diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Collection.php b/lib/Doctrine/Collection.php
index a9ab60c13..8afd677da 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Collection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Collection.php
@@ -580,9 +580,25 @@ class Doctrine_Collection extends Doctrine_Access implements Countable, Iterator
 
         return $this;
     }
-    public function toArray()
+    /**
+     * toArray
+     * Mimics the result of a $query->execute(array(), Doctrine::FETCH_ARRAY);
+     *
+     * @param boolean $deep
+     */
+    public function toArray($deep = false)
     {
-        return $this->data;	
+        if ($deep) {
+            $data = array();
+            foreach ($this->data as $key => $record) {
+                $data[$key] = $record->toArray($deep);
+            }
+            return $data;
+        } else {
+            // this is preserved for backwards compatibility
+            // but could be replaced with above code
+            return $this->data;
+        }
     }
     public function getDeleteDiff()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Record.php b/lib/Doctrine/Record.php
index 8f09768c6..e0d3e3e4b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Record.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Record.php
@@ -1111,9 +1111,10 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Record extends Doctrine_Record_Abstract implements Count
      * toArray
      * returns the record as an array
      *
+     * @param boolean $deep - Return also the relations
      * @return array
      */
-    public function toArray()
+    public function toArray($deep = false)
     {
         $a = array();
 
@@ -1127,6 +1128,11 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Record extends Doctrine_Record_Abstract implements Count
             $i      = $this->_table->getIdentifier();
             $a[$i]  = $this->getIncremented();
         }
+        if ($deep) {
+            foreach ($this->_references as $key => $relation) {
+                $a[$key] = $relation->toArray($deep);
+            }
+        }
         return array_merge($a, $this->_values);
     }
     /**