diff --git a/lib/i18n/core_ext/hash.rb b/lib/i18n/core_ext/hash.rb
index f2a2422b..955e0143 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/core_ext/hash.rb
+++ b/lib/i18n/core_ext/hash.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class Hash
   def slice(*keep_keys)
-    h = {}
+    h = self.class.new
     keep_keys.each { |key| h[key] = fetch(key) }
     h
   end unless Hash.method_defined?(:slice)
diff --git a/test/core_ext/hash_test.rb b/test/core_ext/hash_test.rb
index 25c57488..46884473 100644
--- a/test/core_ext/hash_test.rb
+++ b/test/core_ext/hash_test.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ class I18nCoreExtHashInterpolationTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal expected, hash.slice(:foo)
   end
 
+  test "#slice maintains subclasses of Hash" do
+    klass = Class.new(Hash)
+    hash = klass[:foo, 'bar', :baz, 'bar']
+    assert_instance_of klass,  hash.slice(:foo)
+  end
+
   test "#except" do
     hash = { :foo => 'bar',  :baz => 'bar' }
     expected = { :foo => 'bar' }