diff --git a/vlib/x/json2/decode_struct_test.v b/vlib/x/json2/decode_struct_test.v
index 6699f888cd3422..994cc6004e885c 100644
--- a/vlib/x/json2/decode_struct_test.v
+++ b/vlib/x/json2/decode_struct_test.v
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ mut:
 	val T
 }
 
+struct StructTypeSub {
+	test string
+}
+
 struct StructTypeOption[T] {
 mut:
 	val ?T
@@ -94,4 +98,11 @@ fn test_types() {
 		// dump(err)
 		assert true
 	}
+
+	assert json.decode[StructType[StructTypeSub]]('{"val": {"test": "test"}}')!.val.test == 'test'
+	if x := json.decode[StructType[StructTypeSub]]('{"val": {"invalid_field": "test"}}') {
+		assert false
+	} else {
+		assert true
+	}
 }
diff --git a/vlib/x/json2/json2.v b/vlib/x/json2/json2.v
index 128d23b4d643a7..54dbbfadca32db 100644
--- a/vlib/x/json2/json2.v
+++ b/vlib/x/json2/json2.v
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ pub fn fast_raw_decode(src string) !Any {
 
 // decode is a generic function that decodes a JSON string into the target type.
 pub fn decode[T](src string) !T {
-	mut typ := T{}
 	res := raw_decode(src)!.as_map()
+	return decode_struct[T](T{}, res)
+}
+
+// decode_struct is a generic function that decodes a JSON map into the struct T.
+fn decode_struct[T](_ T, res map[string]Any) !T {
+	mut typ := T{}
 	$if T is $struct {
 		$for field in T.fields {
 			mut json_name := field.name
@@ -123,8 +128,8 @@ pub fn decode[T](src string) !T {
 					typ.$(field.name) = res[json_name]!.to_time()!
 				}
 			} $else $if field.is_array {
-				// typ.$(field.name) = res[field.name]!.arr()
 			} $else $if field.is_struct {
+				typ.$(field.name) = decode_struct(typ.$(field.name), res[field.name]!.as_map())!
 			} $else $if field.is_alias {
 			} $else $if field.is_map {
 			} $else {