diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-base.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-base.el
index 58dcd09d7e..0241f27395 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-base.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-base.el
@@ -354,6 +354,26 @@ eieio-persistent-validate/fix-slot-value
 		   proposed-value))
 		 (t
 		  proposed-value))))
+        ;; For hash-tables and vectors, the top-level `read' will not
+        ;; "look inside" member values, so we need to do that
+        ;; explicitly.
+        ((hash-table-p proposed-value)
+         (maphash
+          (lambda (key value)
+            (when (class-p (car-safe value))
+              (setf (gethash key proposed-value)
+                    (eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object
+                     value))))
+          proposed-value)
+         proposed-value)
+
+        ((vectorp proposed-value)
+         (dotimes (i (length proposed-value))
+           (when (class-p (car-safe (aref proposed-value i)))
+             (aset proposed-value i
+                   (eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object
+                    (aref proposed-value i)))))
+         proposed-value)
 
 	 ((stringp proposed-value)
 	  ;; Else, check for strings, remove properties.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el
index d0d2ff5145..ab96547f93 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el
@@ -926,6 +926,25 @@ eieio-override-prin1
 	 (object-write thing))
 	((consp thing)
 	 (eieio-list-prin1 thing))
+	((hash-table-p thing)
+         (let ((copy (copy-hash-table thing)))
+	   (maphash
+	    (lambda (key val)
+	      (setf (gethash key copy)
+		    (read
+		     (with-output-to-string
+		       (eieio-override-prin1 val)))))
+	    copy)
+	   (prin1 copy)))
+	((vectorp thing)
+         (let ((copy (copy-sequence thing)))
+	  (dotimes (i (length copy))
+	    (aset copy i
+		  (read
+		   (with-output-to-string
+		     (eieio-override-prin1
+		      (aref copy i))))))
+	  (prin1 copy)))
 	((eieio--class-p thing)
 	 (princ (eieio--class-print-name thing)))
 	(t (prin1 thing))))