diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/equals.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/equals.hpp
index 0f0bdde58..6549bb225 100644
--- a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/equals.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/equals.hpp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.
 // Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Adam Wulkiewicz, Lodz, Poland.
 
-// This file was modified by Oracle on 2014, 2015.
-// Modifications copyright (c) 2014-2015 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+// This file was modified by Oracle on 2014, 2015, 2016.
+// Modifications copyright (c) 2014-2016 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 
 // Contributed and/or modified by Adam Wulkiewicz, on behalf of Oracle
 // Contributed and/or modified by Menelaos Karavelas, on behalf of Oracle
@@ -323,6 +323,17 @@ struct equals
     : detail::equals::equals_by_collection<detail::equals::area_check>
 {};
 
+template <typename MultiPolygon, typename Ring, bool Reverse>
+struct equals
+    <
+        MultiPolygon, Ring,
+        multi_polygon_tag, ring_tag,
+        2,
+        Reverse
+    >
+    : detail::equals::equals_by_collection<detail::equals::area_check>
+{};
+
 
 } // namespace dispatch
 #endif // DOXYGEN_NO_DISPATCH