diff --git a/decode_hooks.go b/decode_hooks.go
index 1321ba1..f9ae144 100644
--- a/decode_hooks.go
+++ b/decode_hooks.go
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// ComposeDecodeHookFunc creates a single DecodeHookFunc that
+// automatically composes multiple DecodeHookFuncs.
+//
+// The composed funcs are called in order, with the result of the
+// previous transformation.
+func ComposeDecodeHookFunc(fs ...DecodeHookFunc) DecodeHookFunc {
+	return func(
+		f reflect.Kind,
+		t reflect.Kind,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		var err error
+		for _, f1 := range fs {
+			data, err = f1(f, t, data)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			// Modify the from kind to be correct with the new data
+			f = getKind(reflect.ValueOf(data))
+		}
+
+		return data, nil
+	}
+}
+
 // StringToSliceHookFunc returns a DecodeHookFunc that converts
 // string to []string by splitting on the given sep.
 func StringToSliceHookFunc(sep string) DecodeHookFunc {
diff --git a/decode_hooks_test.go b/decode_hooks_test.go
index 2e22e22..6a226a7 100644
--- a/decode_hooks_test.go
+++ b/decode_hooks_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,83 @@
 package mapstructure
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestComposeDecodeHookFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	f1 := func(
+		f reflect.Kind,
+		t reflect.Kind,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return data.(string) + "foo", nil
+	}
+
+	f2 := func(
+		f reflect.Kind,
+		t reflect.Kind,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return data.(string) + "bar", nil
+	}
+
+	f := ComposeDecodeHookFunc(f1, f2)
+
+	result, err := f(reflect.String, reflect.Slice, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", err)
+	}
+	if result.(string) != "foobar" {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComposeDecodeHookFunc_err(t *testing.T) {
+	f1 := func(reflect.Kind, reflect.Kind, interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return nil, errors.New("foo")
+	}
+
+	f2 := func(reflect.Kind, reflect.Kind, interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		panic("NOPE")
+	}
+
+	f := ComposeDecodeHookFunc(f1, f2)
+
+	_, err := f(reflect.String, reflect.Slice, 42)
+	if err.Error() != "foo" {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComposeDecodeHookFunc_kinds(t *testing.T) {
+	var f2From reflect.Kind
+
+	f1 := func(
+		f reflect.Kind,
+		t reflect.Kind,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return int(42), nil
+	}
+
+	f2 := func(
+		f reflect.Kind,
+		t reflect.Kind,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		f2From = f
+		return data, nil
+	}
+
+	f := ComposeDecodeHookFunc(f1, f2)
+
+	_, err := f(reflect.String, reflect.Slice, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", err)
+	}
+	if f2From != reflect.Int {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", f2From)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStringToSliceHookFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	f := StringToSliceHookFunc(",")
 
diff --git a/mapstructure.go b/mapstructure.go
index 66c6042..0c23d8b 100644
--- a/mapstructure.go
+++ b/mapstructure.go
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@
 	if d.config.DecodeHook != nil {
 		// We have a DecodeHook, so let's pre-process the data.
 		var err error
-		data, err = d.config.DecodeHook(d.getKind(dataVal), d.getKind(val), data)
+		data, err = d.config.DecodeHook(getKind(dataVal), getKind(val), data)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 
 	var err error
-	dataKind := d.getKind(val)
+	dataKind := getKind(val)
 	switch dataKind {
 	case reflect.Bool:
 		err = d.decodeBool(name, data, val)
@@ -206,21 +206,6 @@
 	return err
 }
 
-func (d *Decoder) getKind(val reflect.Value) reflect.Kind {
-	kind := val.Kind()
-
-	switch {
-	case kind >= reflect.Int && kind <= reflect.Int64:
-		return reflect.Int
-	case kind >= reflect.Uint && kind <= reflect.Uint64:
-		return reflect.Uint
-	case kind >= reflect.Float32 && kind <= reflect.Float64:
-		return reflect.Float32
-	default:
-		return kind
-	}
-}
-
 // This decodes a basic type (bool, int, string, etc.) and sets the
 // value to "data" of that type.
 func (d *Decoder) decodeBasic(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
@@ -238,7 +223,7 @@
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeString(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-	dataKind := d.getKind(dataVal)
+	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	converted := true
 	switch {
@@ -280,7 +265,7 @@
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeInt(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-	dataKind := d.getKind(dataVal)
+	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	switch {
 	case dataKind == reflect.Int:
@@ -313,7 +298,7 @@
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeUint(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-	dataKind := d.getKind(dataVal)
+	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	switch {
 	case dataKind == reflect.Int:
@@ -346,7 +331,7 @@
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeBool(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-	dataKind := d.getKind(dataVal)
+	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	switch {
 	case dataKind == reflect.Bool:
@@ -377,7 +362,7 @@
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeFloat(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-	dataKind := d.getKind(dataVal)
+	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	switch {
 	case dataKind == reflect.Int:
@@ -685,3 +670,18 @@
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func getKind(val reflect.Value) reflect.Kind {
+	kind := val.Kind()
+
+	switch {
+	case kind >= reflect.Int && kind <= reflect.Int64:
+		return reflect.Int
+	case kind >= reflect.Uint && kind <= reflect.Uint64:
+		return reflect.Uint
+	case kind >= reflect.Float32 && kind <= reflect.Float64:
+		return reflect.Float32
+	default:
+		return kind
+	}
+}