diff --git a/enviper.go b/enviper.go
index edde5c5..cdab271 100644
--- a/enviper.go
+++ b/enviper.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package enviper
 
 import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -73,53 +74,55 @@ func (e *Enviper) bindEnvs(in interface{}, prev ...string) {
 	if ifv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
 		ifv = ifv.Elem()
 	}
-	for i := 0; i < ifv.NumField(); i++ {
-		fv := ifv.Field(i)
-		if fv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-			if fv.IsZero() {
-				fv = reflect.New(fv.Type().Elem()).Elem()
-			} else {
-				fv = fv.Elem()
-			}
-		}
-		t := ifv.Type().Field(i)
-		tv, ok := t.Tag.Lookup(e.TagName())
-		if ok {
-			if index := strings.Index(tv, ","); index != -1 {
-				if tv[:index] == "-" {
-					continue
-				}
 
-				// If "squash" is specified in the tag, we squash the field down.
-				if strings.Index(tv[index+1:], "squash") != -1 {
-					e.bindEnvs(fv.Interface(), prev...)
-					continue
+	switch ifv.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		for i := 0; i < ifv.NumField(); i++ {
+			fv := ifv.Field(i)
+			if fv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+				if fv.IsZero() {
+					fv = reflect.New(fv.Type().Elem()).Elem()
+				} else {
+					fv = fv.Elem()
 				}
-
-				tv = tv[:index]
 			}
+			t := ifv.Type().Field(i)
+			tv, ok := t.Tag.Lookup(e.TagName())
+			if ok {
+				if index := strings.Index(tv, ","); index != -1 {
+					if tv[:index] == "-" {
+						continue
+					}
+
+					// If "squash" is specified in the tag, we squash the field down.
+					if strings.Contains(tv[index+1:], "squash") {
+						e.bindEnvs(fv.Interface(), prev...)
+						continue
+					}
 
-			if tv == "" {
+					tv = tv[:index]
+				}
+
+				if tv == "" {
+					tv = t.Name
+				}
+			} else {
 				tv = t.Name
 			}
-		} else {
-			tv = t.Name
-		}
-		switch fv.Kind() {
-		case reflect.Struct:
+
 			e.bindEnvs(fv.Interface(), append(prev, tv)...)
-		case reflect.Map:
-			iter := fv.MapRange()
-			for iter.Next() {
-				if key, ok := iter.Key().Interface().(string); ok {
-					e.bindEnvs(iter.Value().Interface(), append(prev, tv, key)...)
-				}
+		}
+	case reflect.Map:
+		iter := ifv.MapRange()
+		for iter.Next() {
+			if key, ok := iter.Key().Interface().(string); ok {
+				e.bindEnvs(iter.Value().Interface(), append(prev, key)...)
 			}
-		default:
-			env := strings.Join(append(prev, tv), ".")
-			// Viper.BindEnv will never return error
-			// because env is always non empty string
-			_ = e.Viper.BindEnv(env)
 		}
+	default:
+		env := strings.Join(prev, ".")
+		// Viper.BindEnv will never return error
+		// because env is always non empty string
+		_ = e.Viper.BindEnv(env)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/enviper_test.go b/enviper_test.go
index 73bb1b6..f7f9e6c 100644
--- a/enviper_test.go
+++ b/enviper_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,18 @@ func (s *UnmarshalSuite) TestOnlyEnvs() {
 	//s.Equal(true, c.QuxMap["key1"].Quuux)
 }
 
+func (s *UnmarshalSuite) TestPrimitiveMap() {
+	s.setupFileConfig()
+
+	var c Config
+	e := enviper.New(s.v)
+	s.Nil(e.Unmarshal(&c))
+
+	s.Equal("val1", c.PrimitiveMap["key1"])
+	s.Equal("val2", c.PrimitiveMap["key2"])
+	s.Equal("", c.PrimitiveMap[""])
+}
+
 func (s *UnmarshalSuite) TestOnlyConfig() {
 	s.setupFileConfig()
 
@@ -180,6 +192,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	QuxMap map[string]struct {
 		Quuux bool
 	}
+	PrimitiveMap map[string]string
+
 	QUX                       `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	TagTest                   string `custom_tag:"TAG_TEST"`
 	TagValueWithOmitempty     string `mapstructure:",omitempty"`
diff --git a/fixture.yaml b/fixture.yaml
index c9f33d0..88adae7 100644
--- a/fixture.yaml
+++ b/fixture.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ QuxMap:
     Quuux: false
   key2:
     Quuux: false
+PrimitiveMap:
+  key1: val1
+  key2: val2
 Quuux: true
 quuux_ptr:
   Value: testptr2
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