diff --git a/lib/json/common.rb b/lib/json/common.rb
index 090066012..fdbbeeeef 100644
--- a/lib/json/common.rb
+++ b/lib/json/common.rb
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ def dump(obj, anIO = nil, limit = nil, kwargs = nil)
     opts = JSON.dump_default_options
     opts = opts.merge(:max_nesting => limit) if limit
     opts = merge_dump_options(opts, **kwargs) if kwargs
-    result = generate(obj, opts)
+    sanitized_obj = make_json_compatible(obj)
+    result = generate(sanitized_obj, opts)
     if anIO
       anIO.write result
       anIO
@@ -644,8 +645,24 @@ def merge_dump_options(opts, strict: NOT_SET)
     opts
   end
 
+  def make_json_compatible(obj)
+    case obj
+    when Hash
+      result = {}
+      obj.each do |k, v|
+        k = k.to_s unless String === k
+        result[k] = make_json_compatible(v)
+      end
+      result
+    when Array
+      obj.map { |v| make_json_compatible(v) }
+    else
+      obj
+    end
+  end
+
   class << self
-    private :merge_dump_options
+    private :merge_dump_options, :make_json_compatible
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/tests/json_generator_test.rb b/tests/json_generator_test.rb
index 526bb8c1f..c3ee6c496 100755
--- a/tests/json_generator_test.rb
+++ b/tests/json_generator_test.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ def test_dump_strict
     assert_equal '{}', dump({}, strict: true)
   end
 
+  def test_dump_duplicate_key_hash
+    assert_equal "{\"a\":5,\"c\":{\"b\":6}}", dump({ 'a' => 1,  a: 5, c: { 'b' => 2, b: 6 } })
+  end
+
   def test_generate_pretty
     json = pretty_generate({})
     assert_equal(<<'EOT'.chomp, json)