diff --git a/docs/operators.md b/docs/operators.md
index 27ee0652..fbb78df1 100644
--- a/docs/operators.md
+++ b/docs/operators.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Operators comparison across frameworks
 | `should`               | ✔     | ✔     | ✔     |
 | `equal`                | ✔     | ✔     | ✔     |
 | `equalSeq`             | ✔     | ✔     | ✔     |
-| `equivalent`           | ✔     | ❌    | ✔     |
+| `equivalent`           | ✔     | ✔     | ✔     |
 | `equalWithin`          | ✔     | ✔     | ✔     |
 | `contain`              | ✔     | ✔     | ✔     |
 | `haveLength`           | ✔     | ✔     | ✔     |
diff --git a/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnit.fs b/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnit.fs
index 4165fa87..3afb2030 100644
--- a/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnit.fs
+++ b/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnit.fs
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ let equalSeq expected =
 let equal expected =
     CustomMatchers.equal expected
 
+let equivalent expected =
+    CustomMatchers.equivalent (fun e a -> Assert.Equivalent(e, a, true)) expected
+
 let equalWithin (tolerance: obj) (expected: obj) =
     CustomMatchers.equalWithin tolerance expected
 
diff --git a/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnitTyped.fs b/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnitTyped.fs
index bd16638a..cb973bde 100644
--- a/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnitTyped.fs
+++ b/src/FsUnit.Xunit/FsUnitTyped.fs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ module TopLevelOperators =
     let shouldEqual<'a> (expected: 'a) (actual: 'a) =
         actual |> should equal expected
 
+    [<DebuggerStepThrough>]
+    let shouldEquivalent<'a when 'a: equality> (expected: 'a seq) (actual: 'a seq) =
+        actual |> should equivalent expected
+
     [<DebuggerStepThrough>]
     let shouldNotEqual<'a> (expected: 'a) (actual: 'a) =
         actual |> should not' (equal expected)
diff --git a/tests/FsUnit.Xunit.Test/FsUnit.Xunit.Test.fsproj b/tests/FsUnit.Xunit.Test/FsUnit.Xunit.Test.fsproj
index 98dd7621..9e431281 100644
--- a/tests/FsUnit.Xunit.Test/FsUnit.Xunit.Test.fsproj
+++ b/tests/FsUnit.Xunit.Test/FsUnit.Xunit.Test.fsproj
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     <Compile Include="typed.shouldContainTextTests.fs" />
     <Compile Include="typed.shouldFailTests.fs" />
     <Compile Include="typed.shouldEqualTests.fs" />
+    <Compile Include="equivalentTests.fs" />
     <None Include="paket.references" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/FsUnit.Xunit.Test/equivalentTests.fs b/tests/FsUnit.Xunit.Test/equivalentTests.fs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4be91da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FsUnit.Xunit.Test/equivalentTests.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+namespace FsUnit.Test
+
+open System
+open Xunit
+open FsUnit.Xunit
+
+module EquivalentTests =
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``two lists with same elements in different order are equivalent``() =
+        [ 1; 2; 3 ] |> should equivalent [ 3; 2; 1 ]
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``two lists with different elements are not equivalent``() =
+        [ 1; 2; 3 ] |> should not' (equivalent [ 4; 5; 6 ])
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``two lists with different lengths are not equivalent``() =
+        [ 1; 2; 3 ] |> should not' (equivalent [ 1; 2 ])
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``two arrays with same elements in different order are equivalent``() =
+        [| 1; 2; 3 |] |> should equivalent [| 3; 2; 1 |]
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``two arrays with different elements are not equivalent``() =
+        [| 1; 2; 3 |] |> should not' (equivalent [| 4; 5; 6 |])
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``empty collections are equivalent``() =
+        [] |> should equivalent []
+        [||] |> should equivalent [||]
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``collections with same elements and duplicates are not equivalent if counts differ``() =
+        [ 1; 1; 2 ] |> should not' (equivalent [ 1; 2; 2 ])
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``collections with same elements and same counts are equivalent``() =
+        [ 1; 1; 2 ] |> should equivalent [ 2; 1; 1 ]