diff --git a/lib.nix b/lib.nix
index f1de359..9f1fe32 100644
--- a/lib.nix
+++ b/lib.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ let
     else if isString expr || isPath expr then toString expr
     else validationError expr "is not a valid string";
 
+  validStringOrRaw = expr: if isRaw expr then expr else validString expr;
+
   validFuncName = fnName:
     if isString fnName && builtins.stringLength fnName > 0 then raw fnName
     else validationError fnName "is not a valid function name";
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ let
   isNamedField = expr: getType expr == "table_field";
   namedField = name: expr: {
     _type = "table_field";
-    name = validString name;
+    name = validStringOrRaw name;
     value = toLua expr;
   };
 
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ let
   isValidFieldName = name: isString name && match "^[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_]*$" name == [ ];
   toLuaNamedField = name: expr:
     if isNull expr then null
+    else if isRaw name then "[${name.raw}] = ${expr}"
     else if isValidFieldName name then "${name} = ${expr}"
     else "[${toLuaString name}] = ${expr}";
   toLuaTable = onValue: expr: onValue (attrValues (mapAttrs namedField expr));
diff --git a/lib.test.nix b/lib.test.nix
index b1eeecf..d2db78b 100644
--- a/lib.test.nix
+++ b/lib.test.nix
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ with nix2lua; pkgs.lib.runTests {
     ];
     expected = ''{ "foo", 10 }'';
   };
+  "test returns named field with a raw in a key" = {
+    expr = toLua [
+      (namedField (raw "foo") 1)
+      (namedField "foo" 2)
+    ];
+    expected = ''{ [foo] = 1, foo = 2 }'';
+  };
   "test returns raw string" = {
     expr = toLua (raw "hello");
     expected = "hello";