diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index ec32488af5..9714362eff 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -1528,6 +1528,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 		.gt, .lt, .ge, .le {
 			if left_sym.kind in [.array, .array_fixed] && right_sym.kind in [.array, .array_fixed] {
 				c.error('only `==` and `!=` are defined on arrays', node.pos)
+			} else if left_sym.kind == .struct_
+				&& (left_sym.info as ast.Struct).generic_types.len > 0 {
+				return ast.bool_type
 			} else if left_sym.kind == .struct_ && right_sym.kind == .struct_
 				&& node.op in [.eq, .lt] {
 				if !(left_sym.has_method(node.op.str()) && right_sym.has_method(node.op.str())) {
@@ -4286,6 +4289,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 				.mult_assign { '*' }
 				else { 'unknown op' }
 			}
+			if left_sym.kind == .struct_ && (left_sym.info as ast.Struct).generic_types.len > 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 			if method := left_sym.find_method(extracted_op) {
 				if method.return_type != left_type {
 					c.error('operator `$extracted_op` must return `$left_name` to be used as an assignment operator',
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index 7c7486e6f4..25ce1c533e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -2812,16 +2812,28 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_assign_stmt(assign_stmt ast.AssignStmt) {
 					else { 'unknown op' }
 				}
 				g.expr(left)
-				g.write(' = ${styp}_${util.replace_op(extracted_op)}(')
-				method := g.table.type_find_method(left_sym, extracted_op) or {
-					// the checker will most likely have found this, already...
-					g.error('assignemnt operator `$extracted_op=` used but no `$extracted_op` method defined',
-						assign_stmt.pos)
-					ast.Fn{}
+				if left_sym.kind == .struct_ && (left_sym.info as ast.Struct).generic_types.len > 0 {
+					concrete_types := (left_sym.info as ast.Struct).concrete_types
+					mut method_name := left_sym.cname + '_' + util.replace_op(extracted_op)
+					method_name = g.generic_fn_name(concrete_types, method_name, true)
+					g.write(' = ${method_name}(')
+					g.expr(left)
+					g.write(', ')
+					g.expr(val)
+					g.writeln(');')
+					return
+				} else {
+					g.write(' = ${styp}_${util.replace_op(extracted_op)}(')
+					method := g.table.type_find_method(left_sym, extracted_op) or {
+						// the checker will most likely have found this, already...
+						g.error('assignemnt operator `$extracted_op=` used but no `$extracted_op` method defined',
+							assign_stmt.pos)
+						ast.Fn{}
+					}
+					op_expected_left = method.params[0].typ
+					op_expected_right = method.params[1].typ
+					op_overloaded = true
 				}
-				op_expected_left = method.params[0].typ
-				op_expected_right = method.params[1].typ
-				op_overloaded = true
 			}
 			if right_sym.kind == .function && is_decl {
 				if is_inside_ternary && is_decl {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix_expr.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix_expr.v
index de9bff7c27..f57d4b2f9f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix_expr.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix_expr.v
@@ -266,7 +266,32 @@ fn (mut g Gen) infix_expr_cmp_op(node ast.InfixExpr) {
 	left := g.unwrap(node.left_type)
 	right := g.unwrap(node.right_type)
 	has_operator_overloading := g.table.type_has_method(left.sym, '<')
-	if left.sym.kind == right.sym.kind && has_operator_overloading {
+	if left.sym.kind == .struct_ && (left.sym.info as ast.Struct).generic_types.len > 0 {
+		if node.op in [.le, .ge] {
+			g.write('!')
+		}
+		concrete_types := (left.sym.info as ast.Struct).concrete_types
+		mut method_name := left.sym.cname + '__lt'
+		method_name = g.generic_fn_name(concrete_types, method_name, true)
+		g.write(method_name)
+		if node.op in [.lt, .ge] {
+			g.write('(')
+			g.write('*'.repeat(left.typ.nr_muls()))
+			g.expr(node.left)
+			g.write(', ')
+			g.write('*'.repeat(right.typ.nr_muls()))
+			g.expr(node.right)
+			g.write(')')
+		} else {
+			g.write('(')
+			g.write('*'.repeat(right.typ.nr_muls()))
+			g.expr(node.right)
+			g.write(', ')
+			g.write('*'.repeat(left.typ.nr_muls()))
+			g.expr(node.left)
+			g.write(')')
+		}
+	} else if left.sym.kind == right.sym.kind && has_operator_overloading {
 		if node.op in [.le, .ge] {
 			g.write('!')
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/generic_operator_overload_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/generic_operator_overload_test.v
index cbc227321c..8395c0184e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/generic_operator_overload_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/generic_operator_overload_test.v
@@ -26,10 +26,51 @@ fn (m1 Matrix<T>) + (m2 Matrix<T>) Matrix<T> {
 	return res
 }
 
-fn test_generic_operator_overload() {
-	result := from_array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]) + from_array([[7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]])
-	println(result)
-	assert result.row == 2
-	assert result.col == 3
-	assert result.data == [[8, 10, 12], [14, 16, 18]]
+fn (m1 Matrix<T>) == (m2 Matrix<T>) bool {
+	return m1.row == m2.row && m1.col == m2.col && m1.data == m2.data
+}
+
+fn (m1 Matrix<T>) < (m2 Matrix<T>) bool {
+	return m1.row < m2.row && m1.col < m2.col
+}
+
+fn test_generic_operator_overload() {
+	mut a1 := from_array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]])
+	a2 := from_array([[7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]])
+
+	plus_ret := a1 + a2
+	println(plus_ret)
+	assert plus_ret.row == 2
+	assert plus_ret.col == 3
+	assert plus_ret.data == [[8, 10, 12], [14, 16, 18]]
+
+	a1 += a2
+	println(a1)
+	assert a1.row == 2
+	assert a1.col == 3
+	assert a1.data == [[15, 18, 21], [24, 27, 30]]
+
+	eq_ret := a1 == a2
+	println(eq_ret)
+	assert !eq_ret
+
+	ne_ret := a1 != a2
+	println(ne_ret)
+	assert ne_ret
+
+	lt_ret := a1 < a2
+	println(lt_ret)
+	assert !lt_ret
+
+	le_ret := a1 <= a2
+	println(le_ret)
+	assert le_ret
+
+	gt_ret := a1 > a2
+	println(gt_ret)
+	assert !gt_ret
+
+	ge_ret := a1 >= a2
+	println(ge_ret)
+	assert ge_ret
 }