diff --git a/src/addons/ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin.js b/src/addons/ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin.js
index fc367d7c685b2..05265e17c160a 100644
--- a/src/addons/ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin.js
+++ b/src/addons/ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var shallowEqual = require('shallowEqual');
+var shallowCompare = require('shallowCompare');
 
 /**
  * If your React component's render function is "pure", e.g. it will render the
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ var shallowEqual = require('shallowEqual');
  */
 var ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin = {
   shouldComponentUpdate: function(nextProps, nextState) {
-    return !shallowEqual(this.props, nextProps) ||
-           !shallowEqual(this.state, nextState);
+    return shallowCompare(this, nextProps, nextState);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/addons/__tests__/ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin-test.js b/src/addons/__tests__/ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c8db634d218f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/addons/__tests__/ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @emails react-core
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var React;
+var ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin;
+var ReactTestUtils;
+
+describe('ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin', function() {
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    React = require('React');
+    ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin =
+      require('ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin');
+    ReactTestUtils = require("../../ReactTestUtils");
+  });
+
+  it('provides a default shouldComponentUpdate implementation', function() {
+    var renderCalls = 0;
+    class PlasticWrap extends React.Component {
+      constructor(props, context) {
+        super(props, context);
+        this.state = {
+          color: 'green'
+        };
+      }
+
+      render() {
+        return (
+          <Apple
+            color={this.state.color}
+            ref="apple"
+          />
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    var Apple = React.createClass({
+      mixins: [ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin],
+
+      getInitialState: function() {
+        return {
+          cut: false,
+          slices: 1,
+        }
+      },
+
+      cut: function() {
+        this.setState({
+          cut: true,
+          slices: 10,
+        });
+      },
+
+      eatSlice: function() {
+        this.setState({
+          slices: this.state.slices - 1,
+        });
+      },
+
+      render: function() {
+        renderCalls++;
+        return <div />;
+      }
+    });
+
+    var instance = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<PlasticWrap />);
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(1);
+
+    // Do not re-render based on props
+    instance.setState({color: 'green'});
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(1);
+
+    // Re-render based on props
+    instance.setState({color: 'red'});
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(2);
+
+    // Re-render base on state
+    instance.refs.apple.cut();
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(3);
+
+    // No re-render based on state
+    instance.refs.apple.cut();
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(3);
+
+    // Re-render based on state again
+    instance.refs.apple.eatSlice();
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  it('does not do a deep comparison', function() {
+    function getInitialState() {
+      return {
+        foo: [1, 2, 3],
+        bar: {a: 4, b: 5, c: 6},
+      };
+    }
+
+    var renderCalls = 0;
+    var initialSettings = getInitialState();
+
+    var Component = React.createClass({
+      mixins: [ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin],
+
+      getInitialState: function() {
+        return initialSettings;
+      },
+
+      render: function() {
+        renderCalls++;
+        return <div />;
+      }
+    });
+
+    var instance = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<Component />);
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(1);
+
+    // Do not re-render if state is equal
+    var settings = {
+      foo: initialSettings.foo,
+      bar: initialSettings.bar,
+    };
+    instance.setState(settings);
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(1);
+
+    // Re-render because one field changed
+    initialSettings.foo = [1, 2, 3];
+    instance.setState(initialSettings);
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(2);
+
+    // Re-render because the object changed
+    instance.setState(getInitialState());
+    expect(renderCalls).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/addons/shallowCompare.js b/src/addons/shallowCompare.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4f6b17cdc8839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/addons/shallowCompare.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2013-2015, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+* @providesModule shallowCompare
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+var shallowEqual = require('shallowEqual');
+
+/**
+ * Does a shallow comparison for props and state.
+ * See ReactComponentWithPureRenderMixin
+ */
+function shallowCompare(instance, nextProps, nextState) {
+  return (
+    !shallowEqual(instance.props, nextProps) ||
+    !shallowEqual(instance.state, nextState)
+  );
+}
+
+module.exports = shallowCompare;
diff --git a/src/browser/ReactWithAddons.js b/src/browser/ReactWithAddons.js
index 6dfe9da083aba..e91c591419d9b 100644
--- a/src/browser/ReactWithAddons.js
+++ b/src/browser/ReactWithAddons.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var ReactUpdates = require('ReactUpdates');
 
 var cx = require('cx');
 var cloneWithProps = require('cloneWithProps');
+var shallowCompare = require('shallowCompare');
 var update = require('update');
 
 React.addons = {
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ React.addons = {
   classSet: cx,
   cloneWithProps: cloneWithProps,
   createFragment: ReactFragment.create,
+  shallowCompare: shallowCompare,
   update: update
 };