diff --git a/elasticsearch/connection/base.py b/elasticsearch/connection/base.py
index d4fbe33de..cb7ab532f 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/connection/base.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/connection/base.py
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ def __init__(self, host='localhost', port=9200, use_ssl=False, url_prefix='', ti
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s: %s>' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.host)
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Connection):
+            raise TypeError(
+                "Unsupported equality check for %s and %s" % (self, other)
+            )
+        return True
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return id(self)
+
     def _pretty_json(self, data):
         # pretty JSON in tracer curl logs
         try: