diff --git a/pkg/mesh/mesh.go b/pkg/mesh/mesh.go
index 146a6e5..61f4a05 100644
--- a/pkg/mesh/mesh.go
+++ b/pkg/mesh/mesh.go
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func nodesAreEqual(a, b *Node) bool {
 	}
 	// Check the DNS name first since this package
 	// is doing the DNS resolution.
-	if a.Endpoint.StringOpt(true) != b.Endpoint.StringOpt(true) {
+	if !a.Endpoint.Equal(b.Endpoint, true) {
 		return false
 	}
 	// Ignore LastSeen when comparing equality we want to check if the nodes are
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ func peersAreEqual(a, b *Peer) bool {
 	}
 	// Check the DNS name first since this package
 	// is doing the DNS resolution.
-	if a.Endpoint.StringOpt(true) != b.Endpoint.StringOpt(true) {
+	if !a.Endpoint.Equal(b.Endpoint, true) {
 		return false
 	}
 	if len(a.AllowedIPs) != len(b.AllowedIPs) {
diff --git a/pkg/wireguard/conf.go b/pkg/wireguard/conf.go
index 67ba589..8dbcde4 100644
--- a/pkg/wireguard/conf.go
+++ b/pkg/wireguard/conf.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (e *Endpoint) String() string {
 	return e.StringOpt(true)
 }
 
-// StringOpt will return string of the Endpoint.
+// StringOpt will return the string of the Endpoint.
 // If dnsFirst is false, the resolved Endpoint will
 // take precedence over the DN.
 func (e *Endpoint) StringOpt(dnsFirst bool) string {
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ func (e *Endpoint) StringOpt(dnsFirst bool) string {
 	return e.addr
 }
 
+// Equal will return true, if the Enpoints are equal.
+// If dnsFirst is false, the DN will only be compared if
+// the IPs are nil.
+func (e *Endpoint) Equal(b *Endpoint, dnsFirst bool) bool {
+	return e.StringOpt(dnsFirst) == b.StringOpt(dnsFirst)
+}
+
 // Peer represents a `peer` section of a WireGuard configuration.
 type Peer struct {
 	wgtypes.PeerConfig
diff --git a/pkg/wireguard/conf_test.go b/pkg/wireguard/conf_test.go
index 42948c0..f2eb11d 100644
--- a/pkg/wireguard/conf_test.go
+++ b/pkg/wireguard/conf_test.go
@@ -304,3 +304,148 @@ func TestReady(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, tc := range []struct {
+		name string
+		a    *Endpoint
+		b    *Endpoint
+		df   bool
+		r    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "nil dns last",
+			r:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "nil dns first",
+			df:   true,
+			r:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "equal: only port",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+				},
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+				},
+			},
+			r: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not equal: only port",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+				},
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1001,
+				},
+			},
+			r: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "equal dns first",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("10.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "example.com:1000",
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("10.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "example.com:1000",
+			},
+			r: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "equal dns last",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("10.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "example.com:1000",
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("10.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "foo",
+			},
+			r: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unequal dns first",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("10.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "example.com:1000",
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("10.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "foo",
+			},
+			df: true,
+			r:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unequal dns last",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("10.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "foo",
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				udpAddr: &net.UDPAddr{
+					Port: 1000,
+					IP:   net.ParseIP("11.0.0.0"),
+				},
+				addr: "foo",
+			},
+			r: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unequal dns last empty IP",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				addr: "foo",
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				addr: "bar",
+			},
+			r: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "equal dns last empty IP",
+			a: &Endpoint{
+				addr: "foo",
+			},
+			b: &Endpoint{
+				addr: "foo",
+			},
+			r: true,
+		},
+	} {
+		if out := tc.a.Equal(tc.b, tc.df); out != tc.r {
+			t.Errorf("ParseEndpoint %s(%d): expected: %v\tgot: %v\n", tc.name, i, tc.r, out)
+		}
+	}
+}