diff --git a/kombu/entity.py b/kombu/entity.py
index e1d62b43..189c9de3 100644
--- a/kombu/entity.py
+++ b/kombu/entity.py
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ class Exchange(MaybeChannelBound):
                     self.durable == other.durable and
                     self.auto_delete == other.auto_delete and
                     self.delivery_mode == other.delivery_mode)
-        return False
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return super(Exchange, self).__repr__(str(self))
@@ -642,7 +645,10 @@ class Queue(MaybeChannelBound):
                     self.durable == other.durable and
                     self.exclusive == other.exclusive and
                     self.auto_delete == other.auto_delete)
-        return False
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         s = super(Queue, self).__repr__
diff --git a/kombu/tests/test_entities.py b/kombu/tests/test_entities.py
index 21dcb35d..3fbb5b89 100644
--- a/kombu/tests/test_entities.py
+++ b/kombu/tests/test_entities.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class test_Exchange(TestCase):
         e3 = Exchange('foo', 'topic')
         self.assertNotEqual(e1, e3)
 
-        self.assertFalse(e1.__eq__(True))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.__eq__(True), NotImplemented)
 
     def test_revive(self):
         exchange = Exchange('foo', 'direct')
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class test_Queue(TestCase):
         q1 = Queue('xxx', Exchange('xxx', 'direct'), 'xxx')
         q2 = Queue('xxx', Exchange('xxx', 'direct'), 'xxx')
         self.assertEqual(q1, q2)
-        self.assertFalse(q1.__eq__(True))
+        self.assertEqual(q1.__eq__(True), NotImplemented)
 
         q3 = Queue('yyy', Exchange('xxx', 'direct'), 'xxx')
         self.assertNotEqual(q1, q3)
diff --git a/kombu/utils/functional.py b/kombu/utils/functional.py
index 49a7c6d2..374bf356 100644
--- a/kombu/utils/functional.py
+++ b/kombu/utils/functional.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class promise(object):
     def __eq__(self, rhs):
         return self() == rhs
 
+    def __ne__(self, rhs):
+        return self() != rhs
+
     def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
         memo[id(self)] = self
         return self