diff --git a/mapstructure.go b/mapstructure.go
index fbf3c24..bd46603 100644
--- a/mapstructure.go
+++ b/mapstructure.go
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@
 		err = d.decodePtr(name, data, val)
 	case reflect.Slice:
 		err = d.decodeSlice(name, data, val)
+	case reflect.Func:
+		err = d.decodeFunc(name, data, val)
 	default:
 		// If we reached this point then we weren't able to decode it
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type: %s", name, dataKind)
@@ -560,6 +562,19 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Decoder) decodeFunc(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
+	// Create an element of the concrete (non pointer) type and decode
+	// into that. Then set the value of the pointer to this type.
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
+	if val.Type() != dataVal.Type() {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"'%s' expected type '%s', got unconvertible type '%s'",
+			name, val.Type(), dataVal.Type())
+	}
+	val.Set(dataVal)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *Decoder) decodeSlice(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
 	dataValKind := dataVal.Kind()
diff --git a/mapstructure_test.go b/mapstructure_test.go
index f949572..226252a 100644
--- a/mapstructure_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_test.go
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
 	Value []Basic
 }
 
+type Func struct {
+	Foo func() string
+}
+
 type Tagged struct {
 	Extra string `mapstructure:"bar,what,what"`
 	Value string `mapstructure:"foo"`
@@ -482,6 +486,42 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDecode_FuncHook(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"foo": "baz",
+	}
+
+	decodeHook := func(f, t reflect.Type, v interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		if t.Kind() != reflect.Func {
+			return v, nil
+		}
+		val := v.(string)
+		return func() string { return val }, nil
+	}
+
+	var result Func
+	config := &DecoderConfig{
+		DecodeHook: decodeHook,
+		Result:     &result,
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	err = decoder.Decode(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("got an err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if result.Foo() != "baz" {
+		t.Errorf("Foo call result should be 'baz': %s", result.Foo())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDecode_NonStruct(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()