diff --git a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala
index e41deda5d..db94376a3 100644
--- a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala
+++ b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala
@@ -2149,10 +2149,16 @@ class Evaluator(
             val ye = y.eval(i)
             // Skip forcing when Eval references match (shared backing elements)
             if (!(xe eq ye)) {
-              if (!equal(xe.value, ye.value)) return false
+              val xv = xe.value
+              val yv = ye.value
+              if (xv.isInstanceOf[Val.Func] && yv.isInstanceOf[Val.Func])
+                Error.fail("cannot test equality of functions")
+              if (!equal(xv, yv)) return false
             } else if (!xe.isInstanceOf[Val]) {
               // Invariant: Eval = Val | Lazy. Val is pure; Lazy may error on force.
-              xe.value // Force shared Lazy thunks for error semantics
+              val xv = xe.value // Force shared Lazy thunks for error semantics
+              if (xv.isInstanceOf[Val.Func])
+                Error.fail("cannot test equality of functions")
             }
             i += 1
           }
@@ -2174,12 +2180,17 @@ class Evaluator(
             if (!y.containsVisibleKey(k)) return false
             val v1 = x.value(k, emptyMaterializeFileScopePos)
             val v2 = y.value(k, emptyMaterializeFileScopePos)
+            if (v1.isInstanceOf[Val.Func] && v2.isInstanceOf[Val.Func])
+              Error.fail("cannot test equality of functions")
             if (!equal(v1, v2)) return false
             i += 1
           }
           true
         case _ => false
       }
+    case _: Val.Func =>
+      if (y.isInstanceOf[Val.Func]) Error.fail("cannot test equality of functions")
+      false
     case _ => false
   })
 }
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/equality_function_mixed_container.jsonnet b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/equality_function_mixed_container.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63d7d189a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/equality_function_mixed_container.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+local f = function(x) x;
+[
+  [f] == [1],
+  [f] != [1],
+  {a: f} == {a: 1},
+  {a: f} != {a: 1},
+  [1, f] == [1, 2],
+  [f] == [],
+]
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/equality_function_mixed_container.jsonnet.golden b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/equality_function_mixed_container.jsonnet.golden
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..055d01e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/equality_function_mixed_container.jsonnet.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[
+   false,
+   true,
+   false,
+   true,
+   false,
+   false
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_array.jsonnet b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_array.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47b43c1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_array.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+local f = function(x) x;
+local g = function(y) y;
+[f] == [g]
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_array.jsonnet.golden b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_array.jsonnet.golden
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09d8b3335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_array.jsonnet.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sjsonnet.Error: cannot test equality of functions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_object.jsonnet b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_object.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7fb5d6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_object.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+local f = function(x) x;
+local g = function(y) y;
+{a: f} == {a: g}
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_object.jsonnet.golden b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_object.jsonnet.golden
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09d8b3335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.equality_function_in_object.jsonnet.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sjsonnet.Error: cannot test equality of functions
\ No newline at end of file