diff --git a/db/hybrid_logical_vector.go b/db/hybrid_logical_vector.go
index d6460e0056..d9479274c8 100644
--- a/db/hybrid_logical_vector.go
+++ b/db/hybrid_logical_vector.go
@@ -180,6 +180,32 @@ func NewHybridLogicalVector() *HybridLogicalVector {
 	}
 }
 
+func (hlv *HybridLogicalVector) Equals(other *HybridLogicalVector) bool {
+	if hlv.SourceID != other.SourceID {
+		return false
+	}
+	if hlv.Version != other.Version {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(hlv.PreviousVersions) != len(other.PreviousVersions) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for k, v := range hlv.PreviousVersions {
+		if other.PreviousVersions[k] != v {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	if len(hlv.MergeVersions) != len(other.MergeVersions) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for k, v := range hlv.MergeVersions {
+		if other.MergeVersions[k] != v {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // GetCurrentVersion returns the current version from the HLV in memory.
 func (hlv *HybridLogicalVector) GetCurrentVersion() (string, uint64) {
 	return hlv.SourceID, hlv.Version
diff --git a/topologytest/couchbase_lite_mock_peer_test.go b/topologytest/couchbase_lite_mock_peer_test.go
index 22aea4ef57..10bb03ddcc 100644
--- a/topologytest/couchbase_lite_mock_peer_test.go
+++ b/topologytest/couchbase_lite_mock_peer_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ package topologytest
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"testing"
 
 	sgbucket "github.com/couchbase/sg-bucket"
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ func (p *CouchbaseLiteMockPeer) WaitForDocVersion(dsName sgbucket.DataStoreName,
 		if !assert.NotNil(c, actual, "Could not find docID:%+v on %p\nVersion %#v", docID, p, expected) {
 			return
 		}
+		if !actual.IsHLVEqual(expected) {
+			log.Printf("not equal")
+		}
+		assert.True(c, actual.IsHLVEqual(expected), "Actual HLV does not match expected on %s for peer %s.  Expected: %+v, Actual: %+v", docID, p, expected.HLV, actual.HLV)
 		assert.Equal(c, expected.CV(c), actual.CV(c), "Could not find matching CV on %s for peer %s (sourceID:%s)\nexpected: %#v\nactual:   %#v\n          body: %+v\n", docID, p, p.SourceID(), expected, actual, string(data))
 
 	}, totalWaitTime, pollInterval)
diff --git a/topologytest/couchbase_server_peer_test.go b/topologytest/couchbase_server_peer_test.go
index a1a5b8d085..fb71315d70 100644
--- a/topologytest/couchbase_server_peer_test.go
+++ b/topologytest/couchbase_server_peer_test.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (p *CouchbaseServerPeer) waitForDocVersion(dsName sgbucket.DataStoreName, d
 		}
 		// have to use p.tb instead of c because of the assert.CollectT doesn't implement TB
 		version = getDocVersion(docID, p, cas, xattrs)
-
+		assert.True(c, version.IsHLVEqual(expected), "Actual HLV does not match expected on %s for peer %s.  Expected: %+v, Actual: %+v", docID, p, expected, version)
 		assert.Equal(c, expected.CV(c), version.CV(c), "Could not find matching CV on %s for peer %s\nexpected: %#v\nactual:   %#v\n          body: %#v\n", docID, p, expected, version, string(docBytes))
 
 	}, totalWaitTime, pollInterval)
diff --git a/topologytest/version_test.go b/topologytest/version_test.go
index 520f7d869d..b8acdebf26 100644
--- a/topologytest/version_test.go
+++ b/topologytest/version_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,27 @@ func (v DocMetadata) CV(t require.TestingT) db.Version {
 	return db.Version{}
 }
 
+func (v DocMetadata) IsHLVEqual(other DocMetadata) bool {
+	if v.ImplicitHLV != nil {
+		return other.hlvEquals(v.ImplicitHLV)
+	} else if v.HLV != nil {
+		return other.hlvEquals(v.HLV)
+	} else {
+		return other.ImplicitHLV == nil && other.HLV == nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (v DocMetadata) hlvEquals(hlv *db.HybridLogicalVector) bool {
+	if v.ImplicitHLV != nil {
+		return v.ImplicitHLV.Equals(hlv)
+	} else if v.HLV != nil {
+		return v.HLV.Equals(hlv)
+	} else {
+		return hlv == nil
+	}
+
+}
+
 // DocMetadataFromDocument returns a DocVersion from the given document.
 func DocMetadataFromDocument(doc *db.Document) DocMetadata {
 	return DocMetadata{