diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetriever.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetriever.java
index 666ee573759ab5..fff88cd0d5cfd7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetriever.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetriever.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyValue;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 /** Fetches remotely stored {@link SkyValue}s by {@link SkyKey}. */
@@ -349,18 +350,28 @@ public FrontierNodeVersion(
               this.blazeInstallMD5Fingerprint);
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-    public byte[] getTopLevelConfigFingerprint() {
-      return topLevelConfigFingerprint;
-    }
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-    public byte[] getDirectoryMatcherFingerprint() {
-      return directoryMatcherFingerprint;
+    public byte[] getPrecomputedFingerprint() {
+      return precomputedFingerprint;
     }
 
     public byte[] concat(byte[] input) {
       return Bytes.concat(precomputedFingerprint, input);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+      return Arrays.hashCode(precomputedFingerprint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      if (this == obj) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (!(obj instanceof FrontierNodeVersion that)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return Arrays.equals(precomputedFingerprint, that.precomputedFingerprint);
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetrieverTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetrieverTest.java
index 871fb254a6fb1d..7e784049915232 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetrieverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/SkyValueRetrieverTest.java
@@ -544,6 +544,50 @@ public void exceptionWhileWaitingForResult_throwsException() throws Exception {
     assertThat(thrown).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().contains("error setting value");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void frontierNodeVersions_areEqual_ifTupleComponentsAreEqual() {
+    var first =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("foo", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("bar"), HashCode.fromInt(42));
+    var second =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("foo", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("bar"), HashCode.fromInt(42));
+
+    assertThat(first.getPrecomputedFingerprint()).isEqualTo(second.getPrecomputedFingerprint());
+    assertThat(first).isEqualTo(second);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void frontierNodeVersions_areNotEqual_ifTopLevelConfigChecksumIsDifferent() {
+    var first =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("foo", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("bar"), HashCode.fromInt(42));
+    var second =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("CHANGED", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("bar"), HashCode.fromInt(42));
+
+    assertThat(first.getPrecomputedFingerprint()).isNotEqualTo(second.getPrecomputedFingerprint());
+    assertThat(first).isNotEqualTo(second);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void frontierNodeVersions_areNotEqual_ifActiveDirectoriesAreDifferent() {
+    var first =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("foo", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("bar"), HashCode.fromInt(42));
+    var second =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("foo", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("CHANGED"), HashCode.fromInt(42));
+
+    assertThat(first.getPrecomputedFingerprint()).isNotEqualTo(second.getPrecomputedFingerprint());
+    assertThat(first).isNotEqualTo(second);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void frontierNodeVersions_areNotEqual_ifBlazeInstallMD5IsDifferent() {
+    var first =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("foo", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("bar"), HashCode.fromInt(42));
+    var second =
+        new FrontierNodeVersion("foo", ByteString.copyFromUtf8("bar"), HashCode.fromInt(9000));
+
+    assertThat(first.getPrecomputedFingerprint()).isNotEqualTo(second.getPrecomputedFingerprint());
+    assertThat(first).isNotEqualTo(second);
+  }
+
   // ---------- Begin SerializationStateProvider implementation ----------
   @Override
   public SerializationState getSerializationState() {