diff --git a/lib/liquid/context.rb b/lib/liquid/context.rb
index 73ffca0..9ff7260 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/context.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/context.rb
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def invoke(method, *args)
-      strainer.invoke(method, *args)
+      strainer.invoke(method, *args).to_liquid
     end
 
     # Push new local scope on the stack. use <tt>Context#stack</tt> instead
diff --git a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
index ffa2ebb..7e2cc6d 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_template_result "213", '{{ foo | sort: "bar" | map: "foo" }}', "foo" => TestEnumerable.new
   end
 
+  def test_first_and_last_call_to_liquid
+    assert_template_result 'foobar', '{{ foo | first }}', 'foo' => [ThingWithToLiquid.new]
+    assert_template_result 'foobar', '{{ foo | last }}', 'foo' => [ThingWithToLiquid.new]
+  end
+
   def test_date
     assert_equal 'May', @filters.date(Time.parse("2006-05-05 10:00:00"), "%B")
     assert_equal 'June', @filters.date(Time.parse("2006-06-05 10:00:00"), "%B")
diff --git a/test/integration/variable_test.rb b/test/integration/variable_test.rb
index 37456cc..bd98131 100644
--- a/test/integration/variable_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/variable_test.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ class VariableTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal 'worked wonderfully', template.render!('test' => 'worked wonderfully')
   end
 
+  def test_variable_render_calls_to_liquid
+    assert_template_result 'foobar', '{{ foo }}', 'foo' => ThingWithToLiquid.new
+  end
+
   def test_simple_with_whitespaces
     template = Template.parse(%|  {{ test }}  |)
     assert_equal '  worked  ', template.render!('test' => 'worked')
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index d513f65..9c0daa9 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -66,3 +66,9 @@ module Minitest
     end
   end
 end
+
+class ThingWithToLiquid
+  def to_liquid
+    'foobar'
+  end
+end