diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalOperationPrivilege.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalOperationPrivilege.java
index 507d6a5a1956f..3eed3bd281574 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalOperationPrivilege.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalOperationPrivilege.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public GlobalOperationPrivilege(String category, String operation, Map<String, O
         this.category = Objects.requireNonNull(category);
         this.operation = Objects.requireNonNull(operation);
         if (privilege == null || privilege.isEmpty()) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Privileges cannot be empty or null");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("privileges cannot be empty or null");
         }
         this.privilege = Collections.unmodifiableMap(privilege);
     }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (this == o) {
             return true;
         }
-        if (o == null || (false == this instanceof GlobalOperationPrivilege)) {
+        if (false == (o instanceof GlobalOperationPrivilege)) {
             return false;
         }
         final GlobalOperationPrivilege that = (GlobalOperationPrivilege) o;
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalOperationPrivilegeTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalOperationPrivilegeTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8d3116eb35750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalOperationPrivilegeTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.client.security.user.privileges;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.EqualsHashCodeTestUtils;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class GlobalOperationPrivilegeTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    public void testConstructor() {
+        final String category = randomFrom(Arrays.asList(null, randomAlphaOfLength(5)));
+        final String operation = randomFrom(Arrays.asList(null, randomAlphaOfLength(5)));
+        final Map<String, Object> privilege = randomFrom(Arrays.asList(null, Collections.emptyMap(), Collections.singletonMap("k1", "v1")));
+
+        if (Strings.hasText(category) && Strings.hasText(operation) && privilege != null && privilege.isEmpty() == false) {
+            GlobalOperationPrivilege globalOperationPrivilege = new GlobalOperationPrivilege(category, operation, privilege);
+            assertThat(globalOperationPrivilege.getCategory(), equalTo(category));
+            assertThat(globalOperationPrivilege.getOperation(), equalTo(operation));
+            assertThat(globalOperationPrivilege.getRaw(), equalTo(privilege));
+        } else {
+            if (category == null || operation == null) {
+                expectThrows(NullPointerException.class,
+                        () -> new GlobalOperationPrivilege(category, operation, privilege));
+            } else {
+                final IllegalArgumentException ile = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class,
+                        () -> new GlobalOperationPrivilege(category, operation, privilege));
+                assertThat(ile.getMessage(), equalTo("privileges cannot be empty or null"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testEqualsHashCode() {
+        final String category = randomAlphaOfLength(5);
+        final String operation = randomAlphaOfLength(5);
+        final Map<String, Object> privilege = Collections.singletonMap(randomAlphaOfLength(4), randomAlphaOfLength(5));
+        GlobalOperationPrivilege globalOperationPrivilege = new GlobalOperationPrivilege(category, operation, privilege);
+
+        EqualsHashCodeTestUtils.checkEqualsAndHashCode(globalOperationPrivilege, (original) -> {
+            return new GlobalOperationPrivilege(original.getCategory(), original.getOperation(), original.getRaw());
+        });
+        EqualsHashCodeTestUtils.checkEqualsAndHashCode(globalOperationPrivilege, (original) -> {
+            return new GlobalOperationPrivilege(original.getCategory(), original.getOperation(), original.getRaw());
+        }, GlobalOperationPrivilegeTests::mutateTestItem);
+    }
+
+    private static GlobalOperationPrivilege mutateTestItem(GlobalOperationPrivilege original) {
+        switch (randomIntBetween(0, 2)) {
+        case 0:
+            return new GlobalOperationPrivilege(randomAlphaOfLength(5), original.getOperation(), original.getRaw());
+        case 1:
+            return new GlobalOperationPrivilege(original.getCategory(), randomAlphaOfLength(5), original.getRaw());
+        case 2:
+            return new GlobalOperationPrivilege(original.getCategory(), original.getOperation(),
+                    Collections.singletonMap(randomAlphaOfLength(4), randomAlphaOfLength(4)));
+        default:
+            return new GlobalOperationPrivilege(randomAlphaOfLength(5), original.getOperation(), original.getRaw());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalPrivilegesTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalPrivilegesTests.java
index bb1e933089189..a9d2702970962 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalPrivilegesTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/security/user/privileges/GlobalPrivilegesTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractXContentTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.EqualsHashCodeTestUtils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -51,12 +52,12 @@ protected GlobalPrivileges doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOExcep
     protected boolean supportsUnknownFields() {
         return false; // true really means inserting bogus privileges
     }
-    
+
     public void testEmptyOrNullGlobalOperationPrivilege() {
         final Map<String, Object> privilege = randomBoolean() ? null : Collections.emptyMap();
         final IllegalArgumentException e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class,
                 () -> new GlobalOperationPrivilege(randomAlphaOfLength(2), randomAlphaOfLength(2), privilege));
-        assertThat(e.getMessage(), is("Privileges cannot be empty or null"));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), is("privileges cannot be empty or null"));
     }
 
     public void testEmptyOrNullGlobalPrivileges() {
@@ -91,4 +92,21 @@ private static GlobalOperationPrivilege buildRandomGlobalScopedPrivilege() {
         }
         return new GlobalOperationPrivilege("application", randomAlphaOfLength(2) + idCounter++, privilege);
     }
+
+    public void testEqualsHashCode() {
+        final List<GlobalOperationPrivilege> privilegeList = Arrays
+                .asList(randomArray(1, 4, size -> new GlobalOperationPrivilege[size], () -> buildRandomGlobalScopedPrivilege()));
+        GlobalPrivileges globalPrivileges = new GlobalPrivileges(privilegeList);
+
+        EqualsHashCodeTestUtils.checkEqualsAndHashCode(globalPrivileges, (original) -> {
+            return new GlobalPrivileges(original.getPrivileges());
+        });
+        EqualsHashCodeTestUtils.checkEqualsAndHashCode(globalPrivileges, (original) -> {
+            return new GlobalPrivileges(original.getPrivileges());
+        }, (original) -> {
+            final List<GlobalOperationPrivilege> newList = Arrays
+                    .asList(randomArray(1, 4, size -> new GlobalOperationPrivilege[size], () -> buildRandomGlobalScopedPrivilege()));
+            return new GlobalPrivileges(newList);
+        });
+    }
 }