diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java
index e6cda3fe7c..c9387a14df 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.transaction.Synchronization;
 
@@ -291,17 +292,33 @@ public class ThreadLocalSessionContext extends AbstractCurrentSessionContext {
 		}
 
 		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings("SimplifiableIfStatement")
 		public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
-			final String methodName = method.getName(); 
+			final String methodName = method.getName();
+
+			// first check methods calls that we handle completely locally:
+			if ( "equals".equals( methodName ) && method.getParameterCount() == 1 ) {
+				if ( args[0] == null
+						|| !Proxy.isProxyClass( args[0].getClass() ) ) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				return this.equals( Proxy.getInvocationHandler( args[0] ) );
+			}
+			else if ( "hashCode".equals( methodName ) && method.getParameterCount() == 0 ) {
+				return this.hashCode();
+			}
+			else if ( "toString".equals( methodName ) && method.getParameterCount() == 0 ) {
+				return String.format( Locale.ROOT, "ThreadLocalSessionContext.TransactionProtectionWrapper[%s]", realSession );
+			}
+
+
+			// then check method calls that we need to delegate to the real Session
 			try {
 				// If close() is called, guarantee unbind()
 				if ( "close".equals( methodName ) ) {
 					unbind( realSession.getSessionFactory() );
 				}
-				else if ( "toString".equals( methodName )
-						|| "equals".equals( methodName )
-						|| "hashCode".equals( methodName )
-						|| "getStatistics".equals( methodName )
+				else if ( "getStatistics".equals( methodName )
 						|| "isOpen".equals( methodName )
 						|| "getListeners".equals( methodName ) ) {
 					// allow these to go through the the real session no matter what
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/connections/ThreadLocalCurrentSessionTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/connections/ThreadLocalCurrentSessionTest.java
index 8f939f560f..ac04d3a1cb 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/connections/ThreadLocalCurrentSessionTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/connections/ThreadLocalCurrentSessionTest.java
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.resource.transaction.spi.TransactionStatus;
 
 import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialect;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -73,12 +75,22 @@ public class ThreadLocalCurrentSessionTest extends ConnectionManagementTestCase
 		assertTrue( "session not bound after deserialize", TestableThreadLocalContext.isSessionBound( session ) );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-11067")
+	public void testEqualityChecking() {
+		Session session1 = sessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
+		Session session2 = sessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
+
+		assertSame( "== check", session1, session2 );
+		assertEquals( "#equals check", session1, session2 );
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testTransactionProtection() {
 		Session session = sessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
 		try {
 			session.createQuery( "from Silly" );
-			fail( "method other than beginTransaction{} allowed" );
+			fail( "method other than beginTransaction() allowed" );
 		}
 		catch ( HibernateException e ) {
 			// ok