diff --git a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
index 0e2dce52..2664a01f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
@@ -248,6 +248,15 @@ module Jekyll
       end
     end
 
+    # Convert an object into its String representation for debugging
+    #
+    # input - The Object to be converted
+    #
+    # Returns a String representation of the object.
+    def inspect(input)
+      CGI.escapeHTML(input.inspect)
+    end
+
     private
     def time(input)
       case input
diff --git a/test/test_filters.rb b/test/test_filters.rb
index d43dc01b..58841fe8 100644
--- a/test/test_filters.rb
+++ b/test/test_filters.rb
@@ -211,5 +211,11 @@ class TestFilters < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
 
+    context "inspect filter" do
+      should "return a HTML-escaped string representation of an object" do
+        assert_equal "{&quot;&lt;a&gt;&quot;=&gt;1}", @filter.inspect({ "<a>" => 1 })
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 end