diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index c3084dbfc7..36f96b5712 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -442,6 +442,22 @@ $('li').eq(-1).text()
 //=> Pear
 ```
 
+#### .get( [i] )
+
+Retrieve the DOM elements matched by the Cheerio object. If an index is specified, retrieve one of the elements matched by the Cheerio object:
+
+```js
+$('li').get(0).name
+//=> li
+```
+
+If no index is specified, retrieve all elements matched by the Cheerio object:
+
+```js
+$('li').get().length
+//=> 3
+```
+
 #### .end()
 End the most recent filtering operation in the current chain and return the set of matched elements to its previous state.
 
diff --git a/lib/api/traversing.js b/lib/api/traversing.js
index 39a421c6c6..0fc0298185 100644
--- a/lib/api/traversing.js
+++ b/lib/api/traversing.js
@@ -287,6 +287,15 @@ var eq = exports.eq = function(i) {
   return this[i] ? this._make(this[i]) : this._make([]);
 };
 
+// Retrieve the DOM elements matched by the jQuery object.
+var get = exports.get = function(i) {
+  if (i == null) {
+    return Array.prototype.slice.call(this);
+  } else {
+    return this[i < 0 ? (this.length + i) : i];
+  }
+};
+
 var slice = exports.slice = function() {
   return this._make([].slice.apply(this, arguments));
 };
diff --git a/lib/cheerio.js b/lib/cheerio.js
index 7577f2e9e4..bc1f7f94ee 100644
--- a/lib/cheerio.js
+++ b/lib/cheerio.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Cheerio.prototype._make = function(dom) {
  */
 
 Cheerio.prototype.toArray = function() {
-  return [].slice.call(this, 0);
+  return this.get();
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/api.traversing.js b/test/api.traversing.js
index 09543ef1e6..9cbb0ca723 100644
--- a/test/api.traversing.js
+++ b/test/api.traversing.js
@@ -704,6 +704,35 @@ describe('$(...)', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('.get', function() {
+
+    it('(i) : should return the element at the specified index', function() {
+      var children = $(fruits).children();
+      expect(children.get(0)).to.be(children[0]);
+      expect(children.get(1)).to.be(children[1]);
+      expect(children.get(2)).to.be(children[2]);
+    });
+
+    it('(-1) : should return the element indexed from the end of the collection', function() {
+      var children = $(fruits).children();
+      expect(children.get(-1)).to.be(children[2]);
+      expect(children.get(-2)).to.be(children[1]);
+      expect(children.get(-3)).to.be(children[0]);
+    });
+
+    it('() : should return an array containing all of the collection', function() {
+      var children = $(fruits).children();
+      var all = children.get();
+      expect(Array.isArray(all)).to.be.ok();
+      expect(all).to.eql([
+        children[0],
+        children[1],
+        children[2]
+      ]);
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe('.slice', function() {
 
     function getText(el) {