diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_versions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_versions.rb
index c4fbb86f39..86092e2d43 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_versions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_versions.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@ class VersionComparisonTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
                   R14B02 R14B01 R14B R13B04 R13B03 R13B02-1}.reverse
     assert_equal versions, versions.sort_by { |v| version(v) }
   end
+
+  def test_hash_equality
+    v1 = version('0.1.0')
+    v2 = version('0.1.0')
+    v3 = version('0.1.1')
+
+    assert v1.eql?(v2)
+    assert v2.eql?(v1)
+    assert !v1.eql?(v3)
+    assert_equal v1.hash, v2.hash
+
+    h = { v1 => :foo }
+    assert_equal :foo, h[v2]
+  end
 end
 
 class VersionParsingTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
index 0c67fa9daa..a6e4fb807e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ class Version
     max = [tokens.length, other.tokens.length].max
     pad_to(max) <=> other.pad_to(max)
   end
+  alias_method :eql?, :==
+
+  def hash
+    @version.hash
+  end
 
   def to_s
     @version.dup