diff --git a/config/loader_hcl.go b/config/loader_hcl.go
index 8c81156e4..2988db19f 100644
--- a/config/loader_hcl.go
+++ b/config/loader_hcl.go
@@ -555,6 +555,37 @@ func loadManagedResourcesHcl(list *ast.ObjectList) ([]*Resource, error) {
 				item.Pos())
 		}
 
+		// HCL special case: if we're parsing JSON then directly nested
+		// items will show up as additional "keys". We need to unwrap them
+		// since we expect only two keys. Example:
+		//
+		// { "foo": { "bar": { "baz": {} } } }
+		//
+		// Will show up with Keys being: []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"}
+		// when we really just want the first two. To fix this we unwrap
+		// them into the right value.
+		if len(item.Keys) > 2 && item.Keys[0].Token.JSON {
+			for len(item.Keys) > 2 {
+				// Pop off the last key
+				n := len(item.Keys)
+				key := item.Keys[n-1]
+				item.Keys[n-1] = nil
+				item.Keys = item.Keys[:n-1]
+
+				// Wrap our value in a list
+				item.Val = &ast.ObjectType{
+					List: &ast.ObjectList{
+						Items: []*ast.ObjectItem{
+							&ast.ObjectItem{
+								Keys: []*ast.ObjectKey{key},
+								Val:  item.Val,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		if len(item.Keys) != 2 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf(
 				"position %s: resource must be followed by exactly two strings, a type and a name",
diff --git a/config/loader_test.go b/config/loader_test.go
index b7d53dee5..09b16f352 100644
--- a/config/loader_test.go
+++ b/config/loader_test.go
@@ -327,6 +327,22 @@ func TestLoadJSONBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoadFileBasic_jsonNoName(t *testing.T) {
+	c, err := LoadFile(filepath.Join(fixtureDir, "resource-no-name.tf.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if c == nil {
+		t.Fatal("config should not be nil")
+	}
+
+	actual := resourcesStr(c.Resources)
+	if actual != strings.TrimSpace(basicJsonNoNameResourcesStr) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad:\n%s", actual)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoadFile_variables(t *testing.T) {
 	c, err := LoadFile(filepath.Join(fixtureDir, "variables.tf"))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -837,6 +853,11 @@ foo
   bar
 `
 
+const basicJsonNoNameResourcesStr = `
+aws_security_group.allow_external_http_https (x1)
+  tags
+`
+
 const dirBasicOutputsStr = `
 web_ip
   vars
diff --git a/config/test-fixtures/resource-no-name.tf.json b/config/test-fixtures/resource-no-name.tf.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dbf3e08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test-fixtures/resource-no-name.tf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "resource" : {
+    "aws_security_group" : {
+      "allow_external_http_https" : {
+        "tags" : {
+          "Name" : "allow_external_http_https"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}