diff --git a/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG b/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG
index ffa7f52e2a4135e8a8482d7ed91a2faa594d4c48..92af61c6ffa61664a02b61202bfee3d1d0f3e1f5 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*SVN*
+
+* Do not convert driver options to strings (#4499)
+
 *1.1.0* (March 27th, 2005)
 
 * Make ActiveWebService::Struct type reloadable
diff --git a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/client/soap_client.rb b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/client/soap_client.rb
index c7f3b9d5945110bcec429117a9cb050fa12a487a..047543f95e1f8d54e48d01cf2fee7b593e391bce 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/client/soap_client.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/client/soap_client.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def initialize(api, endpoint_uri, options={})
         @soap_action_base ||= URI.parse(endpoint_uri).path
         @driver = create_soap_rpc_driver(api, endpoint_uri)
         @driver_options.each do |name, value|
-          @driver.options[name.to_s] = value.to_s
+          @driver.options[name.to_s] = value
         end
       end