diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
index c3ffbf7c..72521862 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.ComponentBuilder.FormatRetention;
 
 @Setter
 @ToString(exclude = "parent")
-@EqualsAndHashCode
+@EqualsAndHashCode(exclude = "parent")
 @NoArgsConstructor
 public abstract class BaseComponent
 {
diff --git a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
index a88f6a1e..df38e297 100644
--- a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
+++ b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
@@ -409,6 +409,30 @@ public class ComponentsTest
         Assert.assertEquals( text, roundtripLegacyText );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testEquals()
+    {
+        TextComponent first = new TextComponent( "Hello, " );
+        first.addExtra( new TextComponent( "World!" ) );
+
+        TextComponent second = new TextComponent( "Hello, " );
+        second.addExtra( new TextComponent( "World!" ) );
+
+        Assert.assertEquals( first, second );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNotEquals()
+    {
+        TextComponent first = new TextComponent( "Hello, " );
+        first.addExtra( new TextComponent( "World." ) );
+
+        TextComponent second = new TextComponent( "Hello, " );
+        second.addExtra( new TextComponent( "World!" ) );
+
+        Assert.assertNotEquals( first, second );
+    }
+
     private String fromAndToLegacyText(String legacyText)
     {
         return BaseComponent.toLegacyText( TextComponent.fromLegacyText( legacyText ) );