diff --git a/redis.go b/redis.go
index 92e8d5b..fefac20 100644
--- a/redis.go
+++ b/redis.go
@@ -913,6 +913,10 @@ func valueToString(v reflect.Value) (string, os.Error) {
     }
 
     switch v := v.(type) {
+    case *reflect.PtrValue:
+        return valueToString(reflect.Indirect(v))
+    case *reflect.InterfaceValue:
+        return valueToString(v.Elem())
     case *reflect.BoolValue:
         x := v.Get()
         if x {
@@ -1073,6 +1077,10 @@ func (client *Client) Hvals(key string) ([][]byte, os.Error) {
 func writeTo(data []byte, val reflect.Value) os.Error {
     s := string(data)
     switch v := val.(type) {
+    // if we're writing to an interace value, just set the byte data
+    // TODO: should we support writing to a pointer?
+    case *reflect.InterfaceValue:
+        v.Set(reflect.NewValue(data))
     case *reflect.BoolValue:
         b, err := strconv.Atob(s)
         if err != nil {
diff --git a/redis_test.go b/redis_test.go
index 4dc6d21..2250572 100644
--- a/redis_test.go
+++ b/redis_test.go
@@ -324,12 +324,28 @@ func TestHash(t *testing.T) {
     err = client.Hgetall("hdne", &test5)
     if err == nil {
         t.Fatal("should be an error")
+    }
 
+    test6 := make(map[string]interface{})
+    for _, v := range keys {
+        test6[v] = []byte(strings.Repeat(v, 5))
+    }
+    client.Hmset("h4", test6)
+
+    //test Hgetall
+    test7 := make(map[string]interface{})
+    err = client.Hgetall("h4", &test7)
+    if err != nil {
+        t.Fatal("verifyHash Hgetall failed", err.String())
+    }
+    if !reflect.DeepEqual(test6, test7) {
+        t.Fatal("verifyHash Hgetall failed")
     }
 
     client.Del("h")
     client.Del("h2")
     client.Del("h3")
+    client.Del("h4")
 }
 
 func BenchmarkMultipleGet(b *testing.B) {