diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/DefaultTransactionDefinition.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/DefaultTransactionDefinition.java
index 18a9e2759a0..f434346df1d 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/DefaultTransactionDefinition.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/DefaultTransactionDefinition.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class DefaultTransactionDefinition implements TransactionDefinition, Seri
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object other) {
-		return (other instanceof TransactionDefinition && toString().equals(other.toString()));
+		return (this == other || (other instanceof TransactionDefinition && toString().equals(other.toString())));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionTemplate.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionTemplate.java
index a3745102cd9..efb9b9c0040 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionTemplate.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -178,4 +178,11 @@ public class TransactionTemplate extends DefaultTransactionDefinition
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object other) {
+		return (this == other || (super.equals(other) && (!(other instanceof TransactionTemplate) ||
+				getTransactionManager() == ((TransactionTemplate) other).getTransactionManager())));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/TransactionSupportTests.java b/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/TransactionSupportTests.java
index 5c3b1616b1f..0749ca7256f 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/TransactionSupportTests.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/TransactionSupportTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 		TestTransactionManager tm = new TestTransactionManager(false, true);
 		TransactionStatus status = tm.getTransaction(null);
 		tm.commit(status);
+
 		assertTrue("triggered begin", tm.begin);
 		assertTrue("triggered commit", tm.commit);
 		assertTrue("no rollback", !tm.rollback);
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 		TestTransactionManager tm = new TestTransactionManager(false, true);
 		TransactionStatus status = tm.getTransaction(null);
 		tm.rollback(status);
+
 		assertTrue("triggered begin", tm.begin);
 		assertTrue("no commit", !tm.commit);
 		assertTrue("triggered rollback", tm.rollback);
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 		TransactionStatus status = tm.getTransaction(null);
 		status.setRollbackOnly();
 		tm.commit(status);
+
 		assertTrue("triggered begin", tm.begin);
 		assertTrue("no commit", !tm.commit);
 		assertTrue("triggered rollback", tm.rollback);
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 		TestTransactionManager tm = new TestTransactionManager(true, true);
 		TransactionStatus status = tm.getTransaction(null);
 		tm.commit(status);
+
 		assertTrue("no begin", !tm.begin);
 		assertTrue("no commit", !tm.commit);
 		assertTrue("no rollback", !tm.rollback);
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 		TestTransactionManager tm = new TestTransactionManager(true, true);
 		TransactionStatus status = tm.getTransaction(null);
 		tm.rollback(status);
+
 		assertTrue("no begin", !tm.begin);
 		assertTrue("no commit", !tm.commit);
 		assertTrue("no rollback", !tm.rollback);
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 		TransactionStatus status = tm.getTransaction(null);
 		status.setRollbackOnly();
 		tm.commit(status);
+
 		assertTrue("no begin", !tm.begin);
 		assertTrue("no commit", !tm.commit);
 		assertTrue("no rollback", !tm.rollback);
@@ -155,6 +161,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 			protected void doInTransactionWithoutResult(TransactionStatus status) {
 			}
 		});
+
 		assertTrue("triggered begin", tm.begin);
 		assertTrue("triggered commit", tm.commit);
 		assertTrue("no rollback", !tm.rollback);
@@ -170,6 +177,7 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 			protected void doInTransactionWithoutResult(TransactionStatus status) {
 			}
 		});
+
 		assertSame(template, ptm.getDefinition());
 		assertFalse(ptm.getStatus().isRollbackOnly());
 	}
@@ -300,9 +308,22 @@ public class TransactionSupportTests {
 		assertTrue("Correct isolation level set", template.getIsolationLevel() == TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_REPEATABLE_READ);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void transactionTemplateEquality() {
+		TestTransactionManager tm1 = new TestTransactionManager(false, true);
+		TestTransactionManager tm2 = new TestTransactionManager(false, true);
+		TransactionTemplate template1 = new TransactionTemplate(tm1);
+		TransactionTemplate template2 = new TransactionTemplate(tm2);
+		TransactionTemplate template3 = new TransactionTemplate(tm2);
+
+		assertNotEquals(template1, template2);
+		assertNotEquals(template1, template3);
+		assertEquals(template2, template3);
+	}
+
 
 	@After
-	public void tearDown() {
+	public void clear() {
 		assertTrue(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResourceMap().isEmpty());
 		assertFalse(TransactionSynchronizationManager.isSynchronizationActive());
 	}