diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e1cefaecd7..65d1cea4ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Jan 24 12:58:41 2012  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* object.c (rb_Hash): add Kernel#Hash conversion method like
+	  Array() or Float().  a patch from Run Paint Run Run.  Fix #3131
+
 Tue Jan 24 11:38:05 2012  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/uri/common.rb (URI.encode_www_form_component): initialize on
diff --git a/include/ruby/intern.h b/include/ruby/intern.h
index fbc9c49cfb..7a7eee0662 100644
--- a/include/ruby/intern.h
+++ b/include/ruby/intern.h
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ VALUE rb_to_float(VALUE);
 VALUE rb_Float(VALUE);
 VALUE rb_String(VALUE);
 VALUE rb_Array(VALUE);
+VALUE rb_Hash(VALUE);
 double rb_cstr_to_dbl(const char*, int);
 double rb_str_to_dbl(VALUE, int);
 /* parse.y */
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index e3302d153e..1632a46e3a 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -2594,6 +2594,39 @@ rb_f_array(VALUE obj, VALUE arg)
     return rb_Array(arg);
 }
 
+VALUE
+rb_Hash(VALUE val)
+{
+    if (NIL_P(val)) return rb_hash_new();
+    VALUE tmp = rb_check_hash_type(val);
+    if (NIL_P(tmp)) {
+	if (TYPE(val) == T_ARRAY && RARRAY_LEN(val) == 0) 
+	    return rb_hash_new();
+	rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "can't convert %s into Hash", rb_obj_classname(val));
+    }
+    return tmp;
+}
+
+/*
+ *  call-seq:
+ *     Hash(arg)    -> hash
+ *
+ *  Converts <i>arg</i> to a <code>Hash</code> by calling
+ *  <i>arg</i><code>.to_hash</code>. Returns an empty <code>Hash</code> when
+ *  <i>arg</i> is <tt>nil</tt> or <tt>[]</tt>.
+ *
+ *     Hash([])          #=> {}
+ *     Hash(nil)         #=> nil
+ *     Hash(key: :value) #=> {:key => :value}
+ *     Hash([1, 2, 3])   #=> TypeError
+ */
+
+static VALUE
+rb_f_hash(VALUE obj, VALUE arg)
+{
+    return rb_Hash(arg);
+}
+
 /*
  *  Document-class: Class
  *
@@ -2839,6 +2872,7 @@ Init_Object(void)
 
     rb_define_global_function("String", rb_f_string, 1);
     rb_define_global_function("Array", rb_f_array, 1);
+    rb_define_global_function("Hash", rb_f_hash, 1);
 
     rb_cNilClass = rb_define_class("NilClass", rb_cObject);
     rb_define_method(rb_cNilClass, "to_i", nil_to_i, 0);
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_object.rb b/test/ruby/test_object.rb
index b05375ebba..15e7b72e35 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_object.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_object.rb
@@ -197,6 +197,19 @@ class TestObject < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal([o], Array(o))
   end
 
+  def test_convert_hash
+    assert_equal(Hash(nil), {})
+    assert_equal(Hash([]), {})
+    assert_equal(Hash(key: :value), {key: :value})
+    assert_raise(TypeError) { Hash([1,2]) }
+    assert_raise(TypeError) { Hash(Object.new) }
+    o = Object.new
+    def o.to_hash; {a: 1, b: 2}; end
+    assert_equal(Hash(o), {a: 1, b: 2})
+    def o.to_hash; 9; end
+    assert_raise(TypeError) { Hash(o) }
+  end
+
   def test_to_integer
     o = Object.new
     def o.to_i; nil; end