diff --git a/test/test_option.py b/test/test_option.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9ce825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_option.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import autopath
+
+from tiramisu.option import BoolOption, IntOption
+
+
+def test_option_comparison():
+    dummy1 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy')
+    dummy2 = BoolOption('dummy2', 'doc dummy')
+    dummy3 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy')
+    assert dummy1 != dummy2
+    assert dummy1 == dummy3
+
+
+def test_option_comparison_obj():
+    dummy1 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy')
+    dummy2 = IntOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy')
+    assert dummy1 != dummy2
+
+
+def test_option_comparison_advanced():
+    dummy1 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy')
+    dummy2 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy')
+    dummy3 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy', None)
+    dummy4 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy', True)
+    dummy5 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy', multi=True)
+    dummy6 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy', properties=tuple())
+    dummy7 = BoolOption('dummy1', 'doc dummy', properties=tuple('new',))
+    assert dummy1 == dummy2
+    assert dummy1 == dummy3
+    assert dummy1 != dummy4
+    assert dummy1 != dummy5
+    assert dummy1 == dummy6
+    assert dummy1 != dummy7
diff --git a/tiramisu/option.py b/tiramisu/option.py
index 005bfa6..038cee8 100644
--- a/tiramisu/option.py
+++ b/tiramisu/option.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def valid_name(name):
 
 
 class BaseInformation(object):
-    __slots__ = ('_informations')
+    __slots__ = ('_informations',)
 
     def optimpl_set_information(self, key, value):
         """updates the information's attribute
@@ -172,6 +172,37 @@ class Option(BaseInformation):
                             ' must be a tuple').format(type(properties), self._name))
         self._properties = properties  # 'hidden', 'disabled'...
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        "Option comparison"
+        if not isinstance(other, Option):
+            return False
+        a = list(self.__slots__ + Option.__slots__ + BaseInformation.__slots__)
+        #a.remove('_default_multi')
+        a.remove('_master_slaves')
+        a.remove('_multitype')
+        for var in a:
+            try:
+                val1 = getattr(self, var)
+                not_in1 = False
+            except:
+                not_in1 = True
+            try:
+                val2 = getattr(other, var)
+                not_in2 = False
+            except:
+                not_in2 = True
+            if True in (not_in1, not_in2):
+                if not_in1 != not_in2:
+                    return False
+            elif val1 != val2:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Option):
+            return False
+        return not self == other
+
     def optimpl_validate(self, value, context=None, validate=True):
         """
         :param value: the option's value
@@ -342,7 +373,7 @@ class ChoiceOption(Option):
 
 
 class BoolOption(Option):
-    __slots__ = ('_opt_type')
+    __slots__ = ('_opt_type',)
     _opt_type = 'bool'
 
     def _validate(self, value):
@@ -350,7 +381,7 @@ class BoolOption(Option):
 
 
 class IntOption(Option):
-    __slots__ = ('_opt_type')
+    __slots__ = ('_opt_type',)
     _opt_type = 'int'
 
     def _validate(self, value):
@@ -358,7 +389,7 @@ class IntOption(Option):
 
 
 class FloatOption(Option):
-    __slots__ = ('_opt_type')
+    __slots__ = ('_opt_type',)
     _opt_type = 'float'
 
     def _validate(self, value):
@@ -366,7 +397,7 @@ class FloatOption(Option):
 
 
 class StrOption(Option):
-    __slots__ = ('_opt_type')
+    __slots__ = ('_opt_type',)
     _opt_type = 'string'
 
     def _validate(self, value):
@@ -374,7 +405,7 @@ class StrOption(Option):
 
 
 class UnicodeOption(Option):
-    __slots__ = ('_opt_type')
+    __slots__ = ('_opt_type',)
     _opt_type = 'unicode'
     _empty = u''
 
@@ -428,7 +459,7 @@ class IPOption(Option):
 
 
 class NetworkOption(Option):
-    __slots__ = ('_opt_type')
+    __slots__ = ('_opt_type',)
     _opt_type = 'network'
 
     def _validate(self, value):
@@ -440,7 +471,7 @@ class NetworkOption(Option):
 
 
 class NetmaskOption(Option):
-    __slots__ = ('_opt_type')
+    __slots__ = ('_opt_type',)
     _opt_type = 'netmask'
 
     def __init__(self, name, doc, default=None, default_multi=None,