diff --git a/Sources/Basics/Triple+Basics.swift b/Sources/Basics/Triple+Basics.swift
index 5b552b5111a..a7664bd39b9 100644
--- a/Sources/Basics/Triple+Basics.swift
+++ b/Sources/Basics/Triple+Basics.swift
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ extension Triple {
 
     /// Returns `true` if code compiled for `triple` can run on `self` value of ``Triple``.
     public func isRuntimeCompatible(with triple: Triple) -> Bool {
+        guard self != triple else {
+            return true
+        }
+
         if
             self.arch == triple.arch &&
             self.vendor == triple.vendor &&
@@ -204,7 +208,11 @@ extension Triple: CustomStringConvertible {
 }
 
 extension Triple: Equatable {
-    public static func == (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
-        lhs.triple == rhs.triple
+    public static func ==(lhs: Triple, rhs: Triple) -> Bool {
+      lhs.arch == rhs.arch
+        && lhs.vendor == rhs.vendor
+        && lhs.os == rhs.os
+        && lhs.environment == rhs.environment
+        && lhs.osVersion == rhs.osVersion
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/BasicsTests/TripleTests.swift b/Tests/BasicsTests/TripleTests.swift
index b7909a6a2c3..011d6247b05 100644
--- a/Tests/BasicsTests/TripleTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/BasicsTests/TripleTests.swift
@@ -164,6 +164,54 @@ final class TripleTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTriple("aarch64-unknown-linux-android", matches: (.aarch64, nil, nil, .linux, .android, .elf))
         XCTAssertTriple("x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc", matches: (.x86_64, nil, nil, .win32, .msvc, .coff))
         XCTAssertTriple("wasm32-unknown-wasi", matches: (.wasm32, nil, nil, .wasi, nil, .wasm))
+    }    
+
+    func testTriple() {
+        let linux = try? Triple("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
+        XCTAssertNotNil(linux)
+        XCTAssertEqual(linux!.os, .linux)
+        XCTAssertEqual(linux!.osVersion, Triple.Version.zero)
+        XCTAssertEqual(linux!.environment, .gnu)
+
+        let macos = try? Triple("x86_64-apple-macosx10.15")
+        XCTAssertNotNil(macos!)
+        XCTAssertEqual(macos!.osVersion, .init(parse: "10.15"))
+        let newVersion = "10.12"
+        let tripleString = macos!.tripleString(forPlatformVersion: newVersion)
+        XCTAssertEqual(tripleString, "x86_64-apple-macosx10.12")
+        let macosNoX = try? Triple("x86_64-apple-macos12.2")
+        XCTAssertNotNil(macosNoX!)
+        XCTAssertEqual(macosNoX!.os, .macosx)
+        XCTAssertEqual(macosNoX!.osVersion, .init(parse: "12.2"))
+
+        let android = try? Triple("aarch64-unknown-linux-android24")
+        XCTAssertNotNil(android)
+        XCTAssertEqual(android!.os, .linux)
+        XCTAssertEqual(android!.environment, .android)
+
+        let linuxWithABIVersion = try? Triple("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu42")
+        XCTAssertEqual(linuxWithABIVersion!.environment, .gnu)
+    }
+
+    func testEquality() throws {
+        let macOSTriple = try Triple("arm64-apple-macos")
+        let macOSXTriple = try Triple("arm64-apple-macosx")
+        XCTAssertEqual(macOSTriple, macOSXTriple)
+
+        let intelMacOSTriple = try Triple("x86_64-apple-macos")
+        XCTAssertNotEqual(macOSTriple, intelMacOSTriple)
+
+        let linuxWithoutGNUABI = try Triple("x86_64-unknown-linux")
+        let linuxWithGNUABI = try Triple("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
+        XCTAssertNotEqual(linuxWithoutGNUABI, linuxWithGNUABI)
+    }
+
+    func testWASI() throws {
+        let wasi = try Triple("wasm32-unknown-wasi")
+
+        // WASI dynamic libraries are only experimental,
+        // but SwiftPM requires this property not to crash.
+        _ = wasi.dynamicLibraryExtension
     }
 
     func testIsRuntimeCompatibleWith() throws {