diff --git a/observ/dict_proxy.py b/observ/dict_proxy.py
index 8b8b774..97772b7 100644
--- a/observ/dict_proxy.py
+++ b/observ/dict_proxy.py
@@ -75,4 +75,9 @@ def readonly_dict_proxy_init(self, target, shallow=False, **kwargs):
     },
 )
 
-TYPE_LOOKUP[dict] = (DictProxy, ReadonlyDictProxy)
+
+def type_test(target):
+    return isinstance(target, dict)
+
+
+TYPE_LOOKUP[type_test] = (DictProxy, ReadonlyDictProxy)
diff --git a/observ/list_proxy.py b/observ/list_proxy.py
index a7c2386..005095f 100644
--- a/observ/list_proxy.py
+++ b/observ/list_proxy.py
@@ -69,4 +69,8 @@ def readonly_list_proxy_init(self, target, shallow=False, **kwargs):
 )
 
 
-TYPE_LOOKUP[list] = (ListProxy, ReadonlyListProxy)
+def type_test(target):
+    return isinstance(target, list)
+
+
+TYPE_LOOKUP[type_test] = (ListProxy, ReadonlyListProxy)
diff --git a/observ/object_proxy.py b/observ/object_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbb31b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/observ/object_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+from .proxy import TYPE_LOOKUP, Proxy
+from .proxy_db import proxy_db
+from .traps import construct_methods_traps_dict, trap_map, trap_map_readonly
+
+######################
+# UNTRAPPED ATTRIBUTES
+######################
+
+# CREATION HOOKS:
+# '__init__',
+# '__init_subclass__',
+# '__new__',
+
+# PICKLE HOOKS:
+# '__reduce__',
+# '__reduce_ex__',
+# '__getstate__',
+
+# WEAKREF STORAGE:
+# '__weakref__',
+
+# FORMATTING HOOKS:
+# '__format__',
+
+# INTERNALS:
+# '__dict__',
+
+###########
+# QUESTIONS
+###########
+# I don't think we can maintain per-key reactivity
+# like we do with dicts. For starters we can't
+# query the initial state since there is no .keys()
+
+# There are many _optional_ magic methods, such as __iter__
+# How do we support those without overcomplicating the traps?
+
+
+
+object_traps = {
+    "READERS": {
+        '__class__',
+        '__dir__',
+        '__doc__',
+        '__eq__',
+        '__ge__',
+        '__gt__',
+        '__hash__',
+        '__le__',
+        '__lt__',
+        '__module__',
+        '__ne__',
+        '__repr__',
+        '__sizeof__',
+        '__str__',
+        '__subclasshook__',
+        # also fires for method access :/
+        '__getattribute__',
+    },
+    "WRITERS": {
+        '__setattr__',
+        "__delattr__",
+    },
+}
+
+
+class ObjectProxyBase(Proxy[object]):
+    def _orphaned_keydeps(self):
+        return set(proxy_db.attrs(self)["keydep"].keys()) - set(vars(self.target).keys())
+
+
+def readonly_object_proxy_init(self, target, shallow=False, **kwargs):
+    super(ReadonlyObjectProxy, self).__init__(
+        target, shallow=shallow, **{**kwargs, "readonly": True}
+    )
+
+
+ObjectProxy = type(
+    "ObjectProxy",
+    (ObjectProxyBase,),
+    construct_methods_traps_dict(object, object_traps, trap_map),
+)
+ReadonlyObjectProxy = type(
+    "ReadonlyObjectProxy",
+    (ObjectProxyBase,),
+    {
+        "__init__": readonly_object_proxy_init,
+        **construct_methods_traps_dict(object, object_traps, trap_map_readonly),
+    },
+)
+
+
+def type_test(target):
+    # exclude builtin objects
+    return isinstance(target, object) and target.__module__ != object.__module__
+
+
+TYPE_LOOKUP[type_test] = (ObjectProxy, ReadonlyObjectProxy)
diff --git a/observ/proxy.py b/observ/proxy.py
index 2119ae3..c67d15d 100644
--- a/observ/proxy.py
+++ b/observ/proxy.py
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ def proxy(target: T, readonly=False, shallow=False) -> T:
         return existing_proxy
 
     # Create a new proxy
-    for target_type, (writable_proxy_type, readonly_proxy_type) in TYPE_LOOKUP.items():
-        if isinstance(target, target_type):
+    for type_test, (writable_proxy_type, readonly_proxy_type) in TYPE_LOOKUP.items():
+        if type_test(target):
             proxy_type = readonly_proxy_type if readonly else writable_proxy_type
             return proxy_type(target, readonly=readonly, shallow=shallow)
 
diff --git a/observ/set_proxy.py b/observ/set_proxy.py
index 5a46ed8..1ec6c71 100644
--- a/observ/set_proxy.py
+++ b/observ/set_proxy.py
@@ -75,4 +75,9 @@ def readonly_set_proxy_init(self, target, shallow=False, **kwargs):
     },
 )
 
-TYPE_LOOKUP[set] = (SetProxy, ReadonlySetProxy)
+
+def type_test(target):
+    return isinstance(target, set)
+
+
+TYPE_LOOKUP[type_test] = (SetProxy, ReadonlySetProxy)
diff --git a/observ/watcher.py b/observ/watcher.py
index 01c4887..770ed40 100644
--- a/observ/watcher.py
+++ b/observ/watcher.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from .dep import Dep
 from .dict_proxy import DictProxyBase
 from .list_proxy import ListProxyBase
+from .object_proxy import ObjectProxyBase
 from .scheduler import scheduler
 from .set_proxy import SetProxyBase
 
@@ -83,8 +84,14 @@ def traverse(obj, seen=None):
         val_iter = iter(obj.values())
     elif isinstance(obj, (list, ListProxyBase, set, SetProxyBase, tuple)):
         val_iter = iter(obj)
+    elif isinstance(obj, (object, ObjectProxyBase)):
+        try:
+            val_iter = iter(vars(obj).values())
+        except TypeError:
+            return
     else:
         return
+
     # track which objects we have already seen to support(!) full traversal
     # of datastructures with cycles
     # NOTE: a set would provide faster containment checks
diff --git a/tests/test_object_proxy.py b/tests/test_object_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69fe9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_object_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from observ.object_proxy import ObjectProxy
+from observ.proxy import proxy
+from observ.traps import ReadonlyError
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Foo:
+    bar: int
+
+
+def test_dataclass_proxy():
+    data = Foo(bar=5)
+    proxied = proxy(data)
+    assert isinstance(proxied, ObjectProxy)