diff --git a/helper/schema/field_reader.go b/helper/schema/field_reader.go
index 5606e6d8b7..1660a67027 100644
--- a/helper/schema/field_reader.go
+++ b/helper/schema/field_reader.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func addrToSchema(addr []string, schemaMap map[string]*Schema) []*Schema {
 				return nil
 			}
 		case TypeList, TypeSet:
+			isIndex := len(addr) > 0 && addr[0] == "#"
+
 			switch v := current.Elem.(type) {
 			case *Resource:
 				current = &Schema{
@@ -83,20 +85,52 @@ func addrToSchema(addr []string, schemaMap map[string]*Schema) []*Schema {
 				}
 			case *Schema:
 				current = v
+			case ValueType:
+				current = &Schema{Type: v}
 			default:
+				// we may not know the Elem type and are just looking for the
+				// index
+				if isIndex {
+					break
+				}
+
+				if len(addr) == 0 {
+					// we've processed the address, so return what we've
+					// collected
+					return result
+				}
+
+				if len(addr) == 1 {
+					if _, err := strconv.Atoi(addr[0]); err == nil {
+						// we're indexing a value without a schema. This can
+						// happen if the list is nested in another schema type.
+						// Default to a TypeString like we do with a map
+						current = &Schema{Type: TypeString}
+						break
+					}
+				}
+
 				return nil
 			}
 
 			// If we only have one more thing and the next thing
 			// is a #, then we're accessing the index which is always
 			// an int.
-			if len(addr) > 0 && addr[0] == "#" {
+			if isIndex {
 				current = &Schema{Type: TypeInt}
 				break
 			}
+
 		case TypeMap:
 			if len(addr) > 0 {
-				current = &Schema{Type: TypeString}
+				switch v := current.Elem.(type) {
+				case ValueType:
+					current = &Schema{Type: v}
+				default:
+					// maps default to string values. This is all we can have
+					// if this is nested in another list or map.
+					current = &Schema{Type: TypeString}
+				}
 			}
 		case typeObject:
 			// If we're already in the object, then we want to handle Sets
diff --git a/helper/schema/field_reader_config.go b/helper/schema/field_reader_config.go
index 042fe9d0e1..53ff5208f9 100644
--- a/helper/schema/field_reader_config.go
+++ b/helper/schema/field_reader_config.go
@@ -104,7 +104,18 @@ func (r *ConfigFieldReader) readMap(k string, schema *Schema) (FieldReadResult,
 	// the type of the raw value.
 	mraw, ok := r.Config.GetRaw(k)
 	if !ok {
-		return FieldReadResult{}, nil
+		// check if this is from an interpolated field by seeing if it exists
+		// in the config
+		_, ok := r.Config.Get(k)
+		if !ok {
+			// this really doesn't exist
+			return FieldReadResult{}, nil
+		}
+
+		// We couldn't fetch the value from a nested data structure, so treat the
+		// raw value as an interpolation string. The mraw value is only used
+		// for the type switch below.
+		mraw = "${INTERPOLATED}"
 	}
 
 	result := make(map[string]interface{})
diff --git a/helper/schema/field_reader_config_test.go b/helper/schema/field_reader_config_test.go
index 0b68cce22d..5db643d75e 100644
--- a/helper/schema/field_reader_config_test.go
+++ b/helper/schema/field_reader_config_test.go
@@ -219,15 +219,27 @@ func TestConfigFieldReader_ComputedMap(t *testing.T) {
 			Type:     TypeMap,
 			Computed: true,
 		},
+		"listmap": &Schema{
+			Type:     TypeMap,
+			Computed: true,
+			Elem:     TypeList,
+		},
+		"maplist": &Schema{
+			Type:     TypeList,
+			Computed: true,
+			Elem:     TypeMap,
+		},
 	}
 
