diff --git a/lib.nix b/lib.nix
index 2d450d5..63170b3 100644
--- a/lib.nix
+++ b/lib.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ let
   inherit (builtins) isString isFloat isInt isBool isList isAttrs isNull;
   inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep filter mapAttrs attrValues;
 
+  mkLuaRaw = raw: { _type = "raw"; inherit raw; };
+  isLuaRaw = val: getType val == "raw";
+
   mkLuaNil = { _type = "nil"; };
   isLuaNil = val: getType val == "nil";
 
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ let
 
   toLua = val:
     if isLuaNil val then "nil"
+    else if isLuaRaw val then val.raw
     else if isDictItem val then toLuaDictItem val.name val.value
     else if isAttrs val then toLuaDict val
     else if isList val then toLuaList val
@@ -47,5 +51,5 @@ let
 in
 {
   inherit toLua;
-  inherit mkLuaNil mkDictItem;
+  inherit mkLuaNil mkDictItem mkLuaRaw;
 }
diff --git a/lib.test.nix b/lib.test.nix
index f9f94d4..3dbcb48 100644
--- a/lib.test.nix
+++ b/lib.test.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 let
   nix2lua = import ./lib.nix;
-  inherit (nix2lua) toLua mkLuaNil mkDictItem;
+  inherit (nix2lua) toLua mkLuaNil mkDictItem mkLuaRaw;
 in
 pkgs.lib.runTests {
   "test returns null" = {
@@ -77,4 +77,8 @@ pkgs.lib.runTests {
     ];
     expected = "{ \"foo\", [\"foo\"] = \"hello\", 10 }";
   };
+  "test returns raw string" = {
+    expr = toLua (mkLuaRaw "hello");
+    expected = "hello";
+  };
 }