diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8fb79b45..78476fd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed ISO week dates not being parsed properly in `fom_format()`.
+- Fixed period `==` comparison raising an exception when compared with other types.
 
 
 ## [2.0.4] - 2018-10-30
diff --git a/pendulum/period.py b/pendulum/period.py
index 31a4eb1c..f8fb220c 100644
--- a/pendulum/period.py
+++ b/pendulum/period.py
@@ -372,8 +372,11 @@ def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.start, self.end, self._absolute))
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return (self.start, self.end, self._absolute) == (
-            other.start,
-            other.end,
-            other._absolute,
-        )
+        try:
+            return (self.start, self.end, self._absolute) == (
+                other.start,
+                other.end,
+                other._absolute,
+            )
+        except AttributeError:
+            return NotImplemented
diff --git a/tests/period/test_behavior.py b/tests/period/test_behavior.py
index 1d1c98b2..0dba7d4e 100644
--- a/tests/period/test_behavior.py
+++ b/tests/period/test_behavior.py
@@ -40,3 +40,11 @@ def test_comparison_to_timedelta():
     period = dt2 - dt1
 
     assert period < timedelta(days=4)
+
+def test_comparison_with_other():
+    dt1 = pendulum.datetime(2016, 11, 18)
+    dt2 = pendulum.datetime(2016, 11, 20)
+    p = pendulum.period(dt1, dt2)
+
+    assert p != None
+    assert not p == None