diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 9b7329e2e7..bd4bc0f8db 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ All (GUI):
 
 - Support float, double and file name values in wxGenericValidator (troelsk).
 
+OSX:
+
+- Implement wxRegion::Equal() (Dr.Acula).
+
 GTK:
 
 - Generate events for two auxiliary mouse buttons in wxGTK (Marcin Wojdyr).
diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/region.cpp b/src/osx/carbon/region.cpp
index ffd0f106d9..448ae707a9 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/region.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/region.cpp
@@ -242,11 +242,21 @@ bool wxRegion::DoCombine(const wxRegion& region, wxRegionOp op)
 //# Information on region
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-bool wxRegion::DoIsEqual(const wxRegion& WXUNUSED(region)) const
+bool wxRegion::DoIsEqual(const wxRegion& region) const
 {
-    wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("not implemented") );
+    // There doesn't seem to be any native function for checking the equality
+    // of HIShapes so we compute their differences to determine if they are
+    // equal.
+    wxRegion r(this);
+    r.Subtract(region);
 
-    return false;
+    if ( !r.IsEmpty() )
+        return false;
+
+    wxRegion r2(region);
+    r2.Subtract(*this);
+
+    return r2.IsEmpty();
 }
 
 // Outer bounds of region