diff --git a/core/network-interface-predicate.cpp b/core/network-interface-predicate.cpp
index cf5fcd6..9c1bb11 100644
--- a/core/network-interface-predicate.cpp
+++ b/core/network-interface-predicate.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2016,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@
 }
 
 static bool
-doesMatchRule(const NetworkInterfaceInfo& nic, const std::string& rule)
+doesMatchRule(const NetworkInterfaceInfo& netif, const std::string& rule)
 {
   // if '/' is in rule, this is a subnet, check if IP in subnet
   if (rule.find('/') != std::string::npos) {
     Network n = boost::lexical_cast<Network>(rule);
-    for (const auto& addr : nic.ipv4Addresses) {
+    for (const auto& addr : netif.ipv4Addresses) {
       if (n.doesContain(addr)) {
         return true;
       }
@@ -108,15 +108,22 @@
   }
 
   return rule == "*" ||
-         nic.name == rule ||
-         nic.etherAddress.toString() == rule;
+         netif.name == rule ||
+         netif.etherAddress.toString() == rule;
 }
 
 bool
-NetworkInterfacePredicate::operator()(const NetworkInterfaceInfo& nic) const
+NetworkInterfacePredicate::operator()(const NetworkInterfaceInfo& netif) const
 {
-  return std::any_of(m_whitelist.begin(), m_whitelist.end(), bind(&doesMatchRule, nic, _1)) &&
-         std::none_of(m_blacklist.begin(), m_blacklist.end(), bind(&doesMatchRule, nic, _1));
+  return std::any_of(m_whitelist.begin(), m_whitelist.end(), bind(&doesMatchRule, netif, _1)) &&
+         std::none_of(m_blacklist.begin(), m_blacklist.end(), bind(&doesMatchRule, netif, _1));
+}
+
+bool
+NetworkInterfacePredicate::operator==(const NetworkInterfacePredicate& other) const
+{
+  return this->m_whitelist == other.m_whitelist &&
+         this->m_blacklist == other.m_blacklist;
 }
 
 } // namespace nfd
diff --git a/core/network-interface-predicate.hpp b/core/network-interface-predicate.hpp
index 4254623..f48da05 100644
--- a/core/network-interface-predicate.hpp
+++ b/core/network-interface-predicate.hpp
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2016, Regents of the University of California,
- *                          Arizona Board of Regents,
- *                          Colorado State University,
- *                          University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
- *                          Washington University in St. Louis,
- *                          Beijing Institute of Technology,
- *                          The University of Memphis
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
  *
  * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
  * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
  * all interfaces. A NetworkInterfaceInfo is accepted if it matches any entry in the whitelist and none
  * of the entries in the blacklist.
  */
-
 class NetworkInterfacePredicate
 {
 public:
@@ -60,7 +59,16 @@
   parseBlacklist(const boost::property_tree::ptree& list);
 
   bool
-  operator()(const NetworkInterfaceInfo& nic) const;
+  operator()(const NetworkInterfaceInfo& netif) const;
+
+  bool
+  operator==(const NetworkInterfacePredicate& other) const;
+
+  bool
+  operator!=(const NetworkInterfacePredicate& other) const
+  {
+    return !this->operator==(other);
+  }
 
 private:
   std::set<std::string> m_whitelist;