diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/parsson/JsonMergePatchImpl.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/parsson/JsonMergePatchImpl.java
index 5a9904da..cc101014 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/parsson/JsonMergePatchImpl.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/parsson/JsonMergePatchImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.parsson;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 import jakarta.json.JsonMergePatch;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
@@ -113,5 +115,43 @@ static JsonValue diff(JsonValue source, JsonValue target) {
         return builder.build();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Compares this {@code JsonMergePatchImpl} with another object.
+     * @param obj the object to compare this {@code JsonMergePatchImpl} against
+     * @return true if the given object is a {@code JsonMergePatchImpl} with the same
+     * reference tokens as this one, false otherwise.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        } else if (obj == null) {
+            return false;
+        } else if (getClass() != JsonMergePatchImpl.class) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            JsonMergePatchImpl other = (JsonMergePatchImpl) obj;
+            return Objects.equals(patch, other.patch);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the hash code value for this {@code JsonMergePatchImpl}.
+     *
+     * @return the hash code value for this {@code JsonMergePatchImpl} object
+     */
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hashCode(patch);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the JSON Patch text
+     * @return the JSON Patch text
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return patch.toString();
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/parsson/tests/JsonMergePatch2Test.java b/impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/parsson/tests/JsonMergePatch2Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2379d093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/parsson/tests/JsonMergePatch2Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+ * Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the
+ * Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception, which is available at
+ * https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.eclipse.parsson.tests;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.eclipse.parsson.JsonMergePatchImpl;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import jakarta.json.Json;
+import jakarta.json.JsonArray;
+import jakarta.json.JsonMergePatch;
+import jakarta.json.JsonPatch;
+
+public class JsonMergePatch2Test {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testToString() {
+        JsonArray jsonArray = Json.createArrayBuilder().add(Json.createValue(1)).build();
+        JsonPatch jsonPatch = Json.createPatchBuilder(jsonArray).build();
+        assertEquals("[1]", jsonPatch.toString());
+        JsonMergePatch jsonMergePatch = Json.createMergePatch(jsonArray);
+        assertEquals("[1]", jsonMergePatch.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEquals() {
+        JsonMergePatchImpl j1 = new JsonMergePatchImpl(Json.createValue("test"));
+        JsonMergePatchImpl j2 = new JsonMergePatchImpl(Json.createValue("test"));
+        JsonMergePatchImpl j3 = new JsonMergePatchImpl(j1.toJsonValue());
+        JsonMergePatchImpl j4 = new JsonMergePatchImpl(Json.createValue("test2"));
+        JsonMergePatchImpl j5 = new JsonMergePatchImpl(null);
+
+        assertTrue(j1.equals(j1));
+
+        assertTrue(j1.equals(j2));
+        assertTrue(j2.equals(j1));
+
+        assertTrue(j1.equals(j3));
+        assertTrue(j3.equals(j1));
+
+        assertTrue(j2.equals(j3));
+        assertTrue(j3.equals(j2));
+
+        assertFalse(j1.equals(j4));
+        assertFalse(j1.equals(j5));
+        assertFalse(j1.equals(null));
+    }
+}