diff --git a/decoder.go b/decoder.go
index 7fb14ab..2fcac72 100644
--- a/decoder.go
+++ b/decoder.go
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ func (d *decoder) decodeInt(name string, o *hcl.Object, result reflect.Value) er
 	switch o.Type {
 	case hcl.ValueTypeInt:
 		result.Set(reflect.ValueOf(o.Value.(int)))
+	case hcl.ValueTypeString:
+		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(o.Value.(string), 0, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		result.SetInt(int64(v))
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: unknown type %s", name, o.Type)
 	}
diff --git a/decoder_test.go b/decoder_test.go
index 36e85f6..3a488c0 100644
--- a/decoder_test.go
+++ b/decoder_test.go
@@ -424,3 +424,18 @@ func TestDecode_structureMap(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDecode_intString(t *testing.T) {
+	var value struct {
+		Count int
+	}
+
+	err := Decode(&value, testReadFile(t, "basic_int_string.hcl"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if value.Count != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", value.Count)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test-fixtures/basic_int_string.hcl b/test-fixtures/basic_int_string.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e415da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-fixtures/basic_int_string.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+count = "3"