diff --git a/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp b/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp
index 5ee13b7..9510ffb 100644
--- a/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ template<class T> bool ref_compare( reference_wrapper<T> const & a, reference_wr
 
 template<class R, class F, class L> class bind_t;
 
+template<class R, class F, class L> bool ref_compare( bind_t<R, F, L> const & a, bind_t<R, F, L> const & b, int )
+{
+    return a.compare( b );
+}
+
 // value
 
 template<class T> class value
diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index 38fb264..a0e0d07 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ test-suite "bind"
       [ run bind_fnobj2_test.cpp ]
       [ run bind_fn2_test.cpp ]
       [ run bind_mf2_test.cpp ]
+      [ run bind_eq2_test.cpp ]
     ;
diff --git a/test/bind_eq2_test.cpp b/test/bind_eq2_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d7ca38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bind_eq2_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <boost/config.hpp>
+
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC)
+#pragma warning(disable: 4786)  // identifier truncated in debug info
+#pragma warning(disable: 4710)  // function not inlined
+#pragma warning(disable: 4711)  // function selected for automatic inline expansion
+#pragma warning(disable: 4514)  // unreferenced inline removed
+#endif
+
+//
+//  bind_eq2_test.cpp - boost::bind equality operator
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2004, 2005, 2009 Peter Dimov
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#include <boost/bind.hpp>
+#include <boost/function_equal.hpp>
+#include <boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp>
+
+void f( int )
+{
+}
+
+int g( int i )
+{
+    return i + 5;
+}
+
+template< class F > void test_self_equal( F f )
+{
+#ifdef BOOST_NO_ARGUMENT_DEPENDENT_LOOKUP
+    using boost::function_equal;
+#endif
+
+    BOOST_TEST( function_equal( f, f ) );
+}
+ 
+int main()
+{
+    test_self_equal( boost::bind( f, _1 ) );
+    test_self_equal( boost::bind( g, _1 ) );
+    test_self_equal( boost::bind( f, boost::bind( g, _1 ) ) );
+
+    return boost::report_errors();
+}