diff --git a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
index c02ec27..c29073e 100644
--- a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ def self.normalize_params(params, name, v)
       params
     end
 
+    def self.params_hash_type?(obj)
+      obj.is_a?(Hash)
+    end
+
     def self.unescape(s, encoding = Encoding::UTF_8)
       URI.decode_www_form_component(s, encoding)
     end