diff --git a/mapstructure.go b/mapstructure.go
index c46fe2b..a61df0b 100644
--- a/mapstructure.go
+++ b/mapstructure.go
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@
 			if fieldType.Anonymous {
 				fieldKind := fieldType.Type.Kind()
 				if fieldKind != reflect.Struct {
-					errors = appendErrors(errors, fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type: %s", fieldType.Name, fieldKind))
+					errors = appendErrors(errors,
+						fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type: %s", fieldType.Name, fieldKind))
 					continue
 				}
 
diff --git a/mapstructure_test.go b/mapstructure_test.go
index 3ac1dda..53aa5f8 100644
--- a/mapstructure_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 	Vunique string
 }
 
+type EmbeddedPointer struct {
+	*Basic
+	Vunique string
+}
+
 type EmbeddedSquash struct {
 	Basic   `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	Vunique string
@@ -173,6 +178,24 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDecode_EmbeddedPointer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"vstring": "foo",
+		"Basic": map[string]interface{}{
+			"vstring": "innerfoo",
+		},
+		"vunique": "bar",
+	}
+
+	var result EmbeddedPointer
+	err := Decode(input, &result)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("should get error")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDecode_EmbeddedSquash(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()