diff --git a/src/ldaptools/utils.py b/src/ldaptools/utils.py
index a3f9ce4..cf4a2e1 100644
--- a/src/ldaptools/utils.py
+++ b/src/ldaptools/utils.py
@@ -198,6 +198,22 @@ class idict(dict):
         """A caselessDict version of __repr__ """
         return 'caselessDict(' + dict.__repr__(self) + ')'
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        for k in self:
+            if k not in other:
+                 return False
+            if self[k] != other[k]:
+                 return False
+        for k in other:
+            if k not in self:
+                 return False
+            if self[k] != other[k]:
+                 return False
+        return True
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+	return not (self == other)
+
 
 def batch_generator(gen, *batch_size):
     batch = []