diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php b/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php
index b00c0074e3a7..a6e3e9349e97 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 
 use ArrayAccess;
 use ArrayIterator;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\EnumeratesValues;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
 use stdClass;
 
-class Collection implements ArrayAccess, Enumerable
+class Collection implements ArrayAccess, CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString, Enumerable
 {
     use EnumeratesValues, Macroable;
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php b/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php
index 5036772b7087..70f107061898 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 use ArrayIterator;
 use Closure;
 use DateTimeInterface;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\EnumeratesValues;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
 use IteratorAggregate;
 use stdClass;
 
-class LazyCollection implements Enumerable
+class LazyCollection implements CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString, Enumerable
 {
     use EnumeratesValues, Macroable;
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Collections/Traits/EnumeratesValues.php b/src/Illuminate/Collections/Traits/EnumeratesValues.php
index d2944ffeb4db..9eb31ea851c5 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Collections/Traits/EnumeratesValues.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Collections/Traits/EnumeratesValues.php
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
  */
 trait EnumeratesValues
 {
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the object's string representation should be escaped when __toString is invoked.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $escapeWhenCastingToString = false;
+
     /**
      * The methods that can be proxied.
      *
@@ -900,7 +907,22 @@ public function getCachingIterator($flags = CachingIterator::CALL_TOSTRING)
      */
     public function __toString()
     {
-        return $this->toJson();
+        return $this->escapeWhenCastingToString
+                    ? e($this->toJson())
+                    : $this->toJson();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicate that the model's string representation should be escaped when __toString is invoked.
+     *
+     * @param  bool  $escape
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function escapeWhenCastingToString($escape = true)
+    {
+        $this->escapeWhenCastingToString = $escape;
+
+        return $this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Support/CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString.php b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Support/CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1be6fefac16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Support/CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Contracts\Support;
+
+interface CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString
+{
+    /**
+     * Indicate that the object's string representation should be escaped when __toString is invoked.
+     *
+     * @param  bool  $escape
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function escapeWhenCastingToString($escape = true);
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index 3c57ac766b91..b07fdb4f2a4f 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\QueueableEntity;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\UrlRoutable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Jsonable;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionResolverInterface as Resolver;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection as EloquentCollection;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 use JsonSerializable;
 use LogicException;
 
-abstract class Model implements Arrayable, ArrayAccess, HasBroadcastChannel, Jsonable, JsonSerializable, QueueableEntity, UrlRoutable
+abstract class Model implements Arrayable, ArrayAccess, CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString, HasBroadcastChannel, Jsonable, JsonSerializable, QueueableEntity, UrlRoutable
 {
     use Concerns\HasAttributes,
         Concerns\HasEvents,
@@ -110,6 +111,13 @@ abstract class Model implements Arrayable, ArrayAccess, HasBroadcastChannel, Jso
      */
     public $wasRecentlyCreated = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the object's string representation should be escaped when __toString is invoked.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $escapeWhenCastingToString = false;
+
     /**
      * The connection resolver instance.
      *
@@ -2128,7 +2136,22 @@ public static function __callStatic($method, $parameters)
      */
     public function __toString()
     {
-        return $this->toJson();
+        return $this->escapeWhenCastingToString
+                    ? e($this->toJson())
+                    : $this->toJson();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicate that the object's string representation should be escaped when __toString is invoked.
+     *
+     * @param  bool  $escape
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function escapeWhenCastingToString($escape = true)
+    {
+        $this->escapeWhenCastingToString = $escape;
+
+        return $this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/View/Compilers/Concerns/CompilesComponents.php b/src/Illuminate/View/Compilers/Concerns/CompilesComponents.php
index 143594acebaf..706e1b393c40 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/View/Compilers/Concerns/CompilesComponents.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/View/Compilers/Concerns/CompilesComponents.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\View\Compilers\Concerns;
 
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\View\ComponentAttributeBag;
 
@@ -183,6 +184,10 @@ protected function compileAware($expression)
      */
     public static function sanitizeComponentAttribute($value)
     {
+        if (is_object($value) && $value instanceof CanBeEscapedWhenCastToString) {
+            return $value->escapeWhenCastingToString();
+        }
+
         return is_string($value) ||
                (is_object($value) && ! $value instanceof ComponentAttributeBag && method_exists($value, '__toString'))
                         ? e($value)
diff --git a/tests/View/Blade/BladeComponentTagCompilerTest.php b/tests/View/Blade/BladeComponentTagCompilerTest.php
index eafec7d047d7..e3a055ba8d99 100644
--- a/tests/View/Blade/BladeComponentTagCompilerTest.php
+++ b/tests/View/Blade/BladeComponentTagCompilerTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\View\Compilers\BladeCompiler;
 use Illuminate\View\Compilers\ComponentTagCompiler;
 use Illuminate\View\Component;
@@ -291,10 +292,13 @@ public function __toString()
             }
         };
 
+        $model = new class extends Model {};
+
         $this->assertEquals(e('<hi>'), BladeCompiler::sanitizeComponentAttribute('<hi>'));
         $this->assertEquals(e('1'), BladeCompiler::sanitizeComponentAttribute('1'));
         $this->assertEquals(1, BladeCompiler::sanitizeComponentAttribute(1));
         $this->assertEquals(e('<hi>'), BladeCompiler::sanitizeComponentAttribute($class));
+        $this->assertSame($model, BladeCompiler::sanitizeComponentAttribute($model));
     }
 
     public function testItThrowsAnExceptionForNonExistingAliases()