diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/blocks/stream_block.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/blocks/stream_block.py
index 40f6a29a2e..1c15904d95 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/blocks/stream_block.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/blocks/stream_block.py
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ class StreamValue(collections.Sequence):
 
         return self.stream_data == other.stream_data
 
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.stream_data)
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_blocks.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_blocks.py
index 517d08fc42..726ee53f1a 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_blocks.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_blocks.py
@@ -2203,6 +2203,20 @@ class TestStreamBlock(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(stream_value[0].block_type, 'heading')
         self.assertEqual(stream_value[0].value, 'A different default heading')
 
+    def test_stream_value_equality(self):
+        block = blocks.StreamBlock([
+            ('text', blocks.CharBlock()),
+        ])
+        value1 = block.to_python([{'type': 'text', 'value': 'hello'}])
+        value2 = block.to_python([{'type': 'text', 'value': 'hello'}])
+        value3 = block.to_python([{'type': 'text', 'value': 'goodbye'}])
+
+        self.assertTrue(value1 == value2)
+        self.assertFalse(value1 != value2)
+
+        self.assertFalse(value1 == value3)
+        self.assertTrue(value1 != value3)
+
 
 class TestPageChooserBlock(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['test.json']