diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index e29db74b89..5507ef8e31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * [#133](https://github.com/intridea/grape/issues/133): Fix: header-based versioning with use of `prefix` - [@seanmoon](https://github.com/seanmoon), [@dblock](https://github.com/dblock).
 * [#133](https://github.com/intridea/grape/issues/133): The value of `env['PATH_INFO']` is no longer altered with `path` versioning - [@dblock](https://github.com/dblock).
 * [#280](https://github.com/intridea/grape/issues/280): Fix: grouped parameters mangled in `route_params` hash - [@marcusg](https://github.com/marcusg), [@dblock](https://github.com/dblock).
+* [#304](https://github.com/intridea/grape/issues/304): Fix: `present x, :with => Entity` returns class references with `format :json` - [@dblock](https://github.com/dblock).
 
 * Your contribution here.
 
diff --git a/lib/grape/entity.rb b/lib/grape/entity.rb
index ce7785f5cb..0fbf332dce 100644
--- a/lib/grape/entity.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/entity.rb
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ def serializable_hash(runtime_options = {})
 
     alias :as_json :serializable_hash
 
+    def to_json(options = {})
+      options = options.to_h if options && options.respond_to?(:to_h)
+      MultiJson.dump(serializable_hash(options))
+    end
+
     protected
 
     def key_for(attribute)
diff --git a/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb b/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb
index 7fb5e65cef..596f7d83d1 100644
--- a/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb
@@ -472,6 +472,53 @@ def memoized
       end
       get '/example'
     end
+
+    [ :json, :serializable_hash ].each do |format|
+
+      it 'presents with #{format}' do
+        entity = Class.new(Grape::Entity)
+        entity.root "examples", "example"
+        entity.expose :id
+
+        subject.format format
+        subject.get '/example' do
+          c = Class.new do
+            attr_reader :id
+            def initialize(id)
+              @id = id
+            end
+          end
+          present c.new(1), :with => entity
+        end
+
+        get '/example'
+        last_response.status.should == 200
+        last_response.body.should == '{"example":{"id":1}}'
+      end
+
+      it 'presents with #{format} collection' do
+        entity = Class.new(Grape::Entity)
+        entity.root "examples", "example"
+        entity.expose :id
+
+        subject.format format
+        subject.get '/examples' do
+          c = Class.new do
+            attr_reader :id
+            def initialize(id)
+              @id = id
+            end
+          end
+          examples = [ c.new(1), c.new(2) ]
+          present examples, :with => entity
+        end
+
+        get '/examples'
+        last_response.status.should == 200
+        last_response.body.should == '{"examples":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}'
+      end
+
+    end
   end
 
   context 'filters' do