diff --git a/_fixtures/testvariables3.go b/_fixtures/testvariables3.go
index fe03556b..869dd84f 100644
--- a/_fixtures/testvariables3.go
+++ b/_fixtures/testvariables3.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"go/constant"
 	"runtime"
 	"unsafe"
 )
@@ -109,15 +110,20 @@ func main() {
 	var err2 error = c1.pb
 	var errnil error = nil
 	var iface1 interface{} = c1.sa[0]
+	var iface2 interface{} = "test"
+	var iface3 interface{} = map[string]constant.Value{}
+	var iface4 interface{} = []constant.Value{constant.MakeInt64(4)}
 	var ifacenil interface{} = nil
 	arr1 := [4]int{0, 1, 2, 3}
 	parr := &arr1
 	cpx1 := complex(1, 2)
+	const1 := constant.MakeInt64(3)
 
 	var amb1 = 1
 	runtime.Breakpoint()
 	for amb1 := 0; amb1 < 10; amb1++ {
 		fmt.Println(amb1)
 	}
-	fmt.Println(i1, i2, i3, p1, amb1, s1, s3, a1, p2, p3, s2, as1, str1, f1, fn1, fn2, nilslice, nilptr, ch1, chnil, m1, mnil, m2, m3, up1, i4, i5, i6, err1, err2, errnil, iface1, ifacenil, arr1, parr, cpx1)
+	runtime.Breakpoint()
+	fmt.Println(i1, i2, i3, p1, amb1, s1, s3, a1, p2, p3, s2, as1, str1, f1, fn1, fn2, nilslice, nilptr, ch1, chnil, m1, mnil, m2, m3, up1, i4, i5, i6, err1, err2, errnil, iface1, iface2, ifacenil, arr1, parr, cpx1, const1, iface3, iface4)
 }
diff --git a/proc/eval.go b/proc/eval.go
index 7bc4e6f2..1c328470 100644
--- a/proc/eval.go
+++ b/proc/eval.go
@@ -932,15 +932,6 @@ func equalChildren(xv, yv *Variable, shortcircuit bool) (bool, error) {
 	return r, nil
 }
 
-func (dbp *Process) findType(name string) (dwarf.Type, error) {
-	reader := dbp.DwarfReader()
-	typentry, err := reader.SeekToTypeNamed(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return dbp.dwarf.Type(typentry.Offset)
-}
-
 func (v *Variable) asInt() (int64, error) {
 	if v.DwarfType == nil {
 		if v.Value.Kind() != constant.Int {
diff --git a/proc/proc.go b/proc/proc.go
index ee450232..f4ec75cb 100644
--- a/proc/proc.go
+++ b/proc/proc.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ type Process struct {
 	// Normally SelectedGoroutine is CurrentThread.GetG, it will not be only if SwitchGoroutine is called with a goroutine that isn't attached to a thread
 	SelectedGoroutine *G
 
+	// Maps package names to package paths, needed to lookup types inside DWARF info
+	packageMap map[string]string
+
 	allGCache               []*G
 	dwarf                   *dwarf.Data
 	goSymTable              *gosym.Table
diff --git a/proc/types.go b/proc/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c482716c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proc/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package proc
+
+import (
+	"debug/dwarf"
+	"go/ast"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Do not call this function directly it isn't able to deal correctly with package paths
+func (dbp *Process) findType(name string) (dwarf.Type, error) {
+	reader := dbp.DwarfReader()
+	typentry, err := reader.SeekToTypeNamed(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dbp.dwarf.Type(typentry.Offset)
+}
+
+func (dbp *Process) pointerTo(typ dwarf.Type) dwarf.Type {
+	return &dwarf.PtrType{dwarf.CommonType{int64(dbp.arch.PtrSize()), ""}, typ}
+}
+
+func (dbp *Process) findTypeExpr(expr ast.Expr) (dwarf.Type, error) {
+	dbp.loadPackageMap()
+	dbp.expandPackagesInType(expr)
+	if snode, ok := expr.(*ast.StarExpr); ok {
+		// Pointer types only appear in the dwarf informations when
+		// a pointer to the type is used in the target program, here
+		// we create a pointer type on the fly so that the user can
+		// specify a pointer to any variable used in the target program
+		ptyp, err := dbp.findType(exprToString(snode.X))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return dbp.pointerTo(ptyp), nil
+	}
+	return dbp.findType(exprToString(expr))
+}
+
+func complexType(typename string) bool {
+	dot := 0
+	for _, ch := range typename {
+		switch ch {
+		case '*', '[', '<', '{', '(', ' ':
+			return true
+		case '.':
+			dot++
+			if dot > 1 {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (dbp *Process) loadPackageMap() error {
+	if dbp.packageMap != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	dbp.packageMap = map[string]string{}
+	reader := dbp.DwarfReader()
+	for entry, err := reader.Next(); entry != nil; entry, err = reader.Next() {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if entry.Tag != dwarf.TagTypedef && entry.Tag != dwarf.TagBaseType && entry.Tag != dwarf.TagClassType && entry.Tag != dwarf.TagStructType {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		typename, ok := entry.Val(dwarf.AttrName).(string)
+		if !ok || complexType(typename) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		dot := strings.Index(typename, ".")
+		if dot < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		path := typename[:dot]
+		slash := strings.LastIndex(path, "/")
+		if slash < 0 || slash+1 >= len(path) {
+			continue
+		}
+		name := path[slash+1:]
+		dbp.packageMap[name] = path
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (dbp *Process) expandPackagesInType(expr ast.Expr) {
+	switch e := expr.(type) {
+	case *ast.ArrayType:
+		dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.Elt)
+	case *ast.ChanType:
+		dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.Value)
+	case *ast.FuncType:
+		for i := range e.Params.List {
+			dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.Params.List[i].Type)
+		}
+		for i := range e.Results.List {
+			dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.Results.List[i].Type)
+		}
+	case *ast.MapType:
+		dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.Key)
+		dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.Value)
+	case *ast.ParenExpr:
+		dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.X)
+	case *ast.SelectorExpr:
+		switch x := e.X.(type) {
+		case *ast.Ident:
+			if path, ok := dbp.packageMap[x.Name]; ok {
+				x.Name = path
+			}
+		default:
+			dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.X)
+		}
+	case *ast.StarExpr:
+		dbp.expandPackagesInType(e.X)
+	default:
+		// nothing to do
+	}
+}
diff --git a/proc/variables.go b/proc/variables.go
index 677c3ab0..cf5019b6 100644
--- a/proc/variables.go
+++ b/proc/variables.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"debug/dwarf"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
-	"go/ast"
 	"go/constant"
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
@@ -1451,10 +1450,16 @@ func (v *Variable) loadInterface(recurseLevel int, loadData bool) {
 
