diff --git a/src/bam/record.jl b/src/bam/record.jl
index 13c5608..bf65078 100644
--- a/src/bam/record.jl
+++ b/src/bam/record.jl
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ function Base.convert(::Type{Record}, data::Vector{UInt8})
     return record
 end
 
+function Base.:(==)(a::Record, b::Record)
+    return a.block_size == b.block_size &&
+        a.refid         == b.refid &&
+        a.pos           == b.pos &&
+        a.bin_mq_nl     == b.bin_mq_nl &&
+        a.flag_nc       == b.flag_nc &&
+        a.l_seq         == b.l_seq &&
+        a.next_refid    == b.next_refid &&
+        a.next_pos      == b.next_pos &&
+        a.tlen          == b.tlen &&
+        a.data[1:data_size(a)] == b.data[1:data_size(b)]
+end
+
 function Base.copy(record::Record)
     copy = Record()
     copy.block_size = record.block_size
diff --git a/src/sam/record.jl b/src/sam/record.jl
index a61e0df..f7f381c 100644
--- a/src/sam/record.jl
+++ b/src/sam/record.jl
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ function Base.convert(::Type{Record}, str::AbstractString)
     return Record(Vector{UInt8}(str))
 end
 
+function Base.:(==)(a::Record, b::Record)
+    return a.filled == b.filled &&
+        a.qname     == b.qname &&
+        a.flag      == b.flag &&
+        a.rname     == b.rname &&
+        a.pos       == b.pos &&
+        a.mapq      == b.mapq &&
+        a.cigar     == b.cigar &&
+        a.rnext     == b.rnext &&
+        a.pnext     == b.pnext &&
+        a.tlen      == b.tlen &&
+        a.seq       == b.seq &&
+        a.qual      == b.qual &&
+        a.fields    == b.fields &&
+        a.data[a.filled] == b.data[b.filled]
+end
+
 function Base.show(io::IO, record::Record)
     print(io, summary(record), ':')
     if isfilled(record)