diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index c5a4beac56..00a47b3944 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
             command("trim", trim::trim),
             command("to-array", to_array::to_array),
             command("to-json", to_json::to_json),
+            command("to-toml", to_toml::to_toml),
             Arc::new(Where),
             Arc::new(Config),
             command("sort-by", sort_by::sort_by),
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index fc3d915829..9aca425f7d 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ crate mod split_row;
 crate mod take;
 crate mod to_array;
 crate mod to_json;
+crate mod to_toml;
 crate mod trim;
 crate mod view;
 crate mod where_;
diff --git a/src/commands/to_toml.rs b/src/commands/to_toml.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac0fe05a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/to_toml.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use crate::object::{Primitive, Value};
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+pub fn to_toml(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let out = args.input;
+    Ok(out
+        .map(|a| ReturnValue::Value(Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(toml::to_string(&a).unwrap()))))
+        .boxed())
+}
diff --git a/src/object/desc.rs b/src/object/desc.rs
index 4768262386..80d1ac4dc4 100644
--- a/src/object/desc.rs
+++ b/src/object/desc.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::object::types::Type;
 use derive_new::new;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Serialize, Deserialize, Hash)]
 pub enum DescriptorName {
@@ -31,13 +32,29 @@ impl DescriptorName {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, new)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, new)]
 pub struct DataDescriptor {
     crate name: DescriptorName,
     crate readonly: bool,
     crate ty: Type,
 }
 
+impl Serialize for DataDescriptor {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        match self.name {
+            DescriptorName::String(ref s) => {
+                serializer.serialize_str(s)
+            }
+            DescriptorName::ValueOf => {
+                serializer.serialize_str("value")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<&str> for DataDescriptor {
     fn from(input: &str) -> DataDescriptor {
         DataDescriptor {
diff --git a/src/object/dict.rs b/src/object/dict.rs
index 36216564f1..22167698c6 100644
--- a/src/object/dict.rs
+++ b/src/object/dict.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ use crate::object::DataDescriptor;
 use crate::object::{Primitive, Value};
 use derive_new::new;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
-use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+use serde::ser::{Serialize, Serializer, SerializeMap};
 use std::cmp::{Ordering, PartialOrd};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, new)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Clone, new)]
 pub struct Dictionary {
     entries: IndexMap<DataDescriptor, Value>,
 }
@@ -19,6 +20,28 @@ impl PartialOrd for Dictionary {
     }
 }
 
+impl Serialize for Dictionary {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(self.entries.len()))?;
+        for (k, v) in self.entries.iter() {
+            match v {
+                Value::Object(_) => {},
+                _ => map.serialize_entry(k, v)?
+            }
+        }
+        for (k, v) in self.entries.iter() {
+            match v {
+                Value::Object(_) => map.serialize_entry(k, v)?,
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        map.end()
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<IndexMap<String, Value>> for Dictionary {
     fn from(input: IndexMap<String, Value>) -> Dictionary {
         let mut out = IndexMap::default();