diff --git ext/openssl/ossl_x509name.c ext/openssl/ossl_x509name.c
index 13e18ee..9defb93 100644
--- ext/openssl/ossl_x509name.c
+++ ext/openssl/ossl_x509name.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ ossl_x509name_to_a(VALUE self)
     X509_NAME_ENTRY *entry;
     int i,entries;
     char long_name[512];
-    const char *short_name;
+    const char *return_name;
     VALUE ary, ret;
 
     GetX509Name(self, name);
@@ -246,8 +246,11 @@ ossl_x509name_to_a(VALUE self)
 	if (!i2t_ASN1_OBJECT(long_name, sizeof(long_name), entry->object)) {
 	    ossl_raise(eX509NameError, NULL);
 	}
-	short_name = OBJ_nid2sn(OBJ_ln2nid(long_name));
-	ary = rb_ary_new3(3, rb_str_new2(short_name),
+	return_name = OBJ_nid2sn(OBJ_ln2nid(long_name));
+    if (strcmp(return_name,"UNDEF") == 0) {
+        return_name = &long_name;
+    }
+	ary = rb_ary_new3(3, rb_str_new2(return_name),
         		  rb_str_new((const char *)entry->value->data, entry->value->length),
         		  INT2FIX(entry->value->type));
 	rb_ary_push(ret, ary);
diff --git test/openssl/test_x509name.rb test/openssl/test_x509name.rb
index cf5a8b0..dc07e07 100644
--- test/openssl/test_x509name.rb
+++ test/openssl/test_x509name.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,39 @@ class OpenSSL::TestX509Name < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal(name_from_der.to_s, name.to_s)
     assert_equal(name_from_der.to_a, name.to_a)
     assert_equal(name_from_der.to_der, name.to_der)
+
+    dn = [
+      ["1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.7.5.3.1", "Unknown OID 1"],
+      ["1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34", "Unknown OID 2"],
+      ["C", "US"],
+      ["postalCode", "60602"],
+      ["ST", "Illinois"],
+      ["L", "Chicago"],
+      ["street", "123 Fake St"],
+      ["O", "Some Company, LLC"],
+      ["CN", "mydomain.com"]
+    ]
+    name = OpenSSL::X509::Name.new(dn)
+    ary = name.to_a
+    assert_equal("/1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.7.5.3.1=Unknown OID 1/1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34=Unknown OID 2/C=US/postalCode=60602/ST=Illinois/L=Chicago/street=123 Fake St/O=Some Company, LLC/CN=mydomain.com", name.to_s)
+    assert_equal("1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.7.5.3.1", ary[0][0])
+    assert_equal("1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34", ary[1][0])
+    assert_equal("C", ary[2][0])
+    assert_equal("postalCode", ary[3][0])
+    assert_equal("ST", ary[4][0])
+    assert_equal("L", ary[5][0])
+    assert_equal("street", ary[6][0])
+    assert_equal("O", ary[7][0])
+    assert_equal("CN", ary[8][0])
+    assert_equal("Unknown OID 1", ary[0][1])
+    assert_equal("Unknown OID 2", ary[1][1])
+    assert_equal("US", ary[2][1])
+    assert_equal("60602", ary[3][1])
+    assert_equal("Illinois", ary[4][1])
+    assert_equal("Chicago", ary[5][1])
+    assert_equal("123 Fake St", ary[6][1])
+    assert_equal("Some Company, LLC", ary[7][1])
+    assert_equal("mydomain.com", ary[8][1])
   end
 
   def test_s_parse