 	typ, err := v.thread.dbp.findTypeExpr(t)
 	if err != nil {
-		v.Unreadable = fmt.Errorf("invalid interface type: %v", err)
+		v.Unreadable = fmt.Errorf("interface type \"%s\" not found for 0x%x: %v", constant.StringVal(typestring.Value), data.Addr, err)
 		return
 	}
 
+	realtyp := resolveTypedef(typ)
+	if _, isptr := realtyp.(*dwarf.PtrType); !isptr {
+		// interface to non-pointer types are pointers even if the type says otherwise
+		typ = v.thread.dbp.pointerTo(typ)
+	}
+
 	data = newVariable("data", data.Addr, typ, data.thread)
 
 	v.Children = []Variable{*data}
@@ -1464,21 +1469,6 @@ func (v *Variable) loadInterface(recurseLevel int, loadData bool) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (dbp *Process) findTypeExpr(expr ast.Expr) (dwarf.Type, error) {
-	if snode, ok := expr.(*ast.StarExpr); ok {
-		// Pointer types only appear in the dwarf informations when
-		// a pointer to the type is used in the target program, here
-		// we create a pointer type on the fly so that the user can
-		// specify a pointer to any variable used in the target program
-		ptyp, err := dbp.findType(exprToString(snode.X))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return &dwarf.PtrType{dwarf.CommonType{int64(dbp.arch.PtrSize()), exprToString(expr)}, ptyp}, nil
-	}
-	return dbp.findType(exprToString(expr))
-}
-
 // Fetches all variables of a specific type in the current function scope
 func (scope *EvalScope) variablesByTag(tag dwarf.Tag) ([]*Variable, error) {
 	reader := scope.DwarfReader()
diff --git a/service/test/variables_test.go b/service/test/variables_test.go
index 4dbb4cbd..6a84bda6 100644
--- a/service/test/variables_test.go
+++ b/service/test/variables_test.go
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ func TestEvalExpression(t *testing.T) {
 		{"err2", true, "error(*struct main.bstruct) *{a: main.astruct {A: 1, B: 2}}", "", "error", nil},
 		{"errnil", true, "error nil", "", "error", nil},
 		{"iface1", true, "interface {}(*struct main.astruct) *{A: 1, B: 2}", "", "interface {}", nil},
+		{"iface2", true, "interface {}(*struct string) *\"test\"", "", "interface {}", nil},
+		{"iface3", true, "interface {}(map[string]go/constant.Value) []", "", "interface {}", nil},
+		{"iface4", true, "interface {}(*struct []go/constant.Value) *[*4]", "", "interface {}", nil},
 		{"ifacenil", true, "interface {} nil", "", "interface {}", nil},
 		{"err1 == err2", false, "false", "", "", nil},
 		{"err1 == iface1", false, "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("mismatched types \"error\" and \"interface {}\"")},
@@ -412,6 +415,7 @@ func TestEvalExpression(t *testing.T) {
 		{"err1.(*main.astruct)", false, "*struct main.astruct {A: 1, B: 2}", "", "*struct main.astruct", nil},
 		{"err1.(*main.bstruct)", false, "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("interface conversion: error is *struct main.astruct, not *struct main.bstruct")},
 		{"errnil.(*main.astruct)", false, "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("interface conversion: error is nil, not *main.astruct")},
+		{"const1", true, "go/constant.Value(*go/constant.int64Val) *3", "", "go/constant.Value", nil},
 
 		// combined expressions
 		{"c1.pb.a.A", true, "1", "", "int", nil},