diff --git a/cores/esp8266/IPAddress.h b/cores/esp8266/IPAddress.h
index b563c7044..4876358fc 100644
--- a/cores/esp8266/IPAddress.h
+++ b/cores/esp8266/IPAddress.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class IPAddress: public Printable {
         bool operator==(const IPAddress& addr) const {
             return _address.dword == addr._address.dword;
         }
+        bool operator==(uint32_t addr) const {
+            return _address.dword == addr;
+        }
         bool operator==(const uint8_t* addr) const;
 
         // Overloaded index operator to allow getting and setting individual octets of the address