diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9fa76b95ce..384304aaa3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/envtest/komega/equalobject.go b/pkg/envtest/komega/equalobject.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc0689b463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/envtest/komega/equalobject.go
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package komega
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+)
+
+// These package variables hold pre-created commonly used options that can be used to reduce the manual work involved in
+// identifying the paths that need to be compared for testing equality between objects.
+var (
+	// IgnoreAutogeneratedMetadata contains the paths for all the metadata fields that are commonly set by the
+	// client and APIServer. This is used as a MatchOption for situations when only user-provided metadata is relevant.
+	IgnoreAutogeneratedMetadata = IgnorePaths{
+		"ObjectMeta.UID",
+		"ObjectMeta.Generation",
+		"ObjectMeta.CreationTimestamp",
+		"ObjectMeta.ResourceVersion",
+		"ObjectMeta.ManagedFields",
+		"ObjectMeta.DeletionGracePeriodSeconds",
+		"ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp",
+		"ObjectMeta.SelfLink",
+		"ObjectMeta.GenerateName",
+	}
+)
+
+// equalObjectMatcher is a Gomega matcher used to establish equality between two Kubernetes runtime.Objects.
+type equalObjectMatcher struct {
+	// original holds the object that will be used to Match.
+	original runtime.Object
+
+	// diffPaths contains the paths that differ between two objects.
+	diffPaths []string
+
+	// options holds the options that identify what should and should not be matched.
+	options *EqualObjectOptions
+}
+
+// EqualObject returns a Matcher for the passed Kubernetes runtime.Object with the passed Options. This function can be
+// used as a Gomega Matcher in Gomega Assertions.
+func EqualObject(original runtime.Object, opts ...EqualObjectOption) types.GomegaMatcher {
+	matchOptions := &EqualObjectOptions{}
+	matchOptions = matchOptions.ApplyOptions(opts)
+
+	return &equalObjectMatcher{
+		options:  matchOptions,
+		original: original,
+	}
+}
+
+// Match compares the current object to the passed object and returns true if the objects are the same according to
+// the Matcher and MatchOptions.
+func (m *equalObjectMatcher) Match(actual interface{}) (success bool, err error) {
+	// Nil checks required first here for:
+	//     1) Nil equality which returns true
+	//     2) One object nil which returns an error
+	actualIsNil := reflect.ValueOf(actual).IsNil()
+	originalIsNil := reflect.ValueOf(m.original).IsNil()
+
+	if actualIsNil && originalIsNil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if actualIsNil || originalIsNil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("can not compare an object with a nil. original %v , actual %v", m.original, actual)
+	}
+
+	m.diffPaths = m.calculateDiff(actual)
+
+	return len(m.diffPaths) == 0, nil
+}
+
+// FailureMessage returns a message comparing the full objects after an unexpected failure to match has occurred.
+func (m *equalObjectMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("the following fields were expected to match but did not:\n%v\n%s", m.diffPaths,
+		format.Message(actual, "expected to match", m.original))
+}
+
+// NegatedFailureMessage returns a string comparing the full objects after an unexpected match has occurred.
+func (m *equalObjectMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("the following fields were not expected to match \n%v\n%s", m.diffPaths,
+		format.Message(actual, "expected to match", m.original))
+}
+
+// diffReporter is a custom recorder for cmp.Diff which records all paths that are
+// different between two objects.
+type diffReporter struct {
+	stack     []cmp.PathStep
+	diffPaths []string
+}
+
+func (r *diffReporter) PushStep(s cmp.PathStep) {
+	r.stack = append(r.stack, s)
+}
+
+func (r *diffReporter) Report(res cmp.Result) {
+	if !res.Equal() {
+		r.diffPaths = append(r.diffPaths, r.currPath())
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *diffReporter) currPath() string {
+	p := []string{}
+	for _, s := range r.stack[1:] {
+		switch s := s.(type) {
+		case cmp.StructField, cmp.SliceIndex, cmp.MapIndex:
+			p = append(p, s.String())
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(p, "")[1:]
+}
+
+func (r *diffReporter) PopStep() {
+	r.stack = r.stack[:len(r.stack)-1]
+}
+
+// calculateDiff calculates the difference between two objects and returns the
+// paths of the fields that do not match.