-	cases := map[string]struct {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Name   string
 		Addr   []string
 		Result FieldReadResult
 		Config *terraform.ResourceConfig
 		Err    bool
 	}{
-		"set, normal": {
+		{
+			"set, normal",
 			[]string{"map"},
 			FieldReadResult{
 				Value: map[string]interface{}{
@@ -244,7 +256,8 @@ func TestConfigFieldReader_ComputedMap(t *testing.T) {
 			false,
 		},
 
-		"computed element": {
+		{
+			"computed element",
 			[]string{"map"},
 			FieldReadResult{
 				Exists:   true,
@@ -263,7 +276,8 @@ func TestConfigFieldReader_ComputedMap(t *testing.T) {
 			false,
 		},
 
-		"native map": {
+		{
+			"native map",
 			[]string{"map"},
 			FieldReadResult{
 				Value: map[string]interface{}{
@@ -292,27 +306,147 @@ func TestConfigFieldReader_ComputedMap(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 			false,
 		},
+
+		{
+			"map-from-list-of-maps",
+			[]string{"maplist", "0"},
+			FieldReadResult{
+				Value: map[string]interface{}{
+					"key": "bar",
+				},
+				Exists:   true,
+				Computed: false,
+			},
+			testConfigInterpolate(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"maplist": "${var.foo}",
+			}, map[string]ast.Variable{
+				"var.foo": ast.Variable{
+					Type: ast.TypeList,
+					Value: []ast.Variable{
+						{
+							Type: ast.TypeMap,
+							Value: map[string]ast.Variable{
+								"key": ast.Variable{
+									Type:  ast.TypeString,
+									Value: "bar",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+			false,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"value-from-list-of-maps",
+			[]string{"maplist", "0", "key"},
+			FieldReadResult{
+				Value:    "bar",
+				Exists:   true,
+				Computed: false,
+			},
+			testConfigInterpolate(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"maplist": "${var.foo}",
+			}, map[string]ast.Variable{
+				"var.foo": ast.Variable{
+					Type: ast.TypeList,
+					Value: []ast.Variable{
+						{
+							Type: ast.TypeMap,
+							Value: map[string]ast.Variable{
+								"key": ast.Variable{
+									Type:  ast.TypeString,
+									Value: "bar",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+			false,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"list-from-map-of-lists",
+			[]string{"listmap", "key"},
+			FieldReadResult{
+				Value:    []interface{}{"bar"},
+				Exists:   true,
+				Computed: false,
+			},
+			testConfigInterpolate(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"listmap": "${var.foo}",
+			}, map[string]ast.Variable{
+				"var.foo": ast.Variable{
+					Type: ast.TypeMap,
+					Value: map[string]ast.Variable{
+						"key": ast.Variable{
+							Type: ast.TypeList,
+							Value: []ast.Variable{
+								ast.Variable{
+									Type:  ast.TypeString,
+									Value: "bar",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+			false,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"value-from-map-of-lists",
+			[]string{"listmap", "key", "0"},
+			FieldReadResult{
+				Value:    "bar",
+				Exists:   true,
+				Computed: false,
+			},
+			testConfigInterpolate(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"listmap": "${var.foo}",
+			}, map[string]ast.Variable{
+				"var.foo": ast.Variable{
+					Type: ast.TypeMap,
+					Value: map[string]ast.Variable{
+						"key": ast.Variable{
+							Type: ast.TypeList,
+							Value: []ast.Variable{
+								ast.Variable{
+									Type:  ast.TypeString,
+									Value: "bar",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 
-	for name, tc := range cases {
-		r := &ConfigFieldReader{
-			Schema: schema,
-			Config: tc.Config,
-		}
-		out, err := r.ReadField(tc.Addr)
-		if err != nil != tc.Err {
-			t.Fatalf("%s: err: %s", name, err)
-		}
-		if s, ok := out.Value.(*Set); ok {
-			// If it is a set, convert to the raw map
-			out.Value = s.m
-			if len(s.m) == 0 {
-				out.Value = nil
+	for i, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d-%s", i, tc.Name), func(t *testing.T) {
+			r := &ConfigFieldReader{
+				Schema: schema,
+				Config: tc.Config,
 			}
-		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.Result, out) {
-			t.Fatalf("%s: bad: %#v", name, out)
-		}
+			out, err := r.ReadField(tc.Addr)
+			if err != nil != tc.Err {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if s, ok := out.Value.(*Set); ok {
+				// If it is a set, convert to the raw map
+				out.Value = s.m
+				if len(s.m) == 0 {
+					out.Value = nil
+				}
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.Result, out) {
+				t.Fatalf("\nexpected: %#v\ngot:      %#v", tc.Result, out)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/terraform/resource_test.go b/terraform/resource_test.go
index dde22b1ff4..750e7060d1 100644
--- a/terraform/resource_test.go
+++ b/terraform/resource_test.go
@@ -172,6 +172,42 @@ func TestResourceConfigGet(t *testing.T) {
 			Value: nil,
 		},
 
