diff --git a/asn1crypto/x509.py b/asn1crypto/x509.py
index 8cfb2c7..bcd18e4 100644
--- a/asn1crypto/x509.py
+++ b/asn1crypto/x509.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from ._errors import unwrap
 from ._iri import iri_to_uri, uri_to_iri
 from ._ordereddict import OrderedDict
-from ._types import type_name, str_cls, bytes_to_list
+from ._types import type_name, str_cls, byte_cls, bytes_to_list
 from .algos import AlgorithmIdentifier, AnyAlgorithmIdentifier, DigestAlgorithm, SignedDigestAlgorithm
 from .core import (
     Any,
@@ -708,7 +708,13 @@ def prepped_value(self):
         """
 
         if self._prepped is None:
-            self._prepped = self._ldap_string_prep(self['value'].native)
+            native = self['value'].native
+            if isinstance(native, str_cls):
+                self._prepped = self._ldap_string_prep(native)
+            else:
+                if isinstance(native, byte_cls):
+                    native = ' ' + native.decode('cp1252') + ' '
+                self._prepped = native
         return self._prepped
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
diff --git a/tests/test_x509.py b/tests/test_x509.py
index ece9252..a9d10de 100644
--- a/tests/test_x509.py
+++ b/tests/test_x509.py
@@ -466,6 +466,23 @@ def test_build_name_printable(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(printable_name.chosen[2][0]['value'].chosen, core.PrintableString)
         self.assertEqual('common_name', printable_name.chosen[2][0]['type'].native)
 
+    def test_name_hashable(self):
+        complex_name = x509.Name.build(
+            {
+                'country_name': 'US',
+                'tpm_manufacturer': 'Acme Co',
+                'unique_identifier': b'\x04\x10\x03\x09',
+                'email_address': 'will@codexns.io'
+            }
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "country_name:  us \x1e"
+            "email_address:  will@codexns.io \x1e"
+            "tpm_manufacturer:  acme  co \x1e"
+            "unique_identifier:  \x04\x10\x03\x09 ",
+            complex_name.hashable
+        )
+
     def test_v1_cert(self):
         cert = self._load_cert('chromium/ndn.ca.crt')
         tbs_cert = cert['tbs_certificate']