diff --git a/internal/decoder/decoder.go b/internal/decoder/decoder.go
index e3a8397..49b78f2 100644
--- a/internal/decoder/decoder.go
+++ b/internal/decoder/decoder.go
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ func decodeBlockToMap(block *schema.Block, val reflect.Value) {
 	mv := reflect.MakeMap(val.Type())
 
 	for k, attr := range content.Attributes {
-		mv.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(k), reflect.ValueOf(attr.Value))
+		key := removeAttrDot(k)
+		mv.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(key), reflect.ValueOf(attr.Value))
 	}
 
 	blocksByType := content.Blocks.ByType()
@@ -477,3 +478,12 @@ func getFieldTags(ty reflect.Type) *fieldTags {
 
 	return ret
 }
+
+func removeAttrDot(v interface{}) interface{} {
+	str, ok := v.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return v
+	}
+
+	return strings.Trim(str, ".")
+}
diff --git a/internal/decoder/decoder_test.go b/internal/decoder/decoder_test.go
index 53d570e..fc4e796 100644
--- a/internal/decoder/decoder_test.go
+++ b/internal/decoder/decoder_test.go
@@ -420,7 +420,10 @@ acl bye {
 		"with flat block": {`acl hello {
 	"localhost";
 	"local";
-}`, map[string]interface{}{}, map[string]interface{}{"acl": map[string]interface{}{"hello": []interface{}{"localhost", "local"}}}}}
+}`, map[string]interface{}{}, map[string]interface{}{"acl": map[string]interface{}{"hello": []interface{}{"localhost", "local"}}}},
+		"with dot attribute block": {`backend default {
+	.port = "8080";
+}`, map[string]interface{}{}, map[string]interface{}{"backend": map[string]interface{}{"default": map[string]interface{}{"port": "8080"}}}}}
 
 	for n, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(n, func(t *testing.T) {