diff --git a/marathon/models/base.py b/marathon/models/base.py
index ac28f73..01a528a 100644
--- a/marathon/models/base.py
+++ b/marathon/models/base.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ class MarathonObject(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         return "{clazz}::{obj}".format(clazz=self.__class__.__name__, obj=self.to_json())
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
+
     def json_repr(self, minimal=False):
         """Construct a JSON-friendly representation of the object.
 
@@ -52,6 +55,11 @@ def __repr__(self):
         else:
             return "{clazz}::{obj}".format(clazz=self.__class__.__name__, obj=self.to_json())
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "{clazz}::".format(clazz=self.__class__.__name__) + str(self.__dict__)
 
 # See: https://github.com/mesosphere/marathon/blob/2a9d1d20ec2f1cfcc49fbb1c0e7348b26418ef38/src/main/scala/mesosphere/marathon/api/ModelValidation.scala#L224
 ID_PATTERN = re.compile('^(([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\\-]*[a-z0-9])\\.)*([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\\-]*[a-z0-9])|(\\.|\\.\\.)$')
diff --git a/marathon/models/deployment.py b/marathon/models/deployment.py
index dfbf8fd..e73afe8 100644
--- a/marathon/models/deployment.py
+++ b/marathon/models/deployment.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def __init__(self, action=None, app=None, apps=None, type=None):
         self.apps = apps
         self.type = type  # TODO: Remove builtin shadow
 
+
 class MarathonDeploymentPlan(MarathonObject):
     def __init__(self, original=None, target=None, steps=None, id=None, version=None):
         self.original = MarathonDeploymentOriginalState.from_json(original)
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 8b35924..05bbd17 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 import mock
 import requests_mock
 from marathon import MarathonClient
+from marathon import models
 
 
 @requests_mock.mock()
 def test_get_deployments(m):
-    fake_response = '[ { "affectedApps": [ "/test" ], "id": "867ed450-f6a8-4d33-9b0e-e11c5513990b", "steps": [ [ { "action": "ScaleApplication", "app": "/test" } ] ], "currentActions": [ { "action": "ScaleApplication", "app": "/test" } ], "version": "2014-08-26T08:18:03.595Z", "currentStep": 1, "totalSteps": 1 } ]'
+    fake_response = '[ { "affectedApps": [ "/test" ], "id": "fakeid", "steps": [ [ { "action": "ScaleApplication", "app": "/test" } ] ], "currentActions": [ { "action": "ScaleApplication", "app": "/test" } ], "version": "fakeversion", "currentStep": 1, "totalSteps": 1 } ]'
     m.get('http://fake_server/v2/deployments', text=fake_response)
     mock_client = MarathonClient(servers='http://fake_server')
-    response = mock_client.list_deployments()
-    print response
+    actual_deployments = mock_client.list_deployments()
+    expected_deployments = [ models.MarathonDeployment(
+        id=u"fakeid",
+        steps=[[models.MarathonDeploymentAction(action="ScaleApplication", app="/test")]],
+        current_actions=[models.MarathonDeploymentAction(action="ScaleApplication", app="/test")],
+        current_step=1,
+        total_steps=1,
+        affected_apps=[u"/test"],
+        version=u"fakeversion"
+    )]
+    assert expected_deployments == actual_deployments