diff --git a/decoder.go b/decoder.go
index 1b3125e..02759c0 100644
--- a/decoder.go
+++ b/decoder.go
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ func (d *decoder) decodePtr(name string, raw ast.Node, result reflect.Value) err
 func (d *decoder) decodeSlice(name string, raw ast.Node, result reflect.Value) error {
 	n, ok := raw.(ast.ListNode)
 	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s: not a list type", name)
+		// If it isn't a list, we turn it into one
+		n = ast.ListNode{Elem: []ast.Node{raw}}
 	}
 
 	// If we have an interface, then we can address the interface,
diff --git a/decoder_test.go b/decoder_test.go
index 6f4095c..f747ebb 100644
--- a/decoder_test.go
+++ b/decoder_test.go
@@ -183,3 +183,49 @@ func TestDecode_structurePtr(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Actual: %#v\n\nExpected: %#v", actual, expected)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDecode_structureArray(t *testing.T) {
+	// This test is extracted from a failure in Consul (consul.io),
+	// hence the interesting structure naming.
+
+	type KeyPolicy struct {
+		Prefix string `hcl:",key"`
+		Policy string
+	}
+
+	type Policy struct {
+		Keys []KeyPolicy `hcl:"key"`
+	}
+
+	var actual Policy
+
+	err := Decode(&actual, testReadFile(t, "decode_policy.hcl"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := Policy{
+		Keys: []KeyPolicy{
+			KeyPolicy{
+				Prefix: "",
+				Policy: "read",
+			},
+			KeyPolicy{
+				Prefix: "foo/",
+				Policy: "write",
+			},
+			KeyPolicy{
+				Prefix: "foo/bar/",
+				Policy: "read",
+			},
+			KeyPolicy{
+				Prefix: "foo/bar/baz",
+				Policy: "deny",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("Actual: %#v\n\nExpected: %#v", actual, expected)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test-fixtures/decode_policy.hcl b/test-fixtures/decode_policy.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ed797b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-fixtures/decode_policy.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+key "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+
+key "foo/" {
+	policy = "write"
+}
+
+key "foo/bar/" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+
+key "foo/bar/baz" {
+	polizy = "deny"
+}