diff --git a/src/hlua_fcn.c b/src/hlua_fcn.c
index e6f4d73..faf9d7d 100644
--- a/src/hlua_fcn.c
+++ b/src/hlua_fcn.c
@@ -588,6 +588,12 @@
 			lua_pushinteger(L, read_freq_ctr_period(&stktable_data_cast(ptr, std_t_frqp),
 			                t->data_arg[dt].u));
 			break;
+		case STD_T_DICT: {
+			struct dict_entry *de;
+			de = stktable_data_cast(ptr, std_t_dict);
+			lua_pushstring(L, de ? (char *)de->value.key : "-");
+			break;
+		}
 		}
 
 		lua_settable(L, -3);