diff --git a/cogl-color.h b/cogl-color.h
index 73de891de..6ade2594f 100644
--- a/cogl-color.h
+++ b/cogl-color.h
@@ -240,6 +240,22 @@ float     cogl_color_get_alpha       (const CoglColor *color);
  */
 void cogl_color_premultiply (CoglColor *color);
 
+/**
+ * cogl_color_equal:
+ * @v1: a #CoglColor
+ * @v2: a #CoglColor
+ *
+ * Compares two #CoglColor<!-- -->s and checks if they are the same.
+ *
+ * This function can be passed to g_hash_table_new() as the @key_equal_func
+ * parameter, when using #CoglColor<!-- -->s as keys in a #GHashTable.
+ *
+ * Return value: %TRUE if the two colors are the same.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.0
+ */
+gboolean  cogl_color_equal (gconstpointer v1, gconstpointer v2);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __COGL_COLOR_H__ */
diff --git a/common/cogl-color.c b/common/cogl-color.c
index df338fcc4..25a1bdaf2 100644
--- a/common/cogl-color.c
+++ b/common/cogl-color.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "cogl.h"
 #include "cogl-color.h"
 #include "cogl-fixed.h"
@@ -184,3 +186,16 @@ cogl_set_source_color4f (float red,
   cogl_color_set_from_4f (&c, red, green, blue, alpha);
   cogl_set_source_color (&c);
 }
+
+gboolean
+cogl_color_equal (gconstpointer v1, gconstpointer v2)
+{
+  const guint32 *c1 = v1, *c2 = v2;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (v1 != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (v2 != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  /* XXX: We don't compare the padding */
+  return *c1 == *c2 ? TRUE : FALSE;
+}
+