diff --git a/lib/equatable.dart b/lib/equatable.dart
index 4f6b3534..2a8bee47 100644
--- a/lib/equatable.dart
+++ b/lib/equatable.dart
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ library equatable;
 export './src/equatable.dart';
 export './src/equatable_config.dart';
 export './src/equatable_mixin.dart';
+export './src/equatable_utils.dart';
diff --git a/lib/src/equatable_mixin.dart b/lib/src/equatable_mixin.dart
index b69db159..b531ffae 100644
--- a/lib/src/equatable_mixin.dart
+++ b/lib/src/equatable_mixin.dart
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ mixin EquatableMixin {
   bool operator ==(Object other) {
     return identical(this, other) ||
         other is EquatableMixin &&
-            runtimeType == other.runtimeType &&
+            (!checkRuntimeTypeOnIdentical ||
+                runtimeType == other.runtimeType) &&
             iterableEquals(props, other.props);
   }
 
+  /// Whether to check runtimeType in order to consider two objects equal.
+  bool get checkRuntimeTypeOnIdentical => true;
+
   @override
   int get hashCode => runtimeType.hashCode ^ mapPropsToHashCode(props);