diff --git a/spec/std/crypto/bcrypt/password_spec.cr b/spec/std/crypto/bcrypt/password_spec.cr
index 269ab140c421..4e2a3faa1ac9 100644
--- a/spec/std/crypto/bcrypt/password_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/std/crypto/bcrypt/password_spec.cr
@@ -78,4 +78,13 @@ describe "Crypto::Bcrypt::Password" do
       (password2y.verify "secret").should be_true
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#==" do
+    it "is equal if the string representations are equal" do
+      canonical = Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.create("secret", 4)
+      challenge = Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.new(canonical.to_s)
+
+      canonical.should eq challenge
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/crypto/bcrypt/password.cr b/src/crypto/bcrypt/password.cr
index b98658c9e22f..77da2810d998 100644
--- a/src/crypto/bcrypt/password.cr
+++ b/src/crypto/bcrypt/password.cr
@@ -83,4 +83,6 @@ class Crypto::Bcrypt::Password
   def inspect(io : IO) : Nil
     to_s(io)
   end
+
+  def_equals_and_hash
 end