diff --git a/Sources/Flatten.swift b/Sources/Flatten.swift
index 9a3e8a685..82d4e3c65 100644
--- a/Sources/Flatten.swift
+++ b/Sources/Flatten.swift
@@ -9,20 +9,32 @@
 import enum Result.NoError
 
 /// Describes how multiple producers should be joined together.
-public enum FlattenStrategy: Equatable {
+public struct FlattenStrategy {
+	fileprivate enum Kind {
+		case concurrent(limit: UInt)
+		case latest
+		case race
+	}
+
+	fileprivate let kind: Kind
+
+	private init(kind: Kind) {
+		self.kind = kind
+	}
+
 	/// The producers should be merged, so that any value received on any of the
 	/// input producers will be forwarded immediately to the output producer.
 	///
 	/// The resulting producer will complete only when all inputs have
 	/// completed.
-	public static let merge = FlattenStrategy.concurrent(limit: .max)
+	public static let merge = FlattenStrategy(kind: .concurrent(limit: .max))
 
 	/// The producers should be concatenated, so that their values are sent in
 	/// the order of the producers themselves.
 	///
 	/// The resulting producer will complete only when all inputs have
 	/// completed.
-	public static let concat = FlattenStrategy.concurrent(limit: 1)
+	public static let concat = FlattenStrategy(kind: .concurrent(limit: 1))
 
 	/// The producers should be merged, but only up to the given limit at any
 	/// point of time, so that any value received on any of the input producers
@@ -35,7 +47,9 @@ public enum FlattenStrategy: Equatable {
 	/// completed.
 	///
 	/// - precondition: `limit > 0`.
-	case concurrent(limit: UInt)
+	public static func concurrent(limit: UInt) -> FlattenStrategy {
+		return FlattenStrategy(kind: .concurrent(limit: limit))
+	}
 
 	/// Only the events from the latest input producer should be considered for
 	/// the output. Any producers received before that point will be disposed
@@ -43,7 +57,7 @@ public enum FlattenStrategy: Equatable {
 	///
 	/// The resulting producer will complete only when the producer-of-producers
 	/// and the latest producer has completed.
-	case latest
+	public static let latest = FlattenStrategy(kind: .latest)
 
 	/// Only the events from the "first input producer to send an event" (winning producer)
 	/// should be considered for the output.
@@ -53,20 +67,7 @@ public enum FlattenStrategy: Equatable {
 	/// The resulting producer will complete when:
 	/// 1. The producer-of-producers and the first "alive" producer has completed.
 	/// 2. The producer-of-producers has completed without inner producer being "alive".
-	case race
-
-	public static func ==(left: FlattenStrategy, right: FlattenStrategy) -> Bool {
-		switch (left, right) {
-		case (.latest, .latest):
-			return true
-
-		case (.concurrent(let leftLimit), .concurrent(let rightLimit)):
-			return leftLimit == rightLimit
-
-		default:
-			return false
-		}
-	}
+	public static let race = FlattenStrategy(kind: .race)
 }
 
 extension Signal where Value: SignalProducerConvertible, Error == Value.Error {
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ extension Signal where Value: SignalProducerConvertible, Error == Value.Error {
 	/// - parameters:
 	///	  - strategy: Strategy used when flattening signals.
 	public func flatten(_ strategy: FlattenStrategy) -> Signal<Value.Value, Error> {
-		switch strategy {
+		switch strategy.kind {
 		case .concurrent(let limit):
 			return self.concurrent(limit: limit)
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ extension Signal where Value: SignalProducerConvertible, Error == NoError, Value
 	/// - parameters:
 	///   - strategy: Strategy used when flattening signals.
 	public func flatten(_ strategy: FlattenStrategy) -> Signal<Value.Value, Value.Error> {
-		switch strategy {
+		switch strategy.kind {
 		case .concurrent(let limit):
 			return self.concurrent(limit: limit)
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ extension SignalProducer where Value: SignalProducerConvertible, Error == Value.
 	/// - parameters:
 	///   - strategy: Strategy used when flattening signals.
 	public func flatten(_ strategy: FlattenStrategy) -> SignalProducer<Value.Value, Error> {
-		switch strategy {
+		switch strategy.kind {
 		case .concurrent(let limit):
 			return self.concurrent(limit: limit)
 
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ extension SignalProducer where Value: SignalProducerConvertible, Error == NoErro
 	/// - parameters:
 	///   - strategy: Strategy used when flattening signals.
 	public func flatten(_ strategy: FlattenStrategy) -> SignalProducer<Value.Value, Value.Error> {
-		switch strategy {
+		switch strategy.kind {
 		case .concurrent(let limit):
 			return self.concurrent(limit: limit)