diff --git a/capnp/capnp.pyx b/capnp/capnp.pyx
index 9dc092e..b18a873 100644
--- a/capnp/capnp.pyx
+++ b/capnp/capnp.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 cimport cython
 cimport capnp_cpp as capnp
 cimport schema_cpp
-from capnp_cpp cimport Schema as C_Schema, StructSchema as C_StructSchema, DynamicStruct as C_DynamicStruct, DynamicValue as C_DynamicValue, Type as C_Type, DynamicList as C_DynamicList, fixMaybe, getEnumString, SchemaParser as C_SchemaParser, ParsedSchema as C_ParsedSchema, VOID, ArrayPtr, StringPtr, String, StringTree, DynamicOrphan as C_DynamicOrphan, DynamicObject as C_DynamicObject, WordArrayPtr
+from capnp_cpp cimport Schema as C_Schema, StructSchema as C_StructSchema, DynamicStruct as C_DynamicStruct, DynamicValue as C_DynamicValue, Type as C_Type, DynamicList as C_DynamicList, fixMaybe, getEnumString, SchemaParser as C_SchemaParser, ParsedSchema as C_ParsedSchema, VOID, ArrayPtr, StringPtr, String, StringTree, DynamicOrphan as C_DynamicOrphan, ObjectPointer as C_DynamicObject, WordArrayPtr
 
 from schema_cpp cimport Node as C_Node, EnumNode as C_EnumNode
 from cython.operator cimport dereference as deref
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ cdef to_python_builder(C_DynamicValue.Builder self, object parent):
     elif type == capnp.TYPE_VOID:
         return None
     elif type == capnp.TYPE_OBJECT:
-        raise ValueError("Cannot convert type to Python. Type is 'Object', but is being used improperly. You can only get 'Object' types from a struct")
+        return _DynamicObjectBuilder()._init(self.asObject(), parent)
     elif type == capnp.TYPE_UNKNOWN:
         raise ValueError("Cannot convert type to Python. Type is unknown by capnproto library")
     else:
@@ -620,20 +620,8 @@ cdef class _DynamicStructBuilder:
     cdef _get(self, field):
         cdef C_DynamicValue.Builder value = self.thisptr.get(field)
 
-        if value.getType() == capnp.TYPE_OBJECT:
-            return _DynamicObjectBuilder(field, self)
-        else:
-            return to_python_builder(value, self._parent)
-
-    cpdef _get_object(self, field, schema):
-        cdef _StructSchema s
-        if hasattr(schema, 'schema'):
-            s = schema.schema
-        else:
-            s = schema
-
-        return _DynamicStructBuilder()._init(self.thisptr.getObject(field, s.thisptr), self._parent)
-
+        return to_python_builder(value, self._parent)
+        
     def __getattr__(self, field):
         return self._get(field)
 
@@ -800,16 +788,24 @@ cdef class _DynamicObjectReader:
         else:
             s = schema
 
-        return _DynamicStructReader()._init(self.thisptr.as(s.thisptr), self._parent)
+        return _DynamicStructReader()._init(self.thisptr.getAs(s.thisptr), self._parent)
 
 cdef class _DynamicObjectBuilder:
-    cdef public object _field, _parent_struct
-    def __init__(self, field, parent_struct):
-        self._field = field
-        self._parent_struct = parent_struct
+    cdef C_DynamicObject.Builder * thisptr
+    cdef public object _parent
+    cdef _init(self, C_DynamicObject.Builder other, object parent):
+        self.thisptr = new C_DynamicObject.Builder(other)
+        self._parent = parent
+        return self
 
     cpdef as_struct(self, schema):
-        return self._parent_struct._get_object(self._field, schema)
+        cdef _StructSchema s
+        if hasattr(schema, 'schema'):
+            s = schema.schema
+        else:
+            s = schema
+
+        return _DynamicStructBuilder()._init(self.thisptr.getAs(s.thisptr), self._parent)
 
 cdef class _Schema:
     cdef C_Schema thisptr
diff --git a/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd b/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
index 9f27652..006d748 100644
--- a/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
+++ b/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
@@ -138,7 +138,14 @@ cdef extern from "capnp/dynamic.h" namespace " ::capnp":
             void adopt(char *, DynamicOrphan) except +ValueError
             DynamicOrphan disown(char *)
             DynamicStruct.Reader asReader()
-            DynamicStruct.Builder getObject(char *, StructSchema)
+
+cdef extern from "capnp/object.h" namespace " ::capnp":
+    cdef cppclass ObjectPointer:
+        cppclass Reader:
+            DynamicStruct.Reader getAs"getAs< ::capnp::DynamicStruct>"(StructSchema)
+        cppclass Builder:
+            Builder(Builder)
+            DynamicStruct.Builder getAs"getAs< ::capnp::DynamicStruct>"(StructSchema)
 
 cdef extern from "fixMaybe.h":
     EnumSchema.Enumerant fixMaybe(Maybe[EnumSchema.Enumerant]) except +ValueError
@@ -150,13 +157,6 @@ cdef extern from "capnp/dynamic.h" namespace " ::capnp":
         uint16_t getRaw()
         Maybe[EnumSchema.Enumerant] getEnumerant()
 
-    cdef cppclass DynamicObject:
-        cppclass Reader:
-            DynamicStruct.Reader as(StructSchema schema)
-        cppclass Builder:
-            DynamicObject.Reader asReader()
-            # DynamicList::Reader as(ListSchema schema) const;
-
     cdef cppclass DynamicList:
         cppclass Reader:
             DynamicValueForward.Reader operator[](uint) except +ValueError
@@ -201,12 +201,11 @@ cdef extern from "capnp/dynamic.h" namespace " ::capnp":
             char * asText"as< ::capnp::Text>().cStr"()
             DynamicList.Reader asList"as< ::capnp::DynamicList>"()
             DynamicStruct.Reader asStruct"as< ::capnp::DynamicStruct>"()
-            DynamicObject.Reader asObject"as< ::capnp::DynamicObject>"()
+            ObjectPointer.Reader asObject"as< ::capnp::ObjectPointer>"()
             DynamicEnum asEnum"as< ::capnp::DynamicEnum>"()
             Data.Reader asData"as< ::capnp::Data>"()
 
         cppclass Builder:
-            Builder()
             Type getType()
             int64_t asInt"as<int64_t>"()
             uint64_t asUint"as<uint64_t>"()
@@ -215,6 +214,7 @@ cdef extern from "capnp/dynamic.h" namespace " ::capnp":
             char * asText"as< ::capnp::Text>().cStr"()
             DynamicList.Builder asList"as< ::capnp::DynamicList>"()
             DynamicStruct.Builder asStruct"as< ::capnp::DynamicStruct>"()
+            ObjectPointer.Builder asObject"as< ::capnp::ObjectPointer>"()
             DynamicEnum asEnum"as< ::capnp::DynamicEnum>"()
             Data.Builder asData"as< ::capnp::Data>"()