitTitleBug
     H802 = hacking.core:OnceGitCheckCommitTitleLength