diff --git a/hoplite-core/src/main/kotlin/com/sksamuel/hoplite/decoder/LinkedHashMapDecoder.kt b/hoplite-core/src/main/kotlin/com/sksamuel/hoplite/decoder/LinkedHashMapDecoder.kt
index a41a38c1..9dd41b77 100644
--- a/hoplite-core/src/main/kotlin/com/sksamuel/hoplite/decoder/LinkedHashMapDecoder.kt
+++ b/hoplite-core/src/main/kotlin/com/sksamuel/hoplite/decoder/LinkedHashMapDecoder.kt
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 package com.sksamuel.hoplite.decoder
 
+import com.sksamuel.hoplite.*
 import com.sksamuel.hoplite.fp.invalid
-import com.sksamuel.hoplite.ConfigFailure
-import com.sksamuel.hoplite.ConfigResult
-import com.sksamuel.hoplite.DecoderContext
-import com.sksamuel.hoplite.MapNode
-import com.sksamuel.hoplite.Node
-import com.sksamuel.hoplite.StringNode
 import com.sksamuel.hoplite.fp.flatMap
 import com.sksamuel.hoplite.fp.sequence
 import kotlin.reflect.KType
@@ -33,7 +28,7 @@ class LinkedHashMapDecoder : NullHandlingDecoder<LinkedHashMap<*, *>> {
                       vdecoder: Decoder<V>,
                       context: DecoderContext): ConfigResult<LinkedHashMap<K, V>> {
 
-      return node.map.entries.map { (k, v) ->
+      return node.denormalize().map.entries.map { (k, v) ->
         kdecoder.decode(StringNode(k, node.pos, node.path, emptyMap()), kType, context).flatMap { kk ->
           vdecoder.decode(v, vType, context).map { vv ->
             kk to vv
diff --git a/hoplite-yaml/src/test/kotlin/com/sksamuel/hoplite/yaml/DenormalizedLinkedHashMapKeysTest.kt b/hoplite-yaml/src/test/kotlin/com/sksamuel/hoplite/yaml/DenormalizedLinkedHashMapKeysTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2611b7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hoplite-yaml/src/test/kotlin/com/sksamuel/hoplite/yaml/DenormalizedLinkedHashMapKeysTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.sksamuel.hoplite.yaml
+
+import com.sksamuel.hoplite.ConfigLoaderBuilder
+import com.sksamuel.hoplite.addResourceOrFileSource
+import io.kotest.core.spec.style.FunSpec
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+
+class DenormalizedLinkedHashMapKeysTest : FunSpec({
+  data class Foo(
+    val xVal: String = "x"
+  )
+
+  data class LinkedHashMapContainer(
+    val m: LinkedHashMap<String, Foo> = linkedMapOf()
+  )
+
+  test("should set denormalized map keys and decode a data class inside a linked has map map") {
+    val config = ConfigLoaderBuilder.default()
+      .addResourceOrFileSource("/test_data_class_in_map.yaml")
+      .build()
+      .loadConfigOrThrow<LinkedHashMapContainer>()
+
+    config shouldBe LinkedHashMapContainer(
+      m = linkedMapOf(
+        "DC1" to Foo("10"),
+        "DC2" to Foo("20"),
+      )
+    )
+  }
+})