diff --git a/src/home_assistant/home_assistant.rs b/src/home_assistant/home_assistant.rs
index 64901ed..6104eea 100644
--- a/src/home_assistant/home_assistant.rs
+++ b/src/home_assistant/home_assistant.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::convert::Infallible;
+
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::python_utils::{detach, validate_type_by_name};
@@ -17,6 +19,16 @@ impl<'source> FromPyObject<'source> for HomeAssistant {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'py> IntoPyObject<'py> for &HomeAssistant {
+    type Target = PyAny;
+    type Output = Bound<'py, Self::Target>;
+    type Error = Infallible;
+
+    fn into_pyobject(self, py: Python<'py>) -> Result<Self::Output, Self::Error> {
+        Ok(self.0.bind(py).to_owned())
+    }
+}
+
 impl HomeAssistant {
     /// Return the representation
     pub fn repr(&self, py: Python<'_>) -> Result<String, PyErr> {