diff --git a/lib/messages/search_entry.js b/lib/messages/search_entry.js
index 3daa52c..3a8a1a2 100644
--- a/lib/messages/search_entry.js
+++ b/lib/messages/search_entry.js
@@ -59,6 +59,30 @@ function SearchEntry(options) {
     });
     return obj;
   });
+
+  this.__defineGetter__('raw', function () {
+    var obj = {
+      dn: self.dn.toString(),
+      controls: []
+    };
+
+    self.attributes.forEach(function (a) {
+      if (a.buffers && a.buffers.length) {
+        if (a.buffers.length > 1) {
+          obj[a.type] = a.buffers.slice();
+        } else {
+          obj[a.type] = a.buffers[0];
+        }
+      } else {
+        obj[a.type] = [];
+      }
+        });
+    self.controls.forEach(function (element, index, array) {
+      obj.controls.push(element.json);
+    });
+    return obj;
+  });
+
   this.__defineGetter__('_dn', function () {
     return self.objectName;
   });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4133e55..12c956f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "name": "ldapjs",
   "homepage": "http://ldapjs.org",
   "description": "LDAP client and server APIs",
-  "version": "0.5.9",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/mcavage/node-ldapjs.git"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "lib": "./lib"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.6"
+    "node": ">=0.8"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "asn1": "0.1.11",