diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
index 5a86c35..10260b2 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
@@ -635,6 +635,13 @@ public class BinaryModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter implements InstructionOpcod
                 codeStream.writeOpCode( REF_ISNULL );
                 op = I32_EQZ;
                 break;
+            case ref_eq:
+                op = REF_EQ;
+                break;
+            case ref_ne:
+                codeStream.writeOpCode( REF_EQ );
+                op = I32_EQZ;
+                break;
         }
         if( op == 0 ) {
             throw new Error( valueType + "." + numOp );
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/InstructionOpcodes.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/InstructionOpcodes.java
index 6b20dd9..536be0a 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/InstructionOpcodes.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/InstructionOpcodes.java
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ interface InstructionOpcodes {
 
     static final int REF_ISNULL             = 0xD1;
 
+    static final int REF_EQ                 = 0xD2;
+
     // === Non-trapping float-to-int conversions ====== https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/1143
 
     static final int I32_TRUNC_S_SAT_F32    = 0xFC00;
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/BranchManger.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/BranchManger.java
index dcf19ac..0aba3aa 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/BranchManger.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/BranchManger.java
@@ -702,6 +702,12 @@ class BranchManger {
                 case ifnonnull:
                     newOp = NumericOperator.ifnull;
                     break;
+                case ref_eq:
+                    newOp = NumericOperator.ref_ne;
+                    break;
+                case ref_ne:
+                    newOp = NumericOperator.ref_eq;
+                    break;
                 default:
                     throw new WasmException( "Not a compare operation: " + instr.numOp, null, null, lineNumber );
             }
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/JavaMethodWasmCodeBuilder.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/JavaMethodWasmCodeBuilder.java
index aba09f0..a02bf00 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/JavaMethodWasmCodeBuilder.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/JavaMethodWasmCodeBuilder.java
@@ -480,8 +480,12 @@ class JavaMethodWasmCodeBuilder extends WasmCodeBuilder {
                     case 164: // if_icmple
                         opIfCompareCondition( NumericOperator.le, byteCode, codePos );
                         break;
-                    //TODO case 165: // if_acmpeq
-                    //TODO case 166: // if_acmpne
+                    case 165: // if_acmpeq
+                        opIfCompareCondition( NumericOperator.ref_eq, byteCode, codePos );
+                        break;
+                    case 166: // if_acmpne
+                        opIfCompareCondition( NumericOperator.ref_ne, byteCode, codePos );
+                        break;
                     case 167: // goto
                         int offset = byteCode.readShort();
                         branchManager.addGotoOperator( codePos, offset, byteCode.getLineNumber() );
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
index 633e8c4..6f3a169 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ public class TextModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter {
                     case ifnull:
                         methodOutput.append( "ref.isnull" );
                         return;
+                    case ref_ne:
+                        methodOutput.append( "ref.eq" );
+                        writeNumericOperator( NumericOperator.eqz, ValueType.i32 );
+                        return;
+                    case ref_eq:
+                        methodOutput.append( "ref.eq" );
+                        return;
                 }
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/NumericOperator.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/NumericOperator.java
index db171ee..98870db 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/NumericOperator.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/NumericOperator.java
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ public enum NumericOperator {
     max,
     ifnull,
     ifnonnull,
+    ref_eq,
+    ref_ne,
 }
diff --git a/test/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/runtime/Structs.java b/test/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/runtime/Structs.java
index 9fb5f15..ca7acca 100644
--- a/test/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/runtime/Structs.java
+++ b/test/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/runtime/Structs.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public class Structs extends AbstractBaseTest {
             ScriptEngine script = val[0];
             addParam( list, script, "isNull" );
             addParam( list, script, "isNotNull" );
+            addParam( list, script, "isSame" );
+            addParam( list, script, "isNotSame" );
             addParam( list, script, "simple" );
         }
         return list;
@@ -68,6 +70,20 @@ public class Structs extends AbstractBaseTest {
             return val != null;
         }
 
+        @Export
+        static boolean isSame() {
+            Object val1 = null;
+            Object val2 = null;
+            return val1 == val2;
+        }
+
+        @Export
+        static boolean isNotSame() {
+            Object val1 = null;
+            Object val2 = null;
+            return val1 != val2;
+        }
+
         @Export
         static int simple() {
             Object val = new Abc();