diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/validators/isNodesEquivalent.js b/packages/babel-types/src/validators/isNodesEquivalent.js
index ab689f5693..68672ff964 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/validators/isNodesEquivalent.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/validators/isNodesEquivalent.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
-import { NODE_FIELDS } from "../definitions";
+import { NODE_FIELDS, VISITOR_KEYS } from "../definitions";
 
 /**
  * Check if two nodes are equivalent
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export default function isNodesEquivalent(a: any, b: any): boolean {
   }
 
   const fields = Object.keys(NODE_FIELDS[a.type] || a.type);
+  const visitorKeys = VISITOR_KEYS[a.type];
 
   for (const field of fields) {
     if (typeof a[field] !== typeof b[field]) {
@@ -41,6 +42,18 @@ export default function isNodesEquivalent(a: any, b: any): boolean {
       continue;
     }
 
+    if (
+      typeof a[field] === "object" &&
+      (!visitorKeys || !visitorKeys.includes(field))
+    ) {
+      for (const key in a[field]) {
+        if (a[field][key] !== b[field][key]) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
     if (!isNodesEquivalent(a[field], b[field])) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/test/validators.js b/packages/babel-types/test/validators.js
index aaa02da501..f285b11056 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/test/validators.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/test/validators.js
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ describe("validators", function() {
       expect(t.isNodesEquivalent(parse(program), parse(program2))).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    it("should handle nodes with object properties", function() {
+      const original = t.templateElement({ raw: "\\'a", cooked: "'a" }, true);
+      const identical = t.templateElement({ raw: "\\'a", cooked: "'a" }, true);
+      const different = t.templateElement({ raw: "'a", cooked: "'a" }, true);
+      expect(t.isNodesEquivalent(original, identical)).toBe(true);
+      expect(t.isNodesEquivalent(original, different)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it("rejects 'await' as an identifier", function() {
       expect(t.isValidIdentifier("await")).toBe(false);
     });