diff --git a/docs/api-guide/validators.md b/docs/api-guide/validators.md
index bb8466a2c8..dac937d9bd 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/validators.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/validators.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If we open up the Django shell using `manage.py shell` we can now
 
 The interesting bit here is the `reference` field. We can see that the uniqueness constraint is being explicitly enforced by a validator on the serializer field.
 
-Because of this more explicit style REST framework includes a few validator classes that are not available in core Django. These classes are detailed below.
+Because of this more explicit style REST framework includes a few validator classes that are not available in core Django. These classes are detailed below.  REST framework validators, like their Django counterparts, implement the `__eq__` method, allowing you to compare instances for equality.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/validators.py b/rest_framework/validators.py
index a5cb75a84a..07ad11b47b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/validators.py
+++ b/rest_framework/validators.py
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ def __repr__(self):
             smart_repr(self.queryset)
         )
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return (self.message == other.message
+                and self.requires_context == other.requires_context
+                and self.queryset == other.queryset
+                and self.lookup == other.lookup
+                )
+
 
 class UniqueTogetherValidator:
     """
@@ -166,6 +175,16 @@ def __repr__(self):
             smart_repr(self.fields)
         )
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return (self.message == other.message
+                and self.requires_context == other.requires_context
+                and self.missing_message == other.missing_message
+                and self.queryset == other.queryset
+                and self.fields == other.fields
+                )
+
 
 class ProhibitSurrogateCharactersValidator:
     message = _('Surrogate characters are not allowed: U+{code_point:X}.')
@@ -177,6 +196,13 @@ def __call__(self, value):
             message = self.message.format(code_point=ord(surrogate_character))
             raise ValidationError(message, code=self.code)
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return (self.message == other.message
+                and self.code == other.code
+                )
+
 
 class BaseUniqueForValidator:
     message = None
@@ -230,6 +256,17 @@ def __call__(self, attrs, serializer):
                 self.field: message
             }, code='unique')
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return (self.message == other.message
+                and self.missing_message == other.missing_message
+                and self.requires_context == other.requires_context
+                and self.queryset == other.queryset
+                and self.field == other.field
+                and self.date_field == other.date_field
+                )
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s(queryset=%s, field=%s, date_field=%s)>' % (
             self.__class__.__name__,
diff --git a/tests/test_validators.py b/tests/test_validators.py
index 35fef6f26c..1cf42ed07e 100644
--- a/tests/test_validators.py
+++ b/tests/test_validators.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 from django.db import DataError, models
@@ -787,3 +788,13 @@ def test_validator_raises_error_when_abstract_method_called(self):
             validator.filter_queryset(
                 attrs=None, queryset=None, field_name='', date_field_name=''
             )
+
+    def test_equality_operator(self):
+        mock_queryset = MagicMock()
+        validator = BaseUniqueForValidator(queryset=mock_queryset, field='foo',
+                                           date_field='bar')
+        validator2 = BaseUniqueForValidator(queryset=mock_queryset, field='foo',
+                                            date_field='bar')
+        assert validator == validator2
+        validator2.date_field = "bar2"
+        assert validator != validator2