diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d6f694bb..48c0cb6cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ incremented for features.
 * lang: Add `set_inner` method to `Account<'a, T>` to enable easy updates ([#1177](https://github.com/project-serum/anchor/pull/1177)).
 * lang: Handle arrays with const as length ([#968](https://github.com/project-serum/anchor/pull/968)).
 * ts: Add optional commitment argument to `fetch` and `fetchMultiple` ([#1171](https://github.com/project-serum/anchor/pull/1171)).
+* lang: Implement `AsRef<T>` for `Account<'a, T>`([#1173](https://github.com/project-serum/anchor/pull/1173))
 
 ### Breaking
 
diff --git a/lang/src/accounts/account.rs b/lang/src/accounts/account.rs
index 7ce20e36d..600346585 100644
--- a/lang/src/accounts/account.rs
+++ b/lang/src/accounts/account.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ impl<'info, T: AccountSerialize + AccountDeserialize + Owner + Clone> AsRef<Acco
     }
 }
 
+impl<'info, T: AccountSerialize + AccountDeserialize + Owner + Clone> AsRef<T>
+    for Account<'info, T>
+{
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.account
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a, T: AccountSerialize + AccountDeserialize + Owner + Clone> Deref for Account<'a, T> {
     type Target = T;