diff --git a/tablib/core.py b/tablib/core.py
index c5faad3a..3019f92d 100644
--- a/tablib/core.py
+++ b/tablib/core.py
@@ -1032,6 +1032,25 @@ def subset(self, rows=None, cols=None):
 
         return _dset
 
+    def compare(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Dataset):
+            return
+
+        if not self.headers or not other.headers:
+            raise HeadersNeeded
+
+        if self.height != other.height:
+            return False
+
+        if sorted(self.headers) != sorted(other.headers):
+            return False
+
+        for header in self.headers:
+            for a, b in zip(self[header], other[header]):
+                if a != b:
+                    return False
+
+        return True
 
 
 class Databook(object):
diff --git a/test_tablib.py b/test_tablib.py
index be41ee71..5a43beb1 100755
--- a/test_tablib.py
+++ b/test_tablib.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import os
 import tablib
 from tablib.compat import markup, unicode, is_py3
-from tablib.core import Row
+from tablib.core import Row, HeadersNeeded
 
 
 class TablibTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -933,6 +933,28 @@ def test_databook_formatter_support_kwargs(self):
         """Test XLSX export with formatter configuration."""
         self.founders.export('xlsx', freeze_panes=False)
 
+    def test_compare(self):
+        empty_data = tablib.Dataset()
+
+        original_data = tablib.Dataset()
+        original_data.headers = ['i', 'b', 's']
+        original_data.append([1, True, "aaa"])
+
+        reordered_data = tablib.Dataset()
+        reordered_data.headers = ['s', 'i', 'b']
+        reordered_data.append(["aaa", 1, True])
+
+        different_data = tablib.Dataset()
+        different_data.headers = ['i', 'b', 's']
+        different_data.append([0, False, "bbb"])
+
+        self.assertTrue(original_data.compare(original_data))
+        self.assertTrue(original_data.compare(reordered_data))
+        self.assertFalse(original_data.compare(different_data))
+        self.assertFalse(reordered_data.compare(different_data))
+        self.assertTrue(original_data.compare(None) is None)
+        self.assertRaises(HeadersNeeded, original_data.compare, empty_data)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()