diff --git a/src/main/java/com/esri/core/geometry/SpatialReferenceImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/esri/core/geometry/SpatialReferenceImpl.java
index 772b8ee7..77520c40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/esri/core/geometry/SpatialReferenceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/esri/core/geometry/SpatialReferenceImpl.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 			return false;
 
 		if (m_userWkid == 0) {
-			if (!m_userWkt.equals(m_userWkt))// m_userWkt cannot be null here!
+			if (!m_userWkt.equals(sr.m_userWkt))// m_userWkt cannot be null here!
 				return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/esri/core/geometry/TestSpatialReferenceImpl.java b/src/test/java/com/esri/core/geometry/TestSpatialReferenceImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61c83615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/esri/core/geometry/TestSpatialReferenceImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.esri.core.geometry;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestSpatialReferenceImpl extends Assert {
+    @Test
+    public void equals() {
+        final String wktext1 = "GEOGCS[\"GCS_WGS_1984\",DATUM[\"D_WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS_1984\",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0.0],UNIT[\"Degree\",0.0174532925199433]]";
+        final String wktext2 = "PROJCS[\"WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere\",GEOGCS[\"GCS_WGS_1984\",DATUM[\"D_WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS_1984\",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0.0],UNIT[\"Degree\",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION[\"Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere\"],PARAMETER[\"False_Easting\",0.0],PARAMETER[\"False_Northing\",0.0],PARAMETER[\"Central_Meridian\",0.0],PARAMETER[\"Standard_Parallel_1\",0.0],PARAMETER[\"Auxiliary_Sphere_Type\",0.0],UNIT[\"Meter\",1.0]]";
+
+        final SpatialReference a1 = SpatialReference.create(wktext1);
+        final SpatialReference b = SpatialReference.create(wktext2);
+        final SpatialReference a2 = SpatialReference.create(wktext1);
+
+        assertTrue(a1.equals(a1));
+        assertTrue(b.equals(b));
+
+        assertTrue(a1.equals(a2));
+
+        assertFalse(a1.equals(b));
+        assertFalse(b.equals(a1));
+    }
+}