diff --git a/kivy/uix/widget.py b/kivy/uix/widget.py
index 888b70075..0f63e2d97 100644
--- a/kivy/uix/widget.py
+++ b/kivy/uix/widget.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ from kivy.graphics import (Canvas, Translate, Fbo, ClearColor, ClearBuffers,
 from kivy.base import EventLoop
 from kivy.lang import Builder
 from kivy.context import get_current_context
-from weakref import proxy
+from kivy.weakproxy import WeakProxy
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import islice
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Widget(WidgetBase):
             return _proxy_ref
 
         f = partial(_widget_destructor, self.uid)
-        self._proxy_ref = _proxy_ref = proxy(self, f)
+        self._proxy_ref = _proxy_ref = WeakProxy(self, f)
         # Only f should be enough here, but it appears that is a very
         # specific case, the proxy destructor is not called if both f and
         # _proxy_ref are not together in a tuple.
diff --git a/kivy/weakproxy.pyx b/kivy/weakproxy.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..678ff02bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kivy/weakproxy.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+import weakref
+import operator
+
+cdef class WeakProxy(object):
+    '''Replacement for weakref.proxy to support comparisons
+    '''
+    cdef public object __ref
+
+    def __init__(self, obj, destructor=None):
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(obj, destructor)
+
+    def __ref__(self):
+        r = self.__ref()
+        if r is None:
+            raise ReferenceError('weakly-referenced object no longer exists')
+        return r
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return getattr(self.__ref__(), name)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        setattr(self.__ref__(), name, value)
+
+    def __delattr__(self, name):
+        delattr(self.__ref__(), name)
+
+    property __class__:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.__ref__().__class__
+
+    def __dir__(self):
+        return dir(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __reversed__(self):
+        return reversed(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __round__(self):
+        return round(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __richcmp__(self, other, op):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        if op == 0:
+            return r < other
+        elif op == 1:
+            return r <= other
+        elif op == 2:
+            return r == other
+        elif op == 3:
+            return r != other
+        elif op == 4:
+            return r > other
+        elif op == 5:
+            return r >= other
+
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        return bool(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return bool(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() + other
+
+    def __sub__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() - other
+
+    def __mul__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() * other
+
+    def __div__(self, other):
+        return operator.div(self.__ref__(), other)
+
+    def __truediv__(self, other):
+        return operator.truediv(self.__ref__(), other)
+
+    def __floordiv__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() // other
+
+    def __mod__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() % other
+
+    def __divmod__(self, other):
+        return divmod(self.__ref__(), other)
+
+    def __pow__(self, other, modulo):
+        return pow(self.__ref__(), other, modulo)
+
+    def __lshift__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() << other
+
+    def __rshift__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() >> other
+
+    def __and__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() & other
+
+    def __xor__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() ^ other
+
+    def __or__(self, other):
+        return self.__ref__() | other
+
+    def __radd__(self, other):
+        return other + self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rsub__(self, other):
+        return other - self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rmul__(self, other):
+        return other * self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rdiv__(self, other):
+        return operator.div(other, self.__ref__())
+
+    def __rtruediv__(self, other):
+        return operator.truediv(other, self.__ref__())
+
+    def __rfloordiv__(self, other):
+        return other // self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rmod__(self, other):
+        return other % self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rdivmod__(self, other):
+        return divmod(other, self.__ref__())
+
+    def __rpow__(self, other, modulo):
+        return pow(other, self.__ref__(), modulo)
+
+    def __rlshift__(self, other):
+        return other << self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rrshift__(self, other):
+        return other >> self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rand__(self, other):
+        return other & self.__ref__()
+
+    def __rxor__(self, other):
+        return other ^ self.__ref__()
+
+    def __ror__(self, other):
+        return other | self.__ref__()
+
+    def __iadd__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r += other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __isub__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r -= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __imul__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r *= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __idiv__(self, other):
+        r = operator.idiv(self.__ref__(), other)
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __itruediv__(self, other):
+        r = operator.itruediv(self.__ref__(), other)
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __ifloordiv__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r //= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __imod__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r %= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __ipow__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r **= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __ilshift__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r <<= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __irshift__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r >>= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __iand__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r &= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __ixor__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r ^= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __ior__(self, other):
+        r = self.__ref__()
+        r |= other
+        self.__ref = weakref.ref(r)
+        return self
+
+    def __neg__(self):
+        return -self.__ref__()
+
+    def __pos__(self):
+        return +self.__ref__()
+
+    def __abs__(self):
+        return abs(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __invert__(self):
+        return ~self.__ref__()
+
+    def __int__(self):
+        return int(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __long__(self):
+        return long(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __float__(self):
+        return float(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __oct__(self):
+        return oct(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __hex__(self):
+        return hex(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __index__(self):
+        return operator.index(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __contains__(self, value):
+        return value in self.__ref__()
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self.__ref__()[key]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        self.__ref__()[key] = value
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        del self.__ref__()[key]
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self.__ref__().__enter__()
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.__ref__().__exit__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __bytes__(self):
+        return bytes(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return unicode(self.__ref__())
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return b'<WeakProxy to {!r}>'.format(self.__ref__())
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a369dec61..18d6a0433 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ graphics_dependencies = {
 
 sources = {
     '_event.pyx': merge(base_flags, {'depends': ['properties.pxd']}),
+    'weakproxy.pyx': {},
     'properties.pyx': merge(base_flags, {'depends': ['_event.pxd']}),
     'graphics/buffer.pyx': base_flags,
     'graphics/context.pyx': merge(base_flags, gl_flags),