diff --git a/lib/php_serialize.rb b/lib/php_serialize.rb
index 68b1cd1..1dfe327 100644
--- a/lib/php_serialize.rb
+++ b/lib/php_serialize.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'stringio'
+require 'ostruct'
 
 module PHP
 	class StringIOReader < StringIO
@@ -15,6 +16,16 @@ def read_until(char)
 		end
 	end
 
+	# Represents a serialized PHP object
+	class PhpObject < OpenStruct
+		# @return [String] The name of the original PHP class
+		attr_accessor :_php_classname
+
+		def to_assoc
+			each_pair.to_a
+		end
+	end
+
 	# Returns a string representing the argument in a form PHP.unserialize
 	# and PHP's unserialize() should both be able to load.
 	#
@@ -79,7 +90,8 @@ def PHP.serialize(var, assoc = false) # {{{
 				if var.respond_to?(:to_assoc)
 					v = var.to_assoc
 					# encode as Object with same name
-					s << "O:#{var.class.to_s.bytesize}:\"#{var.class.to_s.downcase}\":#{v.length}:{"
+					class_name = var.respond_to?(:_php_classname) ? var._php_classname : var.class.to_s.downcase
+					s << "O:#{class_name.bytesize}:\"#{class_name}\":#{v.length}:{"
 					v.each do |k,v|
 						s << "#{PHP.serialize(k.to_s, assoc)}#{PHP.serialize(v, assoc)}"
 					end
@@ -139,8 +151,8 @@ def PHP.serialize_session(var, assoc = false) # {{{
 	# to be the class itself; i.e. something you could call .new on.
 	#
 	# If it's not found in 'classmap', the current constant namespace is searched,
-	# and failing that, a new Struct(classname) is generated, with the arguments
-	# for .new specified in the same order PHP provided; since PHP uses hashes
+	# and failing that, a new PHP::PhpObject (subclass of OpenStruct) is generated,
+	# with the properties in the same order PHP provided; since PHP uses hashes
 	# to represent attributes, this should be the same order they're specified
 	# in PHP, but this is untested.
 	#
@@ -209,7 +221,8 @@ def PHP.do_unserialize(string, classmap, assoc)
 			when 'O' # object, O:length:"class":length:{[attribute][value]...}
 				# class name (lowercase in PHP, grr)
 				len = string.read_until(':').to_i + 3 # quotes, seperator
-				klass = string.read(len)[1...-2].capitalize.intern # read it, kill useless quotes
+				klass_in_php = string.read(len)[1...-2]
+				klass = klass_in_php.capitalize.intern # read it, kill useless quotes
 
 				# read the attributes
 				attrs = []
@@ -233,9 +246,10 @@ def PHP.do_unserialize(string, classmap, assoc)
 						classmap[klass] = val = Module.const_get(klass)
 
 						val = val.new
-					rescue NameError # Nope; make a new Struct
-						classmap[klass] = val = Struct.new(klass.to_s, *attrs.collect { |v| v[0].to_s })
-						val = val.new
+					rescue NameError # Nope; make a new PhpObject
+						val = PhpObject.new.tap { |php_obj|
+							php_obj._php_classname = klass_in_php.to_s
+						}
 					end
 				end
 
diff --git a/test/php_serialize_test.rb b/test/php_serialize_test.rb
index 5915b4f..d6b1f86 100644
--- a/test/php_serialize_test.rb
+++ b/test/php_serialize_test.rb
@@ -108,10 +108,25 @@ def test_sessions
 		end
 	end
 
-  def test_new_struct_creation
-    assert_nothing_raised do
-      phps = 'O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:3:"url";s:17:"/legacy/index.php";s:8:"dateTime";s:19:"2012-10-24 22:29:13";}'
-      PHP.unserialize(phps)
-    end
-  end
+	def test_creates_php_object_instance_if_class_undefined
+		assert_nothing_raised do
+			phps = 'O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:3:"url";s:17:"/legacy/index.php";s:8:"dateTime";s:19:"2012-10-24 22:29:13";}'
+			unserialized = PHP.unserialize(phps)
+
+			assert_kind_of PHP::PhpObject, unserialized
+			assert_equal "/legacy/index.php", unserialized.url
+
+			reserialized = PHP.serialize(unserialized)
+			assert_equal phps, reserialized
+		end
+	end
+
+	def test_same_classname_appears_twice
+		assert_nothing_raised do
+			# can be generated with:
+			# 	serialize([(object)["foo" => 1], (object)["bar" => 2]])
+			phps = 'a:2:{i:0;O:8:"stdClass":1:{s:3:"foo";i:1;}i:1;O:8:"stdClass":1:{s:3:"bar";i:2;}}'
+			PHP.unserialize(phps)
+		end
+	end
 end