diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index 67a8682b0509..8b804b3dec04 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -499,6 +499,20 @@ public function isWritable($path)
         return is_writable($path);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determine if two files are the same by comparing their hashes.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $firstFile
+     * @param  string  $secondFile
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function hasSameHash($firstFile, $secondFile)
+    {
+        $hash = @md5_file($firstFile);
+
+        return $hash && $hash === @md5_file($secondFile);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine if the given path is a file.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/File.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/File.php
index c22d363a8555..f35edc90fb97 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/File.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/File.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * @method static bool deleteDirectory(string $directory, bool $preserve = false)
  * @method static bool exists(string $path)
  * @method static bool isDirectory(string $directory)
+ * @method static bool isEqual(string $file, string $compared)
  * @method static bool isFile(string $file)
  * @method static bool isReadable(string $path)
  * @method static bool isWritable(string $path)
diff --git a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php
index a5457daea994..89e66fb9690d 100755
--- a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -544,6 +544,21 @@ public function testCopyCopiesFileProperly()
         $this->assertEquals($data, file_get_contents(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo2.txt'));
     }
 
+    public function testHasSameHashChecksFileHashes()
+    {
+        $filesystem = new Filesystem;
+
+        mkdir(self::$tempDir.'/text');
+        file_put_contents(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo.txt', 'contents');
+        file_put_contents(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo2.txt', 'contents');
+        file_put_contents(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo3.txt', 'invalid');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($filesystem->hasSameHash(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo.txt', self::$tempDir.'/text/foo2.txt'));
+        $this->assertFalse($filesystem->hasSameHash(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo.txt', self::$tempDir.'/text/foo3.txt'));
+        $this->assertFalse($filesystem->hasSameHash(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo4.txt', self::$tempDir.'/text/foo.txt'));
+        $this->assertFalse($filesystem->hasSameHash(self::$tempDir.'/text/foo.txt', self::$tempDir.'/text/foo4.txt'));
+    }
+
     public function testIsFileChecksFilesProperly()
     {
         $filesystem = new Filesystem;