diff --git a/boltons/funcutils.py b/boltons/funcutils.py
index d047830..58fe0b4 100644
--- a/boltons/funcutils.py
+++ b/boltons/funcutils.py
@@ -569,4 +569,57 @@ def _indent(text, margin, newline='\n', key=bool):
     return newline.join(indented_lines)
 
 
+try:
+    from functools import total_ordering  # 2.7+
+except ImportError:
+    # python 2.6
+    def total_ordering(cls):
+        """Class decorator that fills in missing comparators/ordering
+        methods. Backport of :func:`functools.total_ordering` to work
+        with Python 2.6.
+
+        Code from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576685/
+        """
+        convert = {
+            '__lt__': [
+                ('__gt__',
+                 lambda self, other: not (self < other or self == other)),
+                ('__le__',
+                 lambda self, other: self < other or self == other),
+                ('__ge__',
+                 lambda self, other: not self < other)],
+            '__le__': [
+                ('__ge__',
+                 lambda self, other: not self <= other or self == other),
+                ('__lt__',
+                 lambda self, other: self <= other and not self == other),
+                ('__gt__',
+                 lambda self, other: not self <= other)],
+            '__gt__': [
+                ('__lt__',
+                 lambda self, other: not (self > other or self == other)),
+                ('__ge__',
+                 lambda self, other: self > other or self == other),
+                ('__le__',
+                 lambda self, other: not self > other)],
+            '__ge__': [
+                ('__le__',
+                 lambda self, other: (not self >= other) or self == other),
+                ('__gt__',
+                 lambda self, other: self >= other and not self == other),
+                ('__lt__',
+                 lambda self, other: not self >= other)]
+        }
+        roots = set(dir(cls)) & set(convert)
+        if not roots:
+            raise ValueError('must define at least one ordering operation:'
+                             ' < > <= >=')
+        root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
+        for opname, opfunc in convert[root]:
+            if opname not in roots:
+                opfunc.__name__ = opname
+                opfunc.__doc__ = getattr(int, opname).__doc__
+                setattr(cls, opname, opfunc)
+        return cls
+
 # end funcutils.py
diff --git a/tests/test_funcutils.py b/tests/test_funcutils.py
index 27bad76..fe00c83 100644
--- a/tests/test_funcutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_funcutils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from boltons.funcutils import (copy_function,
+                               total_ordering,
                                InstancePartial,
                                CachedInstancePartial)
 
@@ -39,3 +40,24 @@ def test_copy_function():
     callee_copy = copy_function(callee)
     assert callee is not callee_copy
     assert callee() == callee_copy()
+
+
+class test_total_ordering():
+    @total_ordering
+    class Number(object):
+        def __init__(self, val):
+            self.val = int(val)
+
+        def __gt__(self, other):
+            return self.val > other
+
+        def __eq__(self, other):
+            return self.val == other
+
+    num = Number(3)
+    assert num > 0
+    assert num == 3
+
+    assert num < 5
+    assert num >= 2
+    assert num != 1