diff --git a/include/etl/algorithm.h b/include/etl/algorithm.h
index d0d8eaba..5debe70e 100644
--- a/include/etl/algorithm.h
+++ b/include/etl/algorithm.h
@@ -789,6 +789,15 @@ namespace etl
 
     return (memcmp(first1, first2, sizeof(value_t) * (last1 - first1)) == 0);
   }
+
+  template <typename TIterator1, typename TIterator2>
+  ETL_NODISCARD
+    bool equal(TIterator1 first1, TIterator1 last1, TIterator2 first2, TIterator2 last2)
+  {
+    return (etl::distance(first1, last1) == etl::distance(first2, last2)) &&
+            etl::equal(first1, last1, first2);
+  }
+
 #else
   //***************************************************************************
   // equal
@@ -798,6 +807,23 @@ namespace etl
   {
     return std::equal(first1, last1, first2);
   }
+
+#if ETL_CPP14_SUPPORTED
+  template <typename TIterator1, typename TIterator2>
+  ETL_NODISCARD
+    bool equal(TIterator1 first1, TIterator1 last1, TIterator2 first2, TIterator2 last2)
+  {
+    return std::equal(first1, last1, first2, last2);
+  }
+#else
+  template <typename TIterator1, typename TIterator2>
+  ETL_NODISCARD
+  bool equal(TIterator1 first1, TIterator1 last1, TIterator2 first2, TIterator2 last2)
+  {
+    return (etl::distance(first1, last1) == etl::distance(first2, last2)) &&
+            etl::equal(first1, last1, first2);
+  }
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #if ETL_NOT_USING_STL
diff --git a/test/test_algorithm.cpp b/test/test_algorithm.cpp
index aefc9c50..1db1efef 100644
--- a/test/test_algorithm.cpp
+++ b/test/test_algorithm.cpp
@@ -703,6 +703,10 @@ namespace
     {
       CHECK(etl::equal(std::begin(dataV), std::end(dataV), std::begin(dataL)));
       CHECK(!etl::equal(std::begin(dataSL), std::end(dataSL), std::begin(dataL)));
+
+      int small[] = { dataS[0] };
+      CHECK(etl::equal(std::begin(dataV), std::end(dataV), std::begin(dataL), std::end(dataL)));
+      CHECK(!etl::equal(std::begin(dataS), std::end(dataS), std::begin(small), std::end(small)));
     }
 
     //*************************************************************************