diff --git a/evaluationFailure_test.go b/evaluationFailure_test.go
index e04f24f..67cda15 100644
--- a/evaluationFailure_test.go
+++ b/evaluationFailure_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,41 @@ var EVALUATION_FAILURE_PARAMETERS = map[string]interface{}{
 	"bool":   true,
 }
 
+func TestUnexportedStructParameter(test *testing.T) {
+	parameters := map[string]interface{}{
+		"foo": struct{ a string }{a: "hello"},
+	}
+	expression, err := NewEvaluableExpression(`foo.a == "hello"`)
+	if err != nil {
+		test.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	_, err = expression.Evaluate(parameters)
+	if err == nil {
+		test.Error("expected non-nil error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNestedParameters(test *testing.T) {
+	parameters := map[string]interface{}{
+		"foo": MapParameters{
+			"bar": MapParameters{
+				"baz": 5,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	expression, err := NewEvaluableExpression(`foo.bar.baz == 5`)
+	if err != nil {
+		test.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	result, err := expression.Evaluate(parameters)
+	if err != nil {
+		test.Error(err)
+	}
+	if got, want := result.(bool), true; got != want {
+		test.Errorf("bad result: got %t, want %t", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestComplexParameter(test *testing.T) {
 
 	var expression *EvaluableExpression
diff --git a/evaluationStage.go b/evaluationStage.go
index 11ea587..4f23809 100644
--- a/evaluationStage.go
+++ b/evaluationStage.go
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ func makeAccessorStage(pair []string) evaluationOperator {
 		}()
 
 		for i := 1; i < len(pair); i++ {
+			if p, ok := value.(Parameters); ok {
+				value, err = p.Get(pair[i])
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				continue
+			}
 
 			coreValue := reflect.ValueOf(value)
 
@@ -325,6 +332,11 @@ func makeAccessorStage(pair []string) evaluationOperator {
 				coreValue = coreValue.Elem()
 			}
 
+			if field, ok := coreValue.Type().FieldByName(pair[i]); ok && len(field.PkgPath) > 0 {
+				// According to reflect docs, if len(PkgPath) > 0 then the field is unexported
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to access unexported field '%s'", field.PkgPath)
+			}
+
 			if coreValue.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
 				return nil, errors.New("Unable to access '" + pair[i] + "', '" + pair[i-1] + "' is not a struct")
 			}
diff --git a/parsing.go b/parsing.go
index 40c7ed2..f4e444d 100644
--- a/parsing.go
+++ b/parsing.go
@@ -189,16 +189,6 @@ func readToken(stream *lexerStream, state lexerState, functions map[string]Expre
 				splits := strings.Split(tokenString, ".")
 				tokenValue = splits
 
-				// check that none of them are unexported
-				for i := 1; i < len(splits); i++ {
-
-					firstCharacter := getFirstRune(splits[i])
-
-					if unicode.ToUpper(firstCharacter) != firstCharacter {
-						errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Unable to access unexported field '%s' in token '%s'", splits[i], tokenString)
-						return ExpressionToken{}, errors.New(errorMsg), false
-					}
-				}
 			}
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/parsingFailure_test.go b/parsingFailure_test.go
index d8a3184..957d575 100644
--- a/parsingFailure_test.go
+++ b/parsingFailure_test.go
@@ -178,13 +178,6 @@ func TestParsingFailure(test *testing.T) {
 			Input:    "foo.Bar.",
 			Expected: HANGING_ACCESSOR,
 		},
-		ParsingFailureTest{
-
-			// this is expected to change once there are structtags in place that allow aliasing of fields
-			Name:     "Unexported parameter access",
-			Input:    "foo.bar",
-			Expected: UNEXPORTED_ACCESSOR,
-		},
 		ParsingFailureTest{
 			Name:     "Incomplete Hex",
 			Input:    "0x",