1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/csharp/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs b/csharp/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs
index 434865b7..000914f0 100644
--- a/csharp/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 
-namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
+namespace Google.Protobuf
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Immutable array of bytes.
@@ -208,6 +208,24 @@ namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
             return CodedInputStream.CreateInstance(bytes);
         }
 
+        public static bool operator ==(ByteString lhs, ByteString rhs)
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(lhs, rhs))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (ReferenceEquals(lhs, null))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return lhs.Equals(rhs);
+        }
+
+        public static bool operator !=(ByteString lhs, ByteString rhs)
+        {
+            return !(lhs == rhs);
+        }
+
         // TODO(jonskeet): CopyTo if it turns out to be required
 
         public override bool Equals(object obj)