+func (m *equalObjectMatcher) calculateDiff(actual interface{}) []string {
+	r := diffReporter{}
+	cmp.Diff(m.original, actual, cmp.Reporter(&r))
+	return filterDiffPaths(*m.options, r.diffPaths)
+}
+
+// filterDiffPaths filters the diff paths using the paths in EqualObjectOptions.
+func filterDiffPaths(opts EqualObjectOptions, paths []string) []string {
+	result := sets.NewString(paths...)
+	for _, c := range result.List() {
+		if len(opts.matchPaths) > 0 && !matchesAnyPath(c, opts.matchPaths) {
+			result.Delete(c)
+			continue
+		}
+		if matchesAnyPath(c, opts.ignorePaths) {
+			result.Delete(c)
+		}
+	}
+	return result.List()
+}
+
+// matchesAnyPath returns true if path matches any of the path prefixes.
+// It respects the name boundaries within paths, so 'ObjectMeta.Name' does not
+// match 'ObjectMeta.Namespace' for example.
+func matchesAnyPath(path string, prefixes []string) bool {
+	for _, prefix := range prefixes {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, prefix) {
+			rpath := path[len(prefix):]
+			// It's a full attribute name if it's a full match, or the next character of the path is
+			// either a . or a [
+			if len(rpath) == 0 || rpath[0] == '.' || rpath[0] == '[' {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// EqualObjectOption describes an Option that can be applied to a Matcher.
+type EqualObjectOption interface {
+	// ApplyToEqualObjectMatcher applies this configuration to the given MatchOption.
+	ApplyToEqualObjectMatcher(options *EqualObjectOptions)
+}
+
+// EqualObjectOptions holds the available types of EqualObjectOptions that can be applied to a Matcher.
+type EqualObjectOptions struct {
+	ignorePaths []string
+	matchPaths  []string
+}
+
+// ApplyOptions adds the passed MatchOptions to the MatchOptions struct.
+func (o *EqualObjectOptions) ApplyOptions(opts []EqualObjectOption) *EqualObjectOptions {
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt.ApplyToEqualObjectMatcher(o)
+	}
+	return o
+}
+
+// IgnorePaths instructs the Matcher to ignore given paths when computing a diff.
+type IgnorePaths []string
+
+// ApplyToEqualObjectMatcher applies this configuration to the given MatchOptions.
+func (i IgnorePaths) ApplyToEqualObjectMatcher(opts *EqualObjectOptions) {
+	opts.ignorePaths = append(opts.ignorePaths, i...)
+}
+
+// MatchPaths instructs the Matcher to restrict its diff to the given paths. If empty the Matcher will look at all paths.
+type MatchPaths []string
+
+// ApplyToEqualObjectMatcher applies this configuration to the given MatchOptions.
+func (i MatchPaths) ApplyToEqualObjectMatcher(opts *EqualObjectOptions) {
+	opts.matchPaths = append(opts.matchPaths, i...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/envtest/komega/equalobject_test.go b/pkg/envtest/komega/equalobject_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..918e1bb1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/envtest/komega/equalobject_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package komega
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+func TestEqualObjectMatcher(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		desc     string
+		expected appsv1.Deployment
+		actual   appsv1.Deployment
+		opts     []EqualObjectOption
+		result   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			desc: "succeed with equal objects",
+			expected: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			actual: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			result: true,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "fail with non equal objects",
+			expected: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			actual: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "somethingelse",
+				},
+			},
+			result: false,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "succeeds if ignored field does not match",
+			expected: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:   "test",
+					Labels: map[string]string{"somelabel": "somevalue"},
+					OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{{
+						Name: "controller",
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+			actual: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:   "somethingelse",
+					Labels: map[string]string{"somelabel": "anothervalue"},
+					OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{{
+						Name: "another",
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+			result: true,
+			opts: []EqualObjectOption{
+				IgnorePaths{
+					"ObjectMeta.Name",
+					"ObjectMeta.Labels[\"somelabel\"]",
+					"ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences[0].Name",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "succeeds if all allowed fields match, and some others do not",
+			expected: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+			},
+			actual: appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test",
+					Namespace: "special",
+				},
+			},
+			result: true,
+			opts: []EqualObjectOption{
+				MatchPaths{
+					"ObjectMeta.Name",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			g := NewWithT(t)
+			m := EqualObject(&c.expected, c.opts...)
+			g.Expect(m.Match(&c.actual)).To(Equal(c.result))
+			fmt.Println(m.FailureMessage(&c.actual))
+		})
+	}
+}