diff --git a/orm.class.php b/orm.class.php
index a9b72c0..c975181 100644
--- a/orm.class.php
+++ b/orm.class.php
@@ -880,6 +880,10 @@ function last() {
     return $this[$count-1];
   }
 
+  function toArray() {
+    return iterator_to_array($this);
+  }
+
   #[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
   function count() {
     $this->run_if_missing();
diff --git a/simpletest/BasicOrmTest.php b/simpletest/BasicOrmTest.php
index 02914f4..8d1e212 100644
--- a/simpletest/BasicOrmTest.php
+++ b/simpletest/BasicOrmTest.php
@@ -429,6 +429,11 @@ function test_11_scope() {
     $FirstTeenager = Person::scope('first_teenager');
     $this->assert(count($FirstTeenager) === 1);
     $this->assert($FirstTeenager[0]->name === 'Ellie');
+
+    $array = $FirstTeenager->toArray();
+    $this->assert(!is_array($FirstTeenager));
+    $this->assert(is_array($array));
+    $this->assert($array[0]->name === 'Ellie');
   }
 
   // * has_many: works with scoping