diff --git a/lib/react/api.rb b/lib/react/api.rb
index a60aa88..16aef16 100644
--- a/lib/react/api.rb
+++ b/lib/react/api.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class extends React.Component {
               this.__opalInstanceSyncSetState = true;
               this.__opalInstance.$component_will_mount();
               this.__opalInstanceSyncSetState = false;
-            }  
+            }
           }
           componentDidMount() {
             this.__opalInstance.is_mounted = true
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ def self.convert_props(properties)
           props["className"] = value
         elsif ["style", "dangerously_set_inner_HTML"].include? key
           props[lower_camelize(key)] = value.to_n
+
+        elsif key == "key"
+          props["key"] = value.to_key
+          
         elsif key == 'ref' && value.is_a?(Proc)
           props[key] = %x{
                           function(dom_node){
diff --git a/lib/react/object.rb b/lib/react/object.rb
index efeb700..02f7b92 100644
--- a/lib/react/object.rb
+++ b/lib/react/object.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,19 @@ def const_missing(const_name)
       React::Component::Tags.html_tag_class_for(const_name) || raise(e)
     end
   end
+
+  def to_key
+    object_id
+  end
+end
+class Number
+  def to_key
+    self
+  end
+end
+
+class Boolean
+  def to_key
+    self
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/react/key_to_react_spec.rb b/spec/react/key_to_react_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04cd11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/react/key_to_react_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'key_to_react helper', js: true do
+  it "will use the use the to_key method to get the react key" do
+    mount "TestComponent" do
+      class MyTestClass
+        attr_reader :to_key_called
+        def to_key
+          @to_key_called = true
+          super
+        end
+      end
+      class TestComponent < Hyperloop::Component
+        before_mount { @test_object = MyTestClass.new }
+        render do
+          DIV(key: @test_object) { TestComponent2(test_object: @test_object) }
+        end
+      end
+      class TestComponent2 < Hyperloop::Component
+        param :test_object
+        render do
+          "to key was called!" if params.test_object.to_key_called
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    pause
+    expect(page).to have_content('to key was called!')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/react/to_key_spec.rb b/spec/react/to_key_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa33c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/react/to_key_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'to_key helper', js: true do
+  it "has added 'to_key' method to Object and each key is different" do
+    expect_evaluate_ruby do
+      Object.new.to_key != Object.new.to_key
+    end.to be_truthy
+  end
+
+  it "to_key return 'self' for String objects" do
+    expect_evaluate_ruby do
+      debugger
+      "hello".to_key == "hello"
+    end.to be_truthy
+  end
+
+  it "to_key return 'self' for Number objects" do
+    expect_evaluate_ruby do
+      12.to_key == 12
+    end.to be_truthy
+  end
+
+  it "to_key return 'self' for Boolean objects" do
+    expect_evaluate_ruby do
+      true.to_key == true && false.to_key == false
+    end.to be_truthy
+  end
+end