diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index 1fb9c5098..52b95a3a8 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,21 @@ Task& Task::operator= (const Task& other)
   return *this;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// The uuid and id attributes must be exempt for comparison.
+bool Task::operator== (const Task& other)
+{
+  if (size () != other.size ())
+    return false;
+
+  foreach (att, *this)
+    if (att->first != "uuid")
+      if (att->second.value () != other.get (att->first))
+        return false;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Attempt an FF4 parse first, using Record::parse, and in the event of an error
 // try a legacy parse (F3, FF2).  Note that FF1 is no longer supported.
diff --git a/src/Task.h b/src/Task.h
index fbe7d37e9..6e51f3e4b 100644
--- a/src/Task.h
+++ b/src/Task.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public:
   Task ();                       // Default constructor
   Task (const Task&);            // Copy constructor
   Task& operator= (const Task&); // Assignment operator
+  bool operator== (const Task&); // Comparison operator
   Task (const std::string&);     // Parse
   ~Task ();                      // Destructor
 
diff --git a/src/tests/t.t.cpp b/src/tests/t.t.cpp
index e93b09dd5..26b585db8 100644
--- a/src/tests/t.t.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/t.t.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Context context;
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main (int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  UnitTest test (34);
+  UnitTest test (36);
 
   test.is ((int)Task::textToStatus ("pending"),   (int)Task::pending,   "textToStatus pending");
   test.is ((int)Task::textToStatus ("completed"), (int)Task::completed, "textToStatus completed");
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ TODO Task::*Annotation*
 
 */
 
+  // Task::operator==
+  Task left ("[one:1 two:2 three:3]");
+  Task right (left);
+  test.ok (left == right, "left == right -> true");
+  left.set ("one", "1.0");
+  test.notok (left == right, "left == right -> false");
+
   return 0;
 }