diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 879b416e..2bf1c1cc 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1
+2.3.1
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1eec966..99ffeaa7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ rvm:
   - 2.0
   - 2.1
   - 2.2
+  - 2.3
   - jruby
   - rbx
   - ruby-head
@@ -16,8 +17,4 @@ matrix:
     - rvm: rbx
 notifications:
   email:
-    - piotr.solnica@gmail.com
-    - dan.kubb@gmail.com
-addons:
-  code_climate:
-    repo_token: 2b66fbb7c7c72503eb7841a479c0ad923f691729f4109b4aa8c9b4def1ebb42d
+    - gabe.saravia@fooda.com
diff --git a/lib/virtus/instance_methods.rb b/lib/virtus/instance_methods.rb
index 4448bf66..626de57d 100644
--- a/lib/virtus/instance_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/virtus/instance_methods.rb
@@ -41,8 +41,39 @@ module MassAssignment
       def attributes
         attribute_set.get(self)
       end
-      alias_method :to_hash, :attributes
-      alias_method :to_h, :attributes
+
+      # Returns a hash of all publicly accessible attributes (including nested attributes)
+      #
+      # @example
+      #   class Child
+      #     include Virtus
+      #
+      #     attribute :name, String
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Parent
+      #     include Virtus
+      #
+      #     attribute :name,  String
+      #     attribute :child, Child
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   parent = Parent.new(name: 'John', child: {name: 'Jim'})
+      #   parent.to_h  # => { name: 'John', child: {name: 'Jim'} }
+      #
+      # @return [Hash]
+      #
+      # @api public
+      def to_h
+        attributes.each_with_object({}) do |(k, v), h|
+          if v.is_a? Array
+            h[k] = v.map { |v| hash_if_responds_or_value v }
+          else
+            h[k] = hash_if_responds_or_value v
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      alias_method :to_hash, :to_h
 
       # Mass-assign attribute values
       #
@@ -198,6 +229,10 @@ def set_default_attributes!
 
     private
 
+    def hash_if_responds_or_value(value)
+      value.respond_to?(:to_h) ? value.to_h : value
+    end
+
     # The list of allowed public methods
     #
     # @return [Array<String>]
diff --git a/spec/unit/virtus/attributes_reader_spec.rb b/spec/unit/virtus/attributes_reader_spec.rb
index 82774c37..d1c98699 100644
--- a/spec/unit/virtus/attributes_reader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/virtus/attributes_reader_spec.rb
@@ -38,4 +38,30 @@
 
     it_behaves_like 'attribute hash'
   end
+
+  context "#to_h / #to_hash" do
+    let(:model) {
+      child = Class.new {
+        include Virtus
+
+        attribute :foo, String
+      }
+
+      Class.new {
+        include Virtus
+
+        attribute :bar, String
+        attribute :nested_model, child
+        attribute :array_of_nested_model, Array[child]
+
+      }
+    }
+
+    subject { model.new bar: "1", nested_model: { foo: "2" }, array_of_nested_model: [{ foo: "3" }, { foo: "4" }]  }
+
+    it "deeply converts to a hash" do
+      expect(subject.to_h).to eql(bar: "1", nested_model: { foo: "2" }, array_of_nested_model: [{ foo: "3" }, { foo: "4" }] )
+      expect(subject.to_hash).to eql(bar: "1", nested_model: { foo: "2" }, array_of_nested_model: [{ foo: "3" }, { foo: "4" }] )
+    end
+  end
 end