diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index da840d9ed..00dc0a240 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -10351,7 +10351,10 @@
       if (typeof value == 'string') {
         return value;
       }
-      var result = value == null ? '' : (value + '');
+      if (value == null) {
+        return '';
+      }
+      var result = isSymbol(value) ? symbolToString.call(value) : (value + '');
       return (result == '0' && (1 / value) == -INFINITY) ? '-0' : result;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index e45bda636..0661b57a2 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       Set = root.Set,
       slice = arrayProto.slice,
       Symbol = root.Symbol,
-      symbol = Symbol ? Symbol() : undefined,
+      symbol = Symbol ? Symbol('a') : undefined,
       Uint8Array = root.Uint8Array,
       WeakMap = root.WeakMap;
 
@@ -20610,6 +20610,21 @@
       assert.deepEqual(actual, expected);
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('should not error on symbols', function(assert) {
+      assert.expect(1);
+
+      if (Symbol) {
+        try {
+          assert.strictEqual(_.toString(symbol), 'Symbol(a)');
+        } catch (e) {
+          assert.ok(false, e.message);
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        skipTest(assert);
+      }
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('should return the `toString` result of the wrapped value', function(assert) {
       assert.expect(1);