diff --git a/editor/xml_feature.cpp b/editor/xml_feature.cpp
index 3705e82a7b..d4161edf21 100644
--- a/editor/xml_feature.cpp
+++ b/editor/xml_feature.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ XMLFeature::XMLFeature(pugi::xml_node const & xml)
   r.name() == kNodeType ? ValidateNode(r) : ValidateWay(r);
 }
 
+bool XMLFeature::operator==(XMLFeature const & other) const
+{
+  return ToOSMString() == other.ToOSMString();
+}
+
 XMLFeature::Type XMLFeature::GetType() const
 {
   return strcmp(GetRootNode().name(), "node") == 0 ? Type::Node : Type::Way;
diff --git a/editor/xml_feature.hpp b/editor/xml_feature.hpp
index 3c9230bc40..3821be7b5e 100644
--- a/editor/xml_feature.hpp
+++ b/editor/xml_feature.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public:
   XMLFeature(pugi::xml_document const & xml);
   XMLFeature(pugi::xml_node const & xml);
   XMLFeature(XMLFeature const & feature) : XMLFeature(feature.m_document) {}
+  bool operator==(XMLFeature const & other) const;
+
   void Save(ostream & ost) const;
   string ToOSMString() const;