+		// Reference list of maps variable.
+		// This does not work from GetRaw.
+		{
+			Vars: map[string]interface{}{
+				"maplist": []interface{}{
+					map[string]interface{}{
+						"key": "a",
+					},
+					map[string]interface{}{
+						"key": "b",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"maplist": "${var.maplist}",
+			},
+			Key:   "maplist.0",
+			Value: map[string]interface{}{"key": "a"},
+		},
+
+		// Reference a map-of-lists variable.
+		// This does not work from GetRaw.
+		{
+			Vars: map[string]interface{}{
+				"listmap": map[string]interface{}{
+					"key1": []interface{}{"a", "b"},
+					"key2": []interface{}{"c", "d"},
+				},
+			},
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"listmap": "${var.listmap}",
+			},
+			Key:   "listmap.key1",
+			Value: []interface{}{"a", "b"},
+		},
+
 		// FIXME: this is ambiguous, and matches the nested map
 		//        leaving here to catch this behaviour if it changes.
 		{
@@ -270,6 +306,92 @@ func TestResourceConfigGet(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResourceConfigGetRaw(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Config map[string]interface{}
+		Vars   map[string]interface{}
+		Key    string
+		Value  interface{}
+	}{
+		// Referencing a list-of-maps variable doesn't work from GetRaw.
+		// The ConfigFieldReader currently catches this case and looks up the
+		// variable in the config.
+		{
+			Vars: map[string]interface{}{
+				"maplist": []interface{}{
+					map[string]interface{}{
+						"key": "a",
+					},
+					map[string]interface{}{
+						"key": "b",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"maplist": "${var.maplist}",
+			},
+			Key:   "maplist.0",
+			Value: nil,
+		},
+		// Reference a map-of-lists variable.
+		// The ConfigFieldReader currently catches this case and looks up the
+		// variable in the config.
+		{
+			Vars: map[string]interface{}{
+				"listmap": map[string]interface{}{
+					"key1": []interface{}{"a", "b"},
+					"key2": []interface{}{"c", "d"},
+				},
+			},
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"listmap": "${var.listmap}",
+			},
+			Key:   "listmap.key1",
+			Value: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, tc := range cases {
+		var rawC *config.RawConfig
+		if tc.Config != nil {
+			var err error
+			rawC, err = config.NewRawConfig(tc.Config)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if tc.Vars != nil {
+			vs := make(map[string]ast.Variable)
+			for k, v := range tc.Vars {
+				hilVar, err := hil.InterfaceToVariable(v)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("%#v to var: %s", v, err)
+				}
+				vs["var."+k] = hilVar
+			}
+			if err := rawC.Interpolate(vs); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		rc := NewResourceConfig(rawC)
+		rc.interpolateForce()
+
+		// Test getting a key
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("get-%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			v, ok := rc.GetRaw(tc.Key)
+			if ok && v == nil {
+				t.Fatal("(nil, true) returned from GetRaw")
+			}
+
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(v, tc.Value) {
+				t.Fatalf("%d bad: %#v", i, v)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResourceConfigIsComputed(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		Name   string