diff --git a/conf/1.0/schema.json b/conf/1.0/schema.json
index f98f69e..f597858 100755
--- a/conf/1.0/schema.json
+++ b/conf/1.0/schema.json
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
     "SuperUUID":{
       "subcomparator_type":"org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.TimeUUIDType",
       "comparator_type":"org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.TimeUUIDType",
-      "column_type":"Super"}
+      "column_type":"Super"},
+    "CompositeColumnConversion":{
+      "comparator_type":"org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.CompositeType(org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.IntegerType,org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type)",
+      "column_type":"Standard"}
   }
 }
diff --git a/conf/1.0/schema.txt b/conf/1.0/schema.txt
index 52edcc9..8f706d0 100755
--- a/conf/1.0/schema.txt
+++ b/conf/1.0/schema.txt
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ create keyspace TypeConversions with
 use TypeConversions;
 create column family UUIDColumnConversion with comparator = TimeUUIDType;
 create column family SuperUUID with comparator = TimeUUIDType and column_type = Super;
-
+create column family CompositeColumnConversion with comparator = 'CompositeType(IntegerType, UTF8Type)';
diff --git a/lib/cassandra/composite.rb b/lib/cassandra/composite.rb
index a933702..fabcd05 100644
--- a/lib/cassandra/composite.rb
+++ b/lib/cassandra/composite.rb
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ def valid_packed_composite?(packed_string)
       end
       return true
     end
+
+    def hash
+      return to_s.hash
+    end
+
+    def eql?(other)
+      return to_s == other.to_s
+    end
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/test/cassandra_test.rb b/test/cassandra_test.rb
index 3e72409..95bc8f9 100755
--- a/test/cassandra_test.rb
+++ b/test/cassandra_test.rb
@@ -877,9 +877,10 @@ def test_composite_column_type_conversion
       ).keys
       assert_equal(columns_in_order[0..-2], column_slice)
 
+      assert_equal('value-2', @type_conversions.get(:CompositeColumnConversion, key, columns_in_order.first))
     end
   end
-  
+
   def test_column_timestamps
     base_time = Time.now
     @twitter.insert(:Statuses, "time-key", { "body" => "value" })