diff --git a/lib/twitter/client/tweets.rb b/lib/twitter/client/tweets.rb
index 764e793ec..05865b1ce 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/client/tweets.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/client/tweets.rb
@@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ def status_destroy(id, options={})
       # @example Retweet the status with the ID 28561922516
       #   Twitter.retweet(28561922516)
       def retweet(id, options={})
-        status = post("/1/statuses/retweet/#{id}.json", options)['retweeted_status']
-        Twitter::Status.new(status)
+        new_status = post("/1/statuses/retweet/#{id}.json", options)
+        orig_status = new_status.delete('retweeted_status')
+        orig_status['retweeted_status'] = new_status
+        Twitter::Status.new(orig_status)
       end
 
       # Updates the authenticating user's status
diff --git a/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb
index 54269beb2..b40a960bf 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@
       status = @client.retweet(28561922516)
       status.should be_a Twitter::Status
       status.text.should == "As for the Series, I'm for the Giants. Fuck Texas, fuck Nolan Ryan, fuck George Bush."
+      status.retweeted_status.text.should == "RT @gruber: As for the Series, I'm for the Giants. Fuck Texas, fuck Nolan Ryan, fuck George Bush."
+      status.retweeted_status.id.should_not == status.id
     end
   end