diff --git a/src/reagent/core.cljs b/src/reagent/core.cljs
index 79c6e9e..f59a32d 100644
--- a/src/reagent/core.cljs
+++ b/src/reagent/core.cljs
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ which is equivalent to
   [form]
   (tmpl/as-element form))
 
+(defn adapt-react-class [c]
+  (tmpl/adapt-react-class c))
+
 (defn render
   "Render a Reagent component into the DOM. The first argument may be 
 either a vector (using Reagent's Hiccup syntax), or a React element. The second argument should be a DOM node.
diff --git a/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs b/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
index 9e057b9..cb6ff1d 100644
--- a/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
+++ b/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
              from a tag name."}
   re-tag #"([^\s\.#]+)(?:#([^\s\.#]+))?(?:\.([^\s#]+))?")
 
+(deftype NativeWrapper [comp])
+
 
 ;;; Common utilities
 
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@
 
 (defn valid-tag? [x]
   (or (hiccup-tag? x)
-      (ifn? x)))
+      (ifn? x)
+      (instance? NativeWrapper x)))
 
 
 ;;; Props conversion
@@ -186,20 +189,26 @@
     (.' js/React createElement c jsprops)))
 
 
+(defn adapt-react-class [c]
+  (NativeWrapper. #js{:name c
+                      :id nil
+                      :class nil}))
+
 (def tag-name-cache #js{})
 
 (defn cached-parse [x]
-  (if-some [s (obj-get tag-name-cache (name x))]
-    s
-    (aset tag-name-cache (name x) (parse-tag x))))
-
+  (if (hiccup-tag? x)
+    (if-some [s (obj-get tag-name-cache (name x))]
+      s
+      (aset tag-name-cache (name x) (parse-tag x)))
+    (when (instance? NativeWrapper x)
+      (.-comp x))))
 
 (declare as-element)
 
 (defn native-element [tag argv]
-  (when (hiccup-tag? tag)
-    (let [parsed (cached-parse tag)
-          comp (.' parsed :name)]
+  (when-let [parsed (cached-parse tag)]
+    (let [comp (.' parsed :name)]
       (let [props (nth argv 1 nil)
             hasprops (or (nil? props) (map? props))
             jsprops (convert-props (if hasprops props) parsed)
diff --git a/test/testreagent.cljs b/test/testreagent.cljs
index 8262012..35906eb 100644
--- a/test/testreagent.cljs
+++ b/test/testreagent.cljs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require [cljs.test :as t :refer-macros [is deftest testing]]
             [reagent.ratom :as rv :refer-macros [reaction]]
             [reagent.debug :refer-macros [dbg println log]]
+            [reagent.interop :refer-macros [.' .!]]
             [reagent.core :as reagent :refer [atom]]))
 
 (defn running [] (rv/running))
@@ -436,3 +437,37 @@
     (is (= (rstr (ae [:div [:div "foo"]]))
            (rstr (ae [:div (ce "div" nil "foo")]))))))
 
+(def ndiv (.' js/React
+              createClass
+              #js{:render
+                  (fn []
+                    (this-as
+                     this
+                     (reagent/create-element
+                      "div" #js{:className (.' this :props.className)}
+                      (.' this :props.children))))}))
+
+(deftest test-adapt-class
+  (let [d1 (reagent/adapt-react-class ndiv)
+        d2 (reagent/adapt-react-class "div")]
+    (is (= (rstr [:div])
+           (rstr [d1])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div "a"])
+           (rstr [d1 "a"])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div "a" "b"])
+           (rstr [d1 "a" "b"])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div.foo "a"])
+           (rstr [d1 {:class "foo"} "a"])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div "a" "b" [:div "c"]])
+           (rstr [d1 "a" "b" [:div "c"]])))
+
+    (is (= (rstr [:div])
+           (rstr [d2])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div "a"])
+           (rstr [d2 "a"])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div "a" "b"])
+           (rstr [d2 "a" "b"])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div.foo "a"])
+           (rstr [d2 {:class "foo"} "a"])))
+    (is (= (rstr [:div "a" "b" [:div "c"]])
+           (rstr [d2 "a" "b" [:div "c"]])))))