diff --git a/src/Psl/Type/Internal/ShapeType.php b/src/Psl/Type/Internal/ShapeType.php
index bae26522..65b2aad6 100644
--- a/src/Psl/Type/Internal/ShapeType.php
+++ b/src/Psl/Type/Internal/ShapeType.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Psl\Type;
 use Psl\Type\Exception\AssertException;
 use Psl\Type\Exception\CoercionException;
+use stdClass;
 
 use function array_diff_key;
 use function array_filter;
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ public function __construct(
      */
     public function coerce(mixed $value): array
     {
+        if ($value instanceof stdClass) {
+            $value = (array) $value;
+        }
+
         // To whom reads this: yes, I hate this stuff as passionately as you do :-)
         if (! is_array($value)) {
             // Fallback to slow implementation - unhappy path
diff --git a/tests/unit/Type/ShapeTypeTest.php b/tests/unit/Type/ShapeTypeTest.php
index 7366dbbe..43809d17 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Type/ShapeTypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Type/ShapeTypeTest.php
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ private function validCoercions(): iterable
             ]],
         ];
 
+        yield 'stdClass containing a valid shape' => [
+            (object) ['name' => 'saif', 'articles' => new Collection\Vector([
+                ['title' => 'Foo', 'content' => 'Bar', 'likes' => 0, 'dislikes' => 5],
+                ['title' => 'Baz', 'content' => 'Qux', 'likes' => 13, 'dislikes' => 3],
+            ])],
+            ['name' => 'saif', 'articles' => [
+                ['title' => 'Foo', 'content' => 'Bar', 'likes' => 0],
+                ['title' => 'Baz', 'content' => 'Qux', 'likes' => 13],
+            ]],
+        ];
+
         yield [
             ['name' => 'saif', 'articles' => new Collection\Vector([
                 ['title' => 'Foo', 'content' => 'Bar', 'likes' => 0, 'dislikes' => 5],
@@ -150,6 +161,9 @@ public function getInvalidCoercions(): iterable
         yield [['name' => 'saif', 'articles' => [
             ['title' => 'biz', 'content' => 'foo', 'upvotes' => 4] // 'likes' replaced by 'upvotes'
         ]]];
+        yield [(object) ['name' => 'saif', 'articles' => [
+            ['title' => 'biz', 'content' => 'foo', 'upvotes' => 4] // 'likes' replaced by 'upvotes'
+        ]]];
     }
 
     public function getToStringExamples(): iterable