diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Http/Resources/CollectsResources.php b/src/Illuminate/Http/Resources/CollectsResources.php
index 1333c27fea8c..a5531f7a02ce 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Http/Resources/CollectsResources.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Http/Resources/CollectsResources.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Http\Resources;
 
 use Illuminate\Pagination\AbstractPaginator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 trait CollectsResources
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ protected function collectResource($resource)
             return $resource;
         }
 
+        if (is_array($resource)) {
+            $resource = new Collection($resource);
+        }
+
         $collects = $this->collects();
 
         $this->collection = $collects && ! $resource->first() instanceof $collects
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Http/Fixtures/ObjectResource.php b/tests/Integration/Http/Fixtures/ObjectResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c89b0b4678bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Http/Fixtures/ObjectResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
+
+class ObjectResource extends JsonResource
+{
+    public function toArray($request)
+    {
+        return [
+            'name' => $this->first_name,
+            'age' => $this->age,
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Http/ResourceTest.php b/tests/Integration/Http/ResourceTest.php
index 8136c6d7eb07..c9332ac63d5f 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Http/ResourceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Http/ResourceTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\Author;
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\AuthorResourceWithOptionalRelationship;
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\EmptyPostCollectionResource;
+use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\ObjectResource;
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\Post;
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\PostCollectionResource;
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\PostResource;
@@ -55,6 +56,47 @@ public function testResourcesMayBeConvertedToJson()
         ]);
     }
 
+    public function testAnObjectsMayBeConvertedToJson()
+    {
+        Route::get('/', function () {
+            return ObjectResource::make(
+                (object) ['first_name' => 'Bob', 'age' => 40]
+            );
+        });
+
+        $this->withoutExceptionHandling()
+            ->get('/', ['Accept' => 'application/json'])
+            ->assertStatus(200)
+            ->assertExactJson([
+                'data' => [
+                    'name' => 'Bob',
+                    'age' => 40,
+                ],
+            ]);
+    }
+
+    public function testArraysWithObjectsMayBeConvertedToJson()
+    {
+        Route::get('/', function () {
+            $objects = [
+                (object) ['first_name' => 'Bob', 'age' => 40],
+                (object) ['first_name' => 'Jack', 'age' => 25],
+            ];
+
+            return ObjectResource::collection($objects);
+        });
+
+        $this->withoutExceptionHandling()
+            ->get('/', ['Accept' => 'application/json'])
+            ->assertStatus(200)
+            ->assertExactJson([
+                'data' => [
+                    ['name' => 'Bob', 'age' => 40],
+                    ['name' => 'Jack', 'age' => 25],
+                ],
+            ]);
+    }
+
     public function testResourcesMayHaveNoWrap()
     {
         Route::get('/', function () {