diff --git a/changelog.d/1611.change.md b/changelog.d/1611.change.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c1a31675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1611.change.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added a new equality validator `attrs.validators.eq()`.
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index c8ab29a41..16416a657 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -396,6 +396,22 @@ All objects from ``attrs.validators`` are also available from ``attr.validators`
          ...
       ValueError: ("'x' must be > 42: 42")
 
+.. autofunction:: attrs.validators.eq
+
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> @define
+      ... class C:
+      ...     x = field(validator=attrs.validators.eq(42))
+      >>> C(42)
+      C(x=42)
+      >>> C(43)
+      Traceback (most recent call last):
+         ...
+      ValueError: ("'x' must be == 42: 41")
+
 .. autofunction:: attrs.validators.ne
 
    For example:
diff --git a/src/attr/validators.py b/src/attr/validators.py
index d6fb2a47d..d66abd07e 100644
--- a/src/attr/validators.py
+++ b/src/attr/validators.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "deep_iterable",
     "deep_mapping",
     "disabled",
+    "eq",
     "ge",
     "get_disabled",
     "gt",
@@ -551,6 +552,21 @@ def ne(val):
     return _NumberValidator(val, "!=", operator.ne)
 
 
+def eq(val):
+    """
+    A validator that raises `ValueError` if the initializer is called with a
+    number not equal to *val*.
+
+    The validator uses `operator.eq` to compare the values.
+
+    Args:
+       val: The value that is allowed.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 26.2.0
+    """
+    return _NumberValidator(val, "==", operator.eq)
+
+
 @attrs(repr=False, frozen=True, slots=True)
 class _MaxLengthValidator:
     max_length = attrib()
diff --git a/src/attr/validators.pyi b/src/attr/validators.pyi
index 384159216..2617bd72d 100644
--- a/src/attr/validators.pyi
+++ b/src/attr/validators.pyi
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def le(val: _T) -> _ValidatorType[_T]: ...
 def ge(val: _T) -> _ValidatorType[_T]: ...
 def gt(val: _T) -> _ValidatorType[_T]: ...
 def ne(val: _T) -> _ValidatorType[_T]: ...
+def eq(val: _T) -> _ValidatorType[_T]: ...
 def max_len(length: int) -> _ValidatorType[_T]: ...
 def min_len(length: int) -> _ValidatorType[_T]: ...
 def not_(
diff --git a/tests/test_validators.py b/tests/test_validators.py
index cbd087dd1..dafd147e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_validators.py
+++ b/tests/test_validators.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     and_,
     deep_iterable,
     deep_mapping,
+    eq,
     ge,
     gt,
     in_,
@@ -878,7 +879,7 @@ def test_hashability():
 
 class TestLtLeGeGtNe:
     """
-    Tests for `Lt, Le, Ge, Gt, Ne`.
+    Tests for `Lt, Le, Ge, Gt, Ne, Eq`.
     """
 
     BOUND = 4
@@ -889,10 +890,10 @@ def test_in_all(self):
         """
         assert all(
             f.__name__ in validator_module.__all__
-            for f in [lt, le, ge, gt, ne]
+            for f in [lt, le, ge, gt, ne, eq]
         )
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("v", [lt, le, ge, gt, ne])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("v", [lt, le, ge, gt, ne, eq])
     def test_retrieve_bound(self, v):
         """
         The configured bound for the comparison can be extracted from the
@@ -916,6 +917,7 @@ class Tester:
             (ge, 5),
             (gt, 5),
             (ne, 5),
+            (eq, 4),
         ],
     )
     def test_check_valid(self, v, value):
@@ -930,11 +932,13 @@ class Tester:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         ("v", "value"),
         [
+            (eq, 3),
             (lt, 4),
             (le, 5),
             (ge, 3),
             (gt, 4),
             (ne, 4),
+            (eq, 5),
         ],
     )
     def test_check_invalid(self, v, value):
@@ -947,7 +951,7 @@ class Tester:
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             Tester(value)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("v", [lt, le, ge, gt, ne])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("v", [lt, le, ge, gt, ne, eq])
     def test_repr(self, v):
         """
         __repr__ is meaningful.