diff --git a/pkg/owner/id.go b/pkg/owner/id.go
index ea8f5fcd..2743b73b 100644
--- a/pkg/owner/id.go
+++ b/pkg/owner/id.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package owner
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ func (id *ID) String() string {
 	return base58.Encode((*refs.OwnerID)(id).GetValue())
 }
 
+// Equal defines a comparison relation on ID's.
+//
+// ID's are equal if they have the same binary representation.
+func (id *ID) Equal(id2 *ID) bool {
+	return bytes.Equal(
+		(*refs.ObjectID)(id).GetValue(),
+		(*refs.ObjectID)(id2).GetValue(),
+	)
+}
+
 func ScriptHashBE(id fmt.Stringer) ([]byte, error) {
 	addr, err := address.StringToUint160(id.String())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/owner/id_test.go b/pkg/owner/id_test.go
index 49816bf8..c6d7bc29 100644
--- a/pkg/owner/id_test.go
+++ b/pkg/owner/id_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package owner
+package owner_test
 
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/mr-tron/base58"
+	. "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/owner"
+	ownertest "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/owner/test"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-crypto/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -93,3 +95,21 @@ func TestIDEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, id, a2)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestID_Equal(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		data1 = []byte{1, 2, 3}
+		data2 = data1
+		data3 = append(data1, 255)
+	)
+
+	id1 := ownertest.GenerateFromBytes(data1)
+
+	require.True(t, id1.Equal(
+		ownertest.GenerateFromBytes(data2),
+	))
+
+	require.False(t, id1.Equal(
+		ownertest.GenerateFromBytes(data3),
+	))
+}