diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 3b0fa79..7025259 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -148,6 +148,36 @@ Note: the Server slice must already have members inside it (i.e. from loading of
 
 Maps and map values cannot be populated from the environment.
 
+# Squashing
+
+Fields to nested structs can be flattened by annotating with `fig:",squash"`. Fig
+treats values into these structs as if they were part of the parent.
+
+	type Base struct {
+		Env string `fig:"env"`
+		Logging struct {
+			Level string `fig:"level"`
+		} `fig:"logging"`
+	}
+
+	type Config struct {
+		Base `fig:",squash"`
+		Addr string `fig:"addr"`
+	}
+
+Using the above example, the configuration file would look like:
+
+	env: prod
+	logging:
+	  level: info
+	addr: 0.0.0.0:8080
+
+And similarly, the corresponding environment variables:
+
+	ENV=prod
+	LOGGING_LEVEL=info
+	ADDR=0.0.0.0:8080
+
 # Time
 
 Change the layout fig uses to parse times using `TimeLayout()`.
diff --git a/field.go b/field.go
index 8756761..c78bc9a 100644
--- a/field.go
+++ b/field.go
@@ -139,20 +139,35 @@ func (f *field) name() string {
 // path is a dot separated path consisting of all the names of
 // the field's ancestors starting from the topmost parent all the
 // way down to the field itself.
-func (f *field) path() (path string) {
-	var visit func(f *field)
-	visit = func(f *field) {
+//
+// Squashed structs will omit themselves from the path
+func (f *field) path(tagKey string) (path string) {
+	var visit func(f *field, squashed bool)
+	visit = func(f *field, squashed bool) {
 		if f.parent != nil {
-			visit(f.parent)
+			visit(f.parent, false)
+
+			// Check if we are squashed or not
+			//
+			// type Base struct { Env string }
+			// type Config struct { Base `fig:",squash"`}
+			//
+			// In the above example, path to 'env' should be 'Env', not 'Base.Env'
+			if f.parent.t.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+				parentField, ok := f.parent.t.FieldByName(f.st.Name)
+				squashed = ok && parentField.Tag.Get(tagKey) == ",squash"
+			}
+		}
+		if !squashed {
+			path += f.name()
 		}
-		path += f.name()
 		// if it's a slice/array we don't want a dot before the slice indexer
 		// e.g. we want A[0].B instead of A.[0].B
 		if f.t.Kind() != reflect.Slice && f.t.Kind() != reflect.Array && f.t.Kind() != reflect.Map {
 			path += "."
 		}
 	}
-	visit(f)
+	visit(f, false)
 	return strings.Trim(path, ".")
 }
 
diff --git a/field_test.go b/field_test.go
index 923c92b..1d07c2d 100644
--- a/field_test.go
+++ b/field_test.go
@@ -186,12 +186,44 @@ func Test_parseTag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_squashPath(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := struct {
+		Base struct {
+			Env         string
+			ServiceName string
+			Nested      []struct{ Val string }
+			Logging     struct {
+				Level int
+			}
+		} `fig:",squash"`
+		App struct {
+			Custom string
+		}
+	}{}
+	cfg.Base.Nested = []struct{ Val string }{{}, {}}
+
+	fields := flattenCfg(&cfg, "fig")
+	if len(fields) != 10 {
+		t.Fatalf("len(fields) == %d, expected %d", len(fields), 10)
+	}
+	checkField(t, fields[0], "Base", "")
+	checkField(t, fields[1], "Env", "Env")
+	checkField(t, fields[2], "ServiceName", "ServiceName")
+	checkField(t, fields[3], "Nested", "Nested")
+	checkField(t, fields[4], "Val", "Nested[0].Val")
+	checkField(t, fields[5], "Val", "Nested[1].Val")
+	checkField(t, fields[6], "Logging", "Logging")
+	checkField(t, fields[7], "Level", "Logging.Level")
+	checkField(t, fields[8], "App", "App")
+	checkField(t, fields[9], "Custom", "App.Custom")
+}
+
 func checkField(t *testing.T, f *field, name, path string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	if f.name() != name {
 		t.Errorf("f.name() == %s, expected %s", f.name(), name)
 	}
-	if f.path() != path {
-		t.Errorf("f.path() == %s, expected %s", f.path(), path)
+	if f.path("fig") != path {
+		t.Errorf("f.path() == %s, expected %s", f.path("fig"), path)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fig.go b/fig.go
index 7632ae4..7564566 100644
--- a/fig.go
+++ b/fig.go
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ func stringToRegexpHookFunc() mapstructure.DecodeHookFunc {
 	return func(
 		f reflect.Type,
 		t reflect.Type,
-		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		data interface{},
+	) (interface{}, error) {
 		if f.Kind() != reflect.String {
 			return data, nil
 		}
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ func (f *fig) processCfg(cfg interface{}) error {
 
 	for _, field := range fields {
 		if err := f.processField(field); err != nil {
-			errs[field.path()] = err
+			errs[field.path(f.tag)] = err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ func (f *fig) processField(field *field) error {
 	}
 
 	if f.useEnv {
-		if err := f.setFromEnv(field.v, field.path()); err != nil {
+		if err := f.setFromEnv(field.v, field.path(f.tag)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to set from env: %w", err)
 		}
 	}