diff --git a/lib/stripe/stripe_object.rb b/lib/stripe/stripe_object.rb
index 71e937b0..dfed9828 100644
--- a/lib/stripe/stripe_object.rb
+++ b/lib/stripe/stripe_object.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ module Stripe
     end
 
     def to_hash
-      @values
+      @values.inject({}) do |acc, (key, value)|
+        acc[key] = value.respond_to?(:to_hash) ? value.to_hash : value
+        acc
+      end
     end
 
     def each(&blk)
diff --git a/test/stripe/stripe_object_test.rb b/test/stripe/stripe_object_test.rb
index c9eb2dc0..bb62aa95 100644
--- a/test/stripe/stripe_object_test.rb
+++ b/test/stripe/stripe_object_test.rb
@@ -16,5 +16,12 @@ module Stripe
       assert_equal 'Stripe', m.name
       assert_equal 'apikey', m.api_key
     end
+
+    should "recursively call to_hash on its values" do
+      nested = Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from({ :id => 7, :foo => 'bar' })
+      obj = Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from({ :id => 1, :nested => nested })
+      expected_hash = { :id => 1, :nested => { :id => 7, :foo => 'bar' } }
+      assert_equal expected_hash, obj.to_hash
+    end
   end
 end