diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cf5d633b4..3a7c58b7b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 	  incoming connection
 	* added more detailed instrumentation of the disk I/O thread
 
+	* exposed comparison operators on torrent_handle to python
 	* exposed alert error_codes to python
 	* fixed bug in announce_entry::next_announce_in and min_announce_in
 	* fixed sign issue in set_alert_mask signature
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp b/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp
index dd7ac0a89..ba93f0447 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ void bind_torrent_handle()
 #define _ allow_threads
 
     class_<torrent_handle>("torrent_handle")
+        .def(self == self)
+        .def(self != self)
+        .def(self < self)
         .def("get_peer_info", get_peer_info)
         .def("status", _(&torrent_handle::status), arg("flags") = 0xffffffff)
         .def("get_download_queue", get_download_queue)