diff --git a/decoder_test.go b/decoder_test.go
index e58165f..480be4f 100644
--- a/decoder_test.go
+++ b/decoder_test.go
@@ -207,6 +207,16 @@ func TestDecode_interface(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			"list_of_lists.hcl",
+			false,
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": []interface{}{
+					[]interface{}{"foo"},
+					[]interface{}{"bar"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			"list_of_maps.hcl",
 			false,
diff --git a/hcl/parser/parser.go b/hcl/parser/parser.go
index 8dd73e0..6e54bed 100644
--- a/hcl/parser/parser.go
+++ b/hcl/parser/parser.go
@@ -389,9 +389,15 @@ func (p *Parser) listType() (*ast.ListType, error) {
 			l.Add(node)
 			needComma = true
 		case token.LBRACK:
-			// TODO(arslan) should we support nested lists? Even though it's
-			// written in README of HCL, it's not a part of the grammar
-			// (not defined in parse.y)
+			node, err := p.listType()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, &PosError{
+					Pos: tok.Pos,
+					Err: fmt.Errorf(
+						"error while trying to parse list within list: %s", err),
+				}
+			}
+			l.Add(node)
 		case token.RBRACK:
 			// finished
 			l.Rbrack = p.tok.Pos
diff --git a/test-fixtures/list_of_lists.hcl b/test-fixtures/list_of_lists.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8af3458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-fixtures/list_of_lists.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+foo = [["foo"], ["bar"]]
+