diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cc571ad4..0760f0993 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ This document follows the conventions laid out in [Keep a CHANGELOG][].
 -   When calling C# from Python, enable passing argument of any type to a parameter of C# type `object` by wrapping it into `PyObject` instance. ([#881][i881])
 -   Added support for kwarg parameters when calling .NET methods from Python
 -   Changed method for finding MSBuild using vswhere
+-   Allow conversion to C# object in PyObject.As2<object>
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs b/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs
index 078f4c0f8..caec9aa7f 100644
--- a/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs
+++ b/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs
@@ -67,5 +67,15 @@ public void RawPyObjectProxy()
             var proxiedHandle = pyObjectProxy.GetAttr("Handle").As<IntPtr>();
             Assert.AreEqual(pyObject.Handle, proxiedHandle);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ConvertToObject()
+        {
+            object pyInt = new PyInt(12).As2<object>();
+            Assert.AreSame(pyInt.GetType(), typeof(int));
+
+            object pyString = new PyString("hello").As2<object>();
+            Assert.AreSame(pyString.GetType(), typeof(string));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/pyobject.cs b/src/runtime/pyobject.cs
index 37d53eeec..e47463157 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pyobject.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/pyobject.cs
@@ -168,6 +168,20 @@ public T As<T>()
             return (T)result;
         }
 
+        public T As2<T>()
+        {
+            if (typeof(T) == typeof(PyObject))
+            {
+                return (T)(this as object);
+            }
+            object result;
+            if (!Converter.ToManaged(obj, typeof(T), out result, false))
+            {
+                throw new InvalidCastException("cannot convert object to target type");
+            }
+            return (T)result;
+        }
+
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Dispose Method