diff --git a/marshal.go b/marshal.go
index afe6c371..dcddad8d 100644
--- a/marshal.go
+++ b/marshal.go
@@ -320,20 +320,25 @@ func (e *Encoder) valueToTree(mtype reflect.Type, mval reflect.Value) (*Tree, er
 	tval := e.nextTree()
 	switch mtype.Kind() {
 	case reflect.Struct:
-		for i := 0; i < mtype.NumField(); i++ {
-			mtypef, mvalf := mtype.Field(i), mval.Field(i)
-			opts := tomlOptions(mtypef, e.annotation)
-			if opts.include && ((mtypef.Type.Kind() != reflect.Interface && !opts.omitempty) || !isZero(mvalf)) {
-				val, err := e.valueToToml(mtypef.Type, mvalf)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
+		switch mval.Interface().(type) {
+		case Tree:
+			reflect.ValueOf(tval).Elem().Set(mval)
+		default:
+			for i := 0; i < mtype.NumField(); i++ {
+				mtypef, mvalf := mtype.Field(i), mval.Field(i)
+				opts := tomlOptions(mtypef, e.annotation)
+				if opts.include && ((mtypef.Type.Kind() != reflect.Interface && !opts.omitempty) || !isZero(mvalf)) {
+					val, err := e.valueToToml(mtypef.Type, mvalf)
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, err
+					}
 
-				tval.SetWithOptions(opts.name, SetOptions{
-					Comment:   opts.comment,
-					Commented: opts.commented,
-					Multiline: opts.multiline,
-				}, val)
+					tval.SetWithOptions(opts.name, SetOptions{
+						Comment:   opts.comment,
+						Commented: opts.commented,
+						Multiline: opts.multiline,
+					}, val)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	case reflect.Map:
@@ -570,11 +575,17 @@ func (d *Decoder) valueFromTree(mtype reflect.Type, tval *Tree, mval1 *reflect.V
 			mval = reflect.New(mtype).Elem()
 		}
 
-		for i := 0; i < mtype.NumField(); i++ {
-			mtypef := mtype.Field(i)
-			an := annotation{tag: d.tagName}
-			opts := tomlOptions(mtypef, an)
-			if opts.include {
+		switch mval.Interface().(type) {
+		case Tree:
+			mval.Set(reflect.ValueOf(tval).Elem())
+		default:
+			for i := 0; i < mtype.NumField(); i++ {
+				mtypef := mtype.Field(i)
+				an := annotation{tag: d.tagName}
+				opts := tomlOptions(mtypef, an)
+				if !opts.include {
+					continue
+				}
 				baseKey := opts.name
 				keysToTry := []string{
 					baseKey,
diff --git a/marshal_test.go b/marshal_test.go
index 9b099927..fec1662d 100644
--- a/marshal_test.go
+++ b/marshal_test.go
@@ -1444,6 +1444,54 @@ func TestMarshalCustomMultiline(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMarshalEmbedTree(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := []byte(`OuterField1 = "Out"
+OuterField2 = 1024
+
+[TreeField]
+  InnerField1 = "In"
+  InnerField2 = 2048
+
+  [TreeField.EmbedStruct]
+    EmbedField = "Embed"
+`)
+	type InnerStruct struct {
+		InnerField1 string
+		InnerField2 int
+		EmbedStruct struct{
+			EmbedField string
+		}
+	}
+
+	type OuterStruct struct {
+		OuterField1 string
+		OuterField2 int
+		TreeField *Tree
+	}
+
+	tree, err := Load(`
+InnerField1 = "In"
+InnerField2 = 2048
+
+[EmbedStruct]
+	EmbedField = "Embed"
+`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	out := OuterStruct{
+		"Out",
+		1024,
+		tree,
+	}
+	actual, _ := Marshal(out)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(actual, expected){
+		t.Errorf("Bad marshal: expected %s, got %s", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
 var testDocBasicToml = []byte(`
 [document]
   bool_val = true
@@ -2674,3 +2722,53 @@ InnerField = "After4"
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUnmarshalEmbedTree(t *testing.T) {
+	toml := []byte(`
+OuterField1 = "Out"
+OuterField2 = 1024
+
+[TreeField]
+InnerField1 = "In"
+InnerField2 = 2048
+
+	[TreeField.EmbedStruct]
+		EmbedField = "Embed"
+
+`)
+	type InnerStruct struct {
+		InnerField1 string
+		InnerField2 int
+		EmbedStruct struct{
+			EmbedField string
+		}
+	}
+
+	type OuterStruct struct {
+		OuterField1 string
+		OuterField2 int
+		TreeField *Tree
+	}
+
+	out := OuterStruct{}
+	actual := InnerStruct{}
+	expected := InnerStruct{
+		"In",
+		2048,
+		struct{
+			EmbedField string
+		}{
+			EmbedField:"Embed",
+		},
+	}
+	if err := Unmarshal(toml, &out); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := out.TreeField.Unmarshal(&actual); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected){
+		t.Errorf("Bad unmarshal: expected %v, got %v", expected, actual)
+	}
+}