diff --git a/src.ts/utils/hdnode.ts b/src.ts/utils/hdnode.ts
index ffd3e3a6..b1637535 100644
--- a/src.ts/utils/hdnode.ts
+++ b/src.ts/utils/hdnode.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { toUtf8Bytes, UnicodeNormalizationForm } from './utf8';
 import { pbkdf2 } from './pbkdf2';
 import { computeHmac, SupportedAlgorithms } from './hmac';
 import { defineReadOnly, isType, setType } from './properties';
-import { KeyPair } from './secp256k1';
+import { computeAddress, KeyPair } from './secp256k1';
 import { sha256 } from './sha2';
 
 const N = bigNumberify("0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a03bbfd25e8cd0364141");
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export class HDNode {
     readonly privateKey: string;
     readonly publicKey: string;
 
+    readonly address: string;
+
     readonly mnemonic: string;
     readonly path: string;
 
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ export class HDNode {
         defineReadOnly(this, 'privateKey', this.keyPair.privateKey);
         defineReadOnly(this, 'publicKey', this.keyPair.compressedPublicKey);
 
+        defineReadOnly(this, 'address', computeAddress(this.publicKey));
+
         defineReadOnly(this, 'chainCode', hexlify(chainCode));
 
         defineReadOnly(this, 'index', index);
diff --git a/tests/test-hdnode.js b/tests/test-hdnode.js
index a5f16a80..cdd8f871 100644
--- a/tests/test-hdnode.js
+++ b/tests/test-hdnode.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ describe('Test HD Node Derivation', function(test) {
                 var wallet = new ethers.Wallet(node.privateKey);
                 assert.equal(wallet.address.toLowerCase(), nodeTest.address,
                     'Generates address - ' + nodeTest.privateKey);
+
+                assert.equal(node.address, (new ethers.Wallet(node)).address, 'HDNode address matches - ' + nodeTest.privateKey);
             });
         });
     });