diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index b76f896ec..6e82d62bb 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@
           length = path.length;
 
       while (object != null && ++index < length) {
-        var result = object = object[path[index]];
+        var result = object = toObject(object)[path[index]];
       }
       return result;
     }
@@ -10021,7 +10021,7 @@
         if (object != null && !isKey(path, object)) {
           path = toPath(path);
           object = path.length == 1 ? object : baseGet(object, baseSlice(path, 0, -1));
-          result = object == null ? undefined : object[last(path)];
+          result = object == null ? undefined : toObject(object)[last(path)];
         }
         result = result === undefined ? defaultValue : result;
       }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 12318c788..624f726b9 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -13159,12 +13159,18 @@
       });
     });
 
-    test('`_.' + methodName + '` should get characters of string indexes (test in IE < 9)', 4, function() {
+    test('`_.' + methodName + '` should get characters of string indexes (test in IE < 9)', 8, function() {
       _.each([1, [1]], function(path) {
         _.each(['xo', Object('xo')], function(string) {
           strictEqual(func(string, path), 'o');
         });
       });
+
+      _.each([{ 'a': 'xo' }, { 'a': Object('xo') }], function(object) {
+        _.each(['a[1]', ['a', '1']], function(path) {
+          strictEqual(func(object, path), 'o');
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     test('`_.' + methodName + '` should get a key over a path', 2, function() {