diff --git a/openml/datasets/dataset.py b/openml/datasets/dataset.py
index 4acd688f4..b00c458e3 100644
--- a/openml/datasets/dataset.py
+++ b/openml/datasets/dataset.py
@@ -329,13 +329,26 @@ def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
             "version",
             "upload_date",
             "url",
+            "_parquet_url",
             "dataset",
             "data_file",
+            "format",
+            "cache_format",
+        }
+
+        cache_fields = {
+            "_dataset",
+            "data_file",
+            "data_pickle_file",
+            "data_feather_file",
+            "feather_attribute_file",
+            "parquet_file",
         }
 
         # check that common keys and values are identical
-        self_keys = set(self.__dict__.keys()) - server_fields
-        other_keys = set(other.__dict__.keys()) - server_fields
+        ignore_fields = server_fields | cache_fields
+        self_keys = set(self.__dict__.keys()) - ignore_fields
+        other_keys = set(other.__dict__.keys()) - ignore_fields
         return self_keys == other_keys and all(
             self.__dict__[key] == other.__dict__[key] for key in self_keys
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_datasets/test_dataset.py b/tests/test_datasets/test_dataset.py
index 80da9c842..4598b8985 100644
--- a/tests/test_datasets/test_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/test_datasets/test_dataset.py
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ def test_lazy_loading_metadata(self):
         assert _dataset.features == _compare_dataset.features
         assert _dataset.qualities == _compare_dataset.qualities
 
+    def test_equality_comparison(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.iris, self.iris)
+        self.assertNotEqual(self.iris, self.titanic)
+        self.assertNotEqual(self.titanic, 'Wrong_object')
 
 class OpenMLDatasetTestOnTestServer(TestBase):
     def setUp(self):