diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb b/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb
index 85628c3e..8eee448d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ def to_hierayaml
       YAML.dump('type' => { title => attributes }).split("\n").drop(2).join("\n") + "\n"
     end
 
+    def to_hash
+      values
+    end
+
     # attribute names that are not title or namevars
     def filtered_keys
       values.keys.reject { |k| k == :title || !attr_def[k] || (attr_def[k][:behaviour] == :namevar && @namevars.size == 1) }
diff --git a/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb b/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb
index 2a1ee68d..c31b8c00 100644
--- a/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb
@@ -56,5 +56,9 @@
         it { expect(instance.to_hierayaml).to eq "  ? |-\n    foo:\n    bar\n  : attr: value\n    attr_ro: fixed\n" }
       end
     end
+
+    describe '.to_hash' do
+      it { expect(instance.to_hash).to eq(namevarname: 'title', attr: 'value', attr_ro: 'fixed') }
+    end
   end
 end