diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index 9aba6844a..48671c5a1 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -10000,6 +10000,8 @@
      * // => [['barney', 36], ['fred', 40]] (iteration order is not guaranteed)
      */
     function pairs(object) {
+      object = toObject(object);
+
       var index = -1,
           props = keys(object),
           length = props.length,
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index ffd838b51..82f4a8edf 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -11813,6 +11813,12 @@
       var object = { '0': 'a', '1': 'b', 'length': 2 };
       deepEqual(_.pairs(object), [['0', 'a'], ['1', 'b'], ['length', 2]]);
     });
+
+    test('should work with strings', 2, function() {
+      _.each(['xo', Object('xo')], function(string) {
+        deepEqual(_.pairs(string), [['0', 'x'], ['1', 'o']]);
+      });
+    });
   }());
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/