diff --git a/src/N3Writer.js b/src/N3Writer.js
index b4f2bf61..d6990e8d 100644
--- a/src/N3Writer.js
+++ b/src/N3Writer.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export default class N3Writer {
   // ### `quadToString` serializes a quad as a string
   quadToString(subject, predicate, object, graph) {
     return  `${this._encodeSubject(subject)} ${
-            this._encodeIriOrBlank(predicate)} ${
+            this._encodeTerm(predicate)} ${
             this._encodeObject(object)
             }${graph && !isDefaultGraph(graph) ? ` ${this._encodeIriOrBlank(graph)} .\n` : ' .\n'}`;
   }
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ export default class N3Writer {
 
   // ### `_encodeSubject` represents a subject
   _encodeSubject(entity) {
-    return entity.termType === 'Quad' ?
-      this._encodeQuad(entity) : this._encodeIriOrBlank(entity);
+    return this._encodeTerm(entity);
   }
 
   // ### `_encodeIriOrBlank` represents an IRI or blank node
@@ -215,18 +214,23 @@ export default class N3Writer {
 
   // ### `_encodePredicate` represents a predicate
   _encodePredicate(predicate) {
-    return predicate.value === rdf.type ? 'a' : this._encodeIriOrBlank(predicate);
+    return predicate.value === rdf.type ? 'a' : this._encodeTerm(predicate);
   }
 
   // ### `_encodeObject` represents an object
   _encodeObject(object) {
-    switch (object.termType) {
+    return this._encodeTerm(object);
+  }
+
+  // ### `_encodeTerm` represents an arbitrary term
+  _encodeTerm(term) {
+    switch (term.termType) {
     case 'Quad':
-      return this._encodeQuad(object);
+      return this._encodeQuad(term);
     case 'Literal':
-      return this._encodeLiteral(object);
+      return this._encodeLiteral(term);
     default:
-      return this._encodeIriOrBlank(object);
+      return this._encodeIriOrBlank(term);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/N3Writer-test.js b/test/N3Writer-test.js
index 4e1fc556..333a0a40 100644
--- a/test/N3Writer-test.js
+++ b/test/N3Writer-test.js
@@ -990,6 +990,45 @@ describe('Writer', () => {
       ).toBe('<a> <b> <<(<a> <b> <c> <g>)>> .\n');
     });
 
+    it('should serialize a triple with a literal as subject',
+      shouldSerialize([`"123"^^${xsd.boolean}`, 'b', 'c'], `"123"^^<${xsd.boolean}> <b> <c>.\n`));
+
+    it('should serialize a triple with a literal as predicate',
+      shouldSerialize(['a', `"123"^^${xsd.boolean}`, 'c'], `<a> "123"^^<${xsd.boolean}> <c>.\n`));
+
+    it('should serialize a triple with a language-tagged literal as subject',
+      shouldSerialize(['"hello"@en-us', 'b', 'c'], '"hello"@en-us <b> <c>.\n'));
+
+    it('should serialize a triple with a literal as subject in N3 mode',
+      shouldSerialize({ format: 'text/n3' },
+                      [`"123"^^${xsd.boolean}`, 'b', 'c'],
+                      `"123"^^<${xsd.boolean}> <b> <c>.\n`));
+
+    it('should serialize a triple with a literal as subject via quadToString', () => {
+      const writer = new Writer();
+      expect(
+        writer.quadToString(termFromId(`"123"^^${xsd.boolean}`), new NamedNode('b'), new NamedNode('c')),
+      ).toBe(`"123"^^<${xsd.boolean}> <b> <c> .\n`);
+    });
+
+    it('should serialize a triple with a literal as predicate via quadToString', () => {
+      const writer = new Writer();
+      expect(
+        writer.quadToString(new NamedNode('a'), termFromId(`"123"^^${xsd.boolean}`), new NamedNode('c')),
+      ).toBe(`<a> "123"^^<${xsd.boolean}> <c> .\n`);
+    });
+
+    it('should round-trip a triple with a literal as subject in N3 mode', done => {
+      const quad = new Quad(termFromId(`"1"^^${xsd.boolean}`),
+        new NamedNode('http://example.com/p'), new NamedNode('http://example.com/o'));
+      const writer = new Writer({ format: 'text/n3' });
+      writer.addQuad(quad);
+      writer.end((error, output) => {
+        expect(new Parser({ format: 'text/n3' }).parse(output)).toEqual([quad]);
+        done(error);
+      });
+    });
+
     /*
      * Test relativization of IRIs
      *