diff --git a/modules/io/pymod/export_mmcif_io.cc b/modules/io/pymod/export_mmcif_io.cc
index d61cde02622c5a61366b987d831c3d372bc1123a..806031da6e317f6496775e0f0b0c1ef6d613b5ed 100644
--- a/modules/io/pymod/export_mmcif_io.cc
+++ b/modules/io/pymod/export_mmcif_io.cc
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ void export_mmcif_io()
     .add_property("authors", make_function(&MMCifInfoCitation::GetAuthorList,
                                    return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>()),
                   &MMCifInfoCitation::SetAuthorList)
+    .def("__eq__", &MMCifInfoCitation::operator==) 
+    .def("__ne__", &MMCifInfoCitation::operator!=)
   ;
 
   class_<std::vector<MMCifInfoCitation> >("MMCifInfoCitationList", init<>())