diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13cdfc7e3..2834152bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 - set a default error if NDN does not provide an error
-
+- python: avoid exceptions when messages/contacts/chats are compared with `None`
 
 ## 1.86.0
 
diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/chat.py b/python/src/deltachat/chat.py
index effe73eb1..d546d4775 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/chat.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/chat.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class Chat(object):
         self.id = id
 
     def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        if other is None:
+            return False
         return self.id == getattr(other, "id", None) and self.account._dc_context == other.account._dc_context
 
     def __ne__(self, other) -> bool:
diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/contact.py b/python/src/deltachat/contact.py
index e79a737fd..69fa809b6 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/contact.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/contact.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ class Contact(object):
         self.account = account
         self.id = id
 
-    def __eq__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        if other is None:
+            return False
         return self.account._dc_context == other.account._dc_context and self.id == other.id
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/message.py b/python/src/deltachat/message.py
index 597272614..ae77f5ffc 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/message.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/message.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ class Message(object):
         msg_id = self.id
         assert msg_id is not None and msg_id >= 0, repr(msg_id)
 
-    def __eq__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        if other is None:
+            return False
         return self.account == other.account and self.id == other.id
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/python/tests/test_3_offline.py b/python/tests/test_3_offline.py
index feec34f7b..1f4103af3 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_3_offline.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_3_offline.py
@@ -155,9 +155,11 @@ class TestOfflineContact:
         ac1 = acfactory.get_pseudo_configured_account()
         contact1 = ac1.create_contact("some1@example.org", name="some1")
         contact2 = ac1.create_contact("some1@example.org", name="some1")
+        contact3 = None
         str(contact1)
         repr(contact1)
         assert contact1 == contact2
+        assert contact1 != contact3
         assert contact1.id
         assert contact1.addr == "some1@example.org"
         assert contact1.display_name == "some1"
@@ -251,10 +253,12 @@ class TestOfflineChat:
     def test_chat_idempotent(self, chat1, ac1):
         contact1 = chat1.get_contacts()[0]
         chat2 = contact1.create_chat()
+        chat3 = None
         assert chat2.id == chat1.id
         assert chat2.get_name() == chat1.get_name()
         assert chat1 == chat2
         assert not (chat1 != chat2)
+        assert chat1 != chat3
 
         for ichat in ac1.get_chats():
             if ichat.id == chat1.id:
@@ -406,6 +410,8 @@ class TestOfflineChat:
 
     def test_message_eq_contains(self, chat1):
         msg = chat1.send_text("msg1")
+        msg2 = None
+        assert msg != msg2
         assert msg in chat1.get_messages()
         assert not (msg not in chat1.get_messages())
         str(msg)