diff --git a/source/configy/read.d b/source/configy/read.d
index 5f842a6..5a75785 100644
--- a/source/configy/read.d
+++ b/source/configy/read.d
@@ -822,6 +822,14 @@ package FR.Type parseField (alias FR)
             );
         }
     }
+    else static if (is(FR.Type == T*, T))
+    {
+        // Allocate and parse pointers' values.
+        auto value = new T;
+        *value = node.parseField!(NestedFieldRef!(T, FR))(
+            path, T.init, ctx);
+        return value;
+    }
     else
     {
         static assert (!is(FR.Type == union),
diff --git a/source/configy/test.d b/source/configy/test.d
index 330acbf..072a4dd 100644
--- a/source/configy/test.d
+++ b/source/configy/test.d
@@ -965,3 +965,21 @@ ds:
     catch (ConfigException exc)
         assert(exc.toString() == "/dev/null(1:11): es.enabled: Expected to be a value of type bool, but is a scalar");
 }
+
+/// Test pointers
+unittest
+{
+    static struct N {
+        @Optional int value;
+        @Optional N* left, right;
+    }
+    auto c = parseConfigString!N(`left:
+  left:
+    value: 1
+right:
+  value: 2
+`, "/dev/null");
+    assert(c.left.left.value == 1);
+    assert(c.left.right is null);
+    assert(c.right.value == 2);
+}