diff -Nru golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/debian/changelog golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/debian/changelog
--- golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/debian/changelog	2016-10-15 09:12:04.000000000 +0000
+++ golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/debian/changelog	2016-12-04 13:11:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure (0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Team upload.
+  * Use debhelper v10
+  * Imported Upstream version 0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d
+
+ -- Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>  Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:11:24 +0100
+
 golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure (0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Tim Potter ]
diff -Nru golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/debian/compat golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/debian/compat
--- golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/debian/compat	2016-10-15 09:10:56.000000000 +0000
+++ golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/debian/compat	2016-12-04 13:10:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+10
diff -Nru golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/debian/control golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/debian/control
--- golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/debian/control	2016-10-15 09:10:56.000000000 +0000
+++ golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/debian/control	2016-12-04 13:10:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
            Tianon Gravi <tianon@debian.org>,
            Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>,
            Tim Potter <tpot@hpe.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-golang, golang-any
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), dh-golang, golang-any
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: https://github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-go/packages/golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure.git
diff -Nru golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/mapstructure.go golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/mapstructure.go
--- golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/mapstructure.go	2016-10-15 09:11:31.000000000 +0000
+++ golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/mapstructure.go	2016-12-04 13:10:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // The mapstructure package exposes functionality to convert an
-// abitrary map[string]interface{} into a native Go structure.
+// arbitrary map[string]interface{} into a native Go structure.
 //
 // The Go structure can be arbitrarily complex, containing slices,
 // other structs, etc. and the decoder will properly decode nested
@@ -651,14 +651,6 @@
 			fieldType := structType.Field(i)
 			fieldKind := fieldType.Type.Kind()
 
-			if fieldType.Anonymous {
-				if fieldKind != reflect.Struct {
-					errors = appendErrors(errors,
-						fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type: %s", fieldType.Name, fieldKind))
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-
 			// If "squash" is specified in the tag, we squash the field down.
 			squash := false
 			tagParts := strings.Split(fieldType.Tag.Get(d.config.TagName), ",")
diff -Nru golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/mapstructure_test.go golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/mapstructure_test.go
--- golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161006.0.a6ef2f0/mapstructure_test.go	2016-10-15 09:11:31.000000000 +0000
+++ golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure-0.0~git20161204.0.5a0325d/mapstructure_test.go	2016-12-04 13:10:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
 	Vunique string
 }
 
+type SliceAlias []string
+
+type EmbeddedSlice struct {
+	SliceAlias `mapstructure:"slice_alias"`
+	Vunique    string
+}
+
 type SquashOnNonStructType struct {
 	InvalidSquashType int `mapstructure:",squash"`
 }
@@ -271,8 +278,41 @@
 
 	var result EmbeddedPointer
 	err := Decode(input, &result)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("should get error")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := EmbeddedPointer{
+		Basic: &Basic{
+			Vstring: "innerfoo",
+		},
+		Vunique: "bar",
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecode_EmbeddedSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"slice_alias": []string{"foo", "bar"},
+		"vunique":     "bar",
+	}
+
+	var result EmbeddedSlice
+	err := Decode(input, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("got an err: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(result.SliceAlias, SliceAlias([]string{"foo", "bar"})) {
+		t.Errorf("slice value: %#v", result.SliceAlias)
+	}
+
+	if result.Vunique != "bar" {
+		t.Errorf("vunique value should be 'bar': %#v", result.Vunique)
 	}
 }