diff --git a/src/hcl/parser.py b/src/hcl/parser.py
index d6a9121..4612ee5 100644
--- a/src/hcl/parser.py
+++ b/src/hcl/parser.py
@@ -71,17 +71,20 @@ def objectlist_flat(self, lt, replace):
             else:
                 if isinstance(v, dict):
                     dd = d.setdefault(k, {})
-                    for kk, vv in iteritems(v):
-                        if type(dd) == list:
-                            dd.append({kk: vv})
-                        elif kk in dd.keys():
-                            if hasattr(vv, 'items'):
-                                for k2, v2 in iteritems(vv):
-                                    dd[kk][k2] = v2
+                    if type(dd) is list:
+                        dd.append(v)
+                    else:
+                        for kk, vv in iteritems(v):
+                            if kk in dd.keys():
+                                if hasattr(vv, 'items'):
+                                    for k2, v2 in iteritems(vv):
+                                        dd[kk][k2] = v2
+                                else:
+                                    newdd = {kk: vv}
+                                    d[k] = [dd, newdd]
+                                    dd = newdd
                             else:
-                                d[k] = [dd, {kk: vv}]
-                        else:
-                            dd[kk] = vv
+                                dd[kk] = vv
                 else:
                     d[k] = v
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/structure_list2.hcl b/tests/fixtures/structure_list2.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1578277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/structure_list2.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+top {
+        a = "a"
+        b = "b"
+}
+top {
+        b = "b"
+        c = "c"
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/structure_list2.json b/tests/fixtures/structure_list2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..261f077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/structure_list2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "top": [
+        {
+            "a": "a",
+            "b": "b"
+        },
+        {
+            "b": "b",
+            "c": "c"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/structure_list3.hcl b/tests/fixtures/structure_list3.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1245e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/structure_list3.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+top {
+        a = "a"
+        b = "b"
+}
+top {
+        c = "c"
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/structure_list3.json b/tests/fixtures/structure_list3.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea34330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/structure_list3.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "top": [
+        {
+            "a": "a",
+            "b": "b"
+        },
+        {
+            "c": "c"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_decoder.py b/tests/test_decoder.py
index aafcf3e..01dd81c 100644
--- a/tests/test_decoder.py
+++ b/tests/test_decoder.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     ('structure_flatmap.hcl', 'structure_flatmap.json', None),
     ('structure_list.hcl', 'structure_list.json', None), # these don't match in golang either
     ('structure_list.hcl', None, {'foo': [{'key': 7}, {'key': 12}]}), # nor this
+    ('structure_list2.hcl', 'structure_list2.json', None),
+    ('structure_list3.hcl', 'structure_list3.json', None),
     ('issue12.hcl', 'issue12.json', None),
     #'structure_list_deep.json'
     ('structure_multi.hcl', 'structure_multi.json', None),