diff --git a/packages/lib/package-lock.json b/packages/lib/package-lock.json
index 99272e757d1..0b51049e48c 100644
--- a/packages/lib/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/lib/package-lock.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 				"css": "^3.0.0",
 				"diff-match-patch": "^1.0.4",
 				"es6-promise-pool": "^2.5.0",
+				"fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
 				"file-uri-to-path": "^1.0.0",
 				"follow-redirects": "^1.2.4",
 				"form-data": "^2.1.4",
diff --git a/packages/lib/package.json b/packages/lib/package.json
index 7ec5ebd288b..27d9e9a936a 100644
--- a/packages/lib/package.json
+++ b/packages/lib/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "css": "^3.0.0",
     "diff-match-patch": "^1.0.4",
     "es6-promise-pool": "^2.5.0",
+    "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
     "file-uri-to-path": "^1.0.0",
     "follow-redirects": "^1.2.4",
     "form-data": "^2.1.4",
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.test.ts b/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.test.ts
index 2a0db899efc..bbdb299e0ab 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { afterAllCleanUp, setupDatabaseAndSynchronizer, switchClient, encryptionService } from '../../testing/test-utils';
 import MasterKey from '../../models/MasterKey';
-import { masterKeyEnabled, setMasterKeyEnabled } from './syncInfoUtils';
+import { masterKeyEnabled, setMasterKeyEnabled, SyncInfo, syncInfoEquals } from './syncInfoUtils';
 
 describe('syncInfoUtils', function() {
 
@@ -34,4 +34,62 @@ describe('syncInfoUtils', function() {
 		expect(masterKeyEnabled(await MasterKey.load(mk2.id))).toBe(false);
 	});
 
+	it('should tell if two sync info are equal', async () => {
+		{
+			const syncInfo1 = new SyncInfo();
+			const syncInfo2 = new SyncInfo();
+			expect(syncInfoEquals(syncInfo1, syncInfo2)).toBe(true);
+		}
+
+		{
+			const syncInfo1 = new SyncInfo();
+			syncInfo1.masterKeys = [{
+				id: 'id',
+				content: 'content',
+			}];
+
+			const syncInfo2 = new SyncInfo();
+			syncInfo2.masterKeys = [{
+				id: 'id',
+				content: 'different',
+			}];
+
+			expect(syncInfoEquals(syncInfo1, syncInfo2)).toBe(false);
+		}
+
+		{
+			const syncInfo1 = new SyncInfo();
+			syncInfo1.masterKeys = [{
+				id: 'id',
+				content: 'content',
+			}];
+
+			const syncInfo2 = new SyncInfo();
+			syncInfo2.masterKeys = [{
+				id: 'id',
+				content: 'content',
+			}];
+
+			expect(syncInfoEquals(syncInfo1, syncInfo2)).toBe(true);
+		}
+
+		{
+			// Should disregard object key order
+
+			const syncInfo1 = new SyncInfo();
+			syncInfo1.masterKeys = [{
+				content: 'content',
+				id: 'id',
+			}];
+
+			const syncInfo2 = new SyncInfo();
+			syncInfo2.masterKeys = [{
+				id: 'id',
+				content: 'content',
+			}];
+
+			expect(syncInfoEquals(syncInfo1, syncInfo2)).toBe(true);
+		}
+	});
+
 });
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.ts b/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.ts
index fc66aad19ba..38a9ccc450d 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/synchronizer/syncInfoUtils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Setting from '../../models/Setting';
 import { State } from '../../reducer';
 import { PublicPrivateKeyPair } from '../e2ee/ppk';
 import { MasterKeyEntity } from '../e2ee/types';
+const fastDeepEqual = require('fast-deep-equal');
 
 export interface SyncInfoValueBoolean {
 	value: boolean;
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export function mergeSyncInfos(s1: SyncInfo, s2: SyncInfo): SyncInfo {
 }
 
 export function syncInfoEquals(s1: SyncInfo, s2: SyncInfo): boolean {
-	return s1.serialize() === s2.serialize();
+	return fastDeepEqual(s1.toObject(), s2.toObject());
 }
 
 export class SyncInfo {