diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/lib/elasticsearch/persistence/repository/response/results.rb b/elasticsearch-persistence/lib/elasticsearch/persistence/repository/response/results.rb
index 73fb4f836..79390c92a 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-persistence/lib/elasticsearch/persistence/repository/response/results.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/lib/elasticsearch/persistence/repository/response/results.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Results
           #
           def initialize(repository, response, options={})
             @repository = repository
-            @response   = Elasticsearch::Model::HashWrapper.new(response)
+            @response   = response
             @options    = options
           end
 
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ def respond_to?(method_name, include_private = false)
           # The number of total hits for a query
           #
           def total
-            response['hits']['total']
+            raw_response['hits']['total']
           end
 
           # The maximum score for a query
           #
           def max_score
-            response['hits']['max_score']
+            raw_response['hits']['max_score']
           end
 
           # Yields [object, hit] pairs to the block
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def map_with_hit(&block)
           # @return [Array]
           #
           def results
-            @results ||= response['hits']['hits'].map do |document|
+            @results ||= @response['hits']['hits'].map do |document|
               repository.deserialize(document.to_hash)
             end
           end
@@ -81,6 +81,21 @@ def results
           # @return [Elasticsearch::Model::HashWrapper]
           #
           def response
+            @hash_wrapped_response ||= Elasticsearch::Model::HashWrapper.new(@response)
+          end
+
+          # Access the unwrapped raw response returned from Elasticsearch by the client
+          #
+          # @example Access the aggregations in the response
+          #
+          #     results = repository.search query: { match: { title: 'fox dog' } },
+          #                                 aggregations: { titles: { terms: { field: 'title' } } }
+          #     results.raw_response["aggregations"]["titles"]["buckets"].map { |term| "#{term['key']}: #{term['doc_count']}" }
+          #     # => ["brown: 1", "dog: 1", ...]
+          #
+          # @return [Hash]
+          #
+          def raw_response
             @response
           end
         end
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/test/unit/repository_response_results_test.rb b/elasticsearch-persistence/test/unit/repository_response_results_test.rb
index df8e08ae5..cd2db3635 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-persistence/test/unit/repository_response_results_test.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/test/unit/repository_response_results_test.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ class MyDocument; end
       assert_equal 5, subject.response._shards.total
     end
 
+    should "provide access to the raw response" do
+      assert_equal 5, subject.raw_response['_shards']['total']
+    end
+
+    should "return the raw response unwrapped" do
+      assert_equal @response, subject.raw_response
+    end
+
     should "return the total" do
       assert_equal 2, subject.total
     end