diff --git a/elasticsearch_dsl/utils.py b/elasticsearch_dsl/utils.py
index 3b231d25..1a8e8973 100644
--- a/elasticsearch_dsl/utils.py
+++ b/elasticsearch_dsl/utils.py
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ def __getstate__(self):
     def __setstate__(self, state):
         self._l_, self._obj_wrapper = state
 
+    def to_list(self):
+        return self._l_
+
 
 class AttrDict:
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 73931d43..615b4c24 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -100,3 +100,9 @@ def test_recursive_to_dict():
     assert utils.recursive_to_dict({"k": [1, (1.0, {"v": Q("match", key="val")})]}) == {
         "k": [1, (1.0, {"v": {"match": {"key": "val"}}})]
     }
+
+
+def test_attrlist_to_list():
+    l = utils.AttrList([{}, {}]).to_list()
+    assert isinstance(l, list)
+    assert l == [{}, {}]