diff --git a/src/tags/master_playlist/variant_stream.rs b/src/tags/master_playlist/variant_stream.rs
index 4207b14..6492c0d 100644
--- a/src/tags/master_playlist/variant_stream.rs
+++ b/src/tags/master_playlist/variant_stream.rs
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ impl Deref for VariantStream {
     }
 }
 
+impl PartialEq<&VariantStream> for VariantStream {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &&Self) -> bool { self.eq(*other) }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;