diff --git a/src/ship/location.rs b/src/ship/location.rs
index a0c05f5..a40f858 100644
--- a/src/ship/location.rs
+++ b/src/ship/location.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ impl LocalClientId {
     }
 }
 
+impl PartialEq<u8> for LocalClientId {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &u8) -> bool {
+        self.0 == *other as usize
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct AreaClient {
     pub client: ClientId,