diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 5f00dc612..10cee4c3f 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -14526,7 +14526,10 @@
      * // => false
      */
     function toPath(value) {
-      return isArray(value) ? arrayMap(value, baseCastKey) : stringToPath(value);
+      if (isArray(value)) {
+        return arrayMap(value, baseCastKey);
+      }
+      return isSymbol(value) ? [value] : stringToPath(value);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 7738305f6..982f412ed 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -22111,6 +22111,21 @@
       });
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('should not coerce symbols to strings', function(assert) {
+      assert.expect(4);
+
+      if (Symbol) {
+        var object = Object(symbol);
+        lodashStable.each([symbol, object, [symbol], [object]], function(value) {
+          var actual = _.toPath(value);
+          assert.ok(lodashStable.isSymbol(actual[0]));
+        });
+      }
+      else {
+        skipAssert(assert, 4);
+      }
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('should handle complex paths', function(assert) {
       assert.expect(1);