diff --git a/unmarshaler.go b/unmarshaler.go
index 6f196e4..2c526e9 100644
--- a/unmarshaler.go
+++ b/unmarshaler.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ type decoder struct {
 	stashedExpr bool
 
 	// Skip expressions until a table is found. This is set to true when a
-	// table could not be create (missing field in map), so all KV expressions
+	// table could not be created (missing field in map), so all KV expressions
 	// need to be skipped.
 	skipUntilTable bool
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func (d *decoder) handleKeyPart(key ast.Iterator, v reflect.Value, nextFn handle
 		d.errorContext.Struct = t
 		d.errorContext.Field = path
 
-		f := v.FieldByIndex(path)
+		f := fieldByIndex(v, path)
 		x, err := nextFn(key, f)
 		if err != nil || d.skipUntilTable {
 			return reflect.Value{}, err
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ func (d *decoder) handleKeyValuePart(key ast.Iterator, value *ast.Node, v reflec
 		d.errorContext.Struct = t
 		d.errorContext.Field = path
 
-		f := v.FieldByIndex(path)
+		f := fieldByIndex(v, path)
 		x, err := d.handleKeyValueInner(key, value, f)
 		if err != nil {
 			return reflect.Value{}, err
@@ -1135,6 +1135,21 @@ func initAndDereferencePointer(v reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
 	return elem
 }
 
+// Same as reflect.Value.FieldByIndex, but creates pointers if needed.
+func fieldByIndex(v reflect.Value, path []int) reflect.Value {
+	for i, x := range path {
+		v = v.Field(x)
+
+		if i < len(path)-1 && v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+			if v.IsNil() {
+				v.Set(reflect.New(v.Type().Elem()))
+			}
+			v = v.Elem()
+		}
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
 type fieldPathsMap = map[string][]int
 
 var globalFieldPathsCache atomic.Value // map[danger.TypeID]fieldPathsMap
@@ -1192,7 +1207,11 @@ func forEachField(t reflect.Type, path []int, do func(name string, path []int))
 		}
 
 		if f.Anonymous && name == "" {
-			forEachField(f.Type, fieldPath, do)
+			t2 := f.Type
+			if t2.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+				t2 = t2.Elem()
+			}
+			forEachField(t2, fieldPath, do)
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/unmarshaler_test.go b/unmarshaler_test.go
index def6434..43a334e 100644
--- a/unmarshaler_test.go
+++ b/unmarshaler_test.go
@@ -2451,6 +2451,21 @@ answer = 42
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestIssue807(t *testing.T) {
+	type A struct {
+		Name string `toml:"name"`
+	}
+
+	type M struct {
+		*A
+	}
+
+	var m M
+	err := toml.Unmarshal([]byte(`name = 'foo'`), &m)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "foo", m.Name)
+}
+
 func TestUnmarshalDecodeErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	examples := []struct {
 		desc string