diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 04e7410..c4b8011 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package confita
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -269,6 +271,12 @@ func (f *FieldConfig) Set(data string) error {
 var durationType = reflect.TypeOf(time.Duration(0))
 var timeType = reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{})
 
+var unquotedNumericJSONKeyRE = regexp.MustCompile(`([{,]\s*)(-?\d+)\s*:`)
+
+func normalizeNumericJSONKeys(data string) string {
+	return unquotedNumericJSONKeyRE.ReplaceAllString(data, `$1"$2":`)
+}
+
 func convert(data string, value reflect.Value) error {
 	t := value.Type()
 	if t == durationType {
@@ -346,6 +354,34 @@ func convert(data string, value reflect.Value) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		value.SetFloat(f)
+	case reflect.Map:
+		keyKind := t.Key().Kind()
+		switch keyKind {
+		case reflect.String,
+			reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64,
+			reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("map key type '%s' not supported", keyKind)
+		}
+
+		nv := reflect.New(t)
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), nv.Interface()); err != nil {
+			if keyKind != reflect.String {
+				normalized := normalizeNumericJSONKeys(data)
+				if normalized != data {
+					nvRetry := reflect.New(t)
+					if errRetry := json.Unmarshal([]byte(normalized), nvRetry.Interface()); errRetry == nil {
+						value.Set(nvRetry.Elem())
+						return nil
+					} else {
+						return errRetry
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+
+		value.Set(nv.Elem())
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("field type '%s' not supported", t.Kind())
 	}
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index faf7702..4443e60 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -521,6 +521,61 @@ func TestSliceField(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestMapField(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("map of string to []int (json)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := struct {
+			Settings map[string][]int `config:"settings"`
+		}{}
+
+		st := store{
+			"settings": `{"key1":[1,2,3],"key2":[4,5,6]}`,
+		}
+
+		err := confita.NewLoader(st).Load(context.Background(), &s)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, map[string][]int{
+			"key1": {1, 2, 3},
+			"key2": {4, 5, 6},
+		}, s.Settings)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("map of int64 to []int64 (json numeric keys)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := struct {
+			AllowedMethods map[int64][]int64 `config:"allowed_methods"`
+		}{}
+
+		st := store{
+			"allowed_methods": `{"7":[1101],"37":[1101],"671":[1101]}`,
+		}
+
+		err := confita.NewLoader(st).Load(context.Background(), &s)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, map[int64][]int64{
+			7:   {1101},
+			37:  {1101},
+			671: {1101},
+		}, s.AllowedMethods)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("map of int64 to []int64 (non-json numeric keys)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := struct {
+			AllowedMethods map[int64][]int64 `config:"allowed_methods"`
+		}{}
+
+		st := store{
+			"allowed_methods": `{7:[1101], 37:[1101], 671:[1101]}`,
+		}
+
+		err := confita.NewLoader(st).Load(context.Background(), &s)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, map[int64][]int64{
+			7:   {1101},
+			37:  {1101},
+			671: {1101},
+		}, s.AllowedMethods)
+	})
+}
+
 var errorTests = []struct {
 	testName    string
 	store       store
@@ -598,6 +653,15 @@ var errorTests = []struct {
 		X uintptr `config:"X"`
 	}),
 	expectError: `field type 'uintptr' not supported`,
+}, {
+	testName: "unsupported-map-key-type",
+	store: store{
+		"X": `{"a":"b"}`,
+	},
+	into: new(struct {
+		X map[struct{}]string `config:"X"`
+	}),
+	expectError: `map key type 'struct' not supported`,
 }, {
 	testName:    "not-struct-pointer",
 	into:        struct{}{},