diff --git a/base/Makefile.am b/base/Makefile.am
index 6b7aa2e7d..ef0b1930b 100644
--- a/base/Makefile.am
+++ b/base/Makefile.am
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS += tests/testSPQRUtil
 endif
 
 # Testing
-headers += Testable.h numericalDerivative.h 
+headers += Testable.h TestableAssertions.h numericalDerivative.h 
 
 # Lie Groups
 headers += Lie.h Lie-inl.h
diff --git a/base/TestableAssertions.h b/base/TestableAssertions.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59ab43da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/TestableAssertions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * @file TestableAssertions.h
+ * @brief Provides additional testing facilities for common data structures
+ * @author Alex Cunningham
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include "Testable.h"
+
+namespace gtsam {
+
+/**
+ * Version of assert_equals to work with vectors
+ */
+template<class V>
+bool assert_equal(const std::vector<V>& expected, const std::vector<V>& actual, double tol = 1e-9) {
+	if (expected.size() != actual.size()) {
+		printf("Sizes not equal:\n");
+		printf("expected size: %lu\n", expected.size());
+		printf("actual size: %lu\n", actual.size());
+		return false;
+	}
+	size_t i = 0;
+	BOOST_FOREACH(const V& a, expected) {
+		if (!assert_equal(a, expected[i++], tol))
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+} // \namespace gtsam