diff --git a/src/attribute.rs b/src/attribute.rs
index 57373a06..10e0e3d2 100644
--- a/src/attribute.rs
+++ b/src/attribute.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 /// This is of the form: `name`="`value`"
 ///
 /// This does not support prefixed/namespaced attributes yet.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct Attribute {
     /// The name of the attribute.
     pub name: String,
diff --git a/src/element.rs b/src/element.rs
index 13c8baf1..197d9ed0 100644
--- a/src/element.rs
+++ b/src/element.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::slice;
 
 use convert::{IntoElements, IntoAttributeValue, ElementEmitter};
 
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Eq)]
 /// A struct representing a DOM Element.
 pub struct Element {
     name: String,
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ pub struct Element {
     children: Vec<Node>,
 }
 
+impl PartialEq for Element {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Element) -> bool {
+        let mut my_attr = self.attributes.clone();
+        my_attr.sort();
+        let mut other_attr = other.attributes.clone();
+        other_attr.sort();
+
+        self.name == other.name &&
+        self.namespace == other.namespace &&
+        my_attr == other_attr &&
+        self.children == other.children
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Debug for Element {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(fmt, "<{}", self.name)?;
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index b9263446..44fef37b 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -94,3 +94,14 @@ fn namespace_propagation_works() {
                    .get_child("grandchild", "root_ns").unwrap()
                    .ns(), root.ns());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn two_elements_with_same_arguments_different_order_are_equal() {
+    let elem1: Element = "<a b='a' c=''/>".parse().unwrap();
+    let elem2: Element = "<a c='' b='a'/>".parse().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(elem1, elem2);
+
+    let elem1: Element = "<a b='a' c=''/>".parse().unwrap();
+    let elem2: Element = "<a c='d' b='a'/>".parse().unwrap();
+    assert_ne!(elem1, elem2);
+}