diff --git a/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py b/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py
index f2851fa..4e0b5e3 100644
--- a/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py
+++ b/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ class Resource(object):
             return self.id == other.id
         return self._info == other._info
 
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self == other
+
     def is_loaded(self):
         return self._loaded
 
diff --git a/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/fake_client.py b/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/fake_client.py
index 1f2e8c6..e9e3fac 100644
--- a/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/fake_client.py
+++ b/congressclient/openstack/common/apiclient/fake_client.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class TestResponse(requests.Response):
                 self.headers == other.headers and
                 self._content == other._content)
 
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
 
 class FakeHTTPClient(client.HTTPClient):
 
diff --git a/congressclient/tests/test_base.py b/congressclient/tests/test_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b14521f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/congressclient/tests/test_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from congressclient.openstack.common.apiclient import base as common_base
+from congressclient.tests import utils
+
+
+class BaseTest(utils.TestCase):
+
+    def test_resource_repr(self):
+        r = common_base.Resource(None, dict(foo="bar", baz="spam"))
+        self.assertEqual(repr(r), "<Resource baz=spam, foo=bar>")
+
+    def test_eq(self):
+        # Two resources of the same type with the same id: equal
+        r1 = common_base.Resource(None, {'id': 1, 'name': 'hi'})
+        r2 = common_base.Resource(None, {'id': 1, 'name': 'hello'})
+        self.assertEqual(r1, r2)
+
+        # Two resources with no ID: equal if their info is equal
+        r1 = common_base.Resource(None, {'name': 'joe', 'age': 12})
+        r2 = common_base.Resource(None, {'name': 'joe', 'age': 12})
+        self.assertEqual(r1, r2)
+
+        # Two resources of different types: never equal
+        r1 = common_base.Resource(None, {'id': 1})
+        self.assertNotEqual(r1, object())
+        self.assertNotEqual(r1, {'id': 1})