diff --git a/src/main/scala/awscala/dynamodbv2/AttributeValue.scala b/src/main/scala/awscala/dynamodbv2/AttributeValue.scala
index 64d36ae3..a90c26bb 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/awscala/dynamodbv2/AttributeValue.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/awscala/dynamodbv2/AttributeValue.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package awscala.dynamodbv2
 
 import awscala._
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import com.amazonaws.services.{ dynamodbv2 => aws }
 import java.util.{ Map => JMap }
@@ -16,6 +17,17 @@ object AttributeValue {
       key -> toJavaValue(vl)
   }
 
+  private def recurseListValue(l: Seq[_]): Seq[aws.model.AttributeValue] = l.map {
+    case v: AttributeValue =>
+      v
+    case v: Map[String, Any] =>
+      new aws.model.AttributeValue().withM(recurseMapValue(v).asJava)
+    case v: Seq[_] =>
+      new aws.model.AttributeValue().withL(recurseListValue(v).asJavaCollection)
+    case v =>
+      toJavaValue(v)
+  }
+
   def toJavaValue(v: Any): aws.model.AttributeValue = {
     val value = new aws.model.AttributeValue
     v match {
@@ -28,7 +40,8 @@ object AttributeValue {
         case Some(s: String) => value.withSS(xs.map(_.asInstanceOf[String]).asJava)
         case Some(n: java.lang.Number) => value.withSS(xs.map(_.toString).asJava)
         case Some(s: ByteBuffer) => value.withBS(xs.map(_.asInstanceOf[ByteBuffer]).asJava)
-        case Some(v) => value.withSS(xs.map(_.toString).asJava)
+        case Some(av: AttributeValue) => value.withL(recurseListValue(xs).asJavaCollection)
+        case Some(v) => value.withL(recurseListValue(xs).asJavaCollection)
         case _ => null
       }
       case m: Map[String, Any] => value.withM(recurseMapValue(m).asJava)
@@ -36,11 +49,19 @@ object AttributeValue {
     }
   }
 
+  def unpackListValue(av: java.util.List[aws.model.AttributeValue]): List[AttributeValue] = av.asScala.toList.map {
+    case x: aws.model.AttributeValue if x.getL == null =>
+      AttributeValue(x)
+    case x: aws.model.AttributeValue if x.getL != null =>
+      AttributeValue(l = unpackListValue(x.getL))
+  }
+
   def apply(v: aws.model.AttributeValue): AttributeValue = new AttributeValue(
     s = Option(v.getS),
     bl = Option[java.lang.Boolean](v.getBOOL).map(_.booleanValue()),
     n = Option(v.getN),
     b = Option(v.getB),
+    l = Option(v.getL).map(unpackListValue).getOrElse(Nil),
     m = Option(v.getM),
     ss = Option(v.getSS).map(_.asScala).getOrElse(Nil),
     ns = Option(v.getNS).map(_.asScala).getOrElse(Nil),
@@ -53,6 +74,7 @@ case class AttributeValue(
     bl: Option[Boolean] = None,
     n: Option[String] = None,
     b: Option[ByteBuffer] = None,
+    l: Seq[AttributeValue] = Nil,
     m: Option[JMap[String, aws.model.AttributeValue]] = None,
     ss: Seq[String] = Nil,
     ns: Seq[String] = Nil,
@@ -63,6 +85,7 @@ case class AttributeValue(
   bl.foreach(setBOOL(_))
   setN(n.orNull[String])
   setB(b.orNull[ByteBuffer])
+  setL(l.map(_.asInstanceOf[aws.model.AttributeValue]).asJavaCollection)
   setM(m.orNull[JMap[String, aws.model.AttributeValue]])
   setSS(ss.asJava)
   setNS(ns.asJava)
diff --git a/src/test/scala/awscala/DynamoDBV2Spec.scala b/src/test/scala/awscala/DynamoDBV2Spec.scala
index 975c8477..059f0546 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/awscala/DynamoDBV2Spec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/awscala/DynamoDBV2Spec.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import awscala.dynamodbv2._
 import com.amazonaws.services.{ dynamodbv2 => aws }
 import org.scalatest._
 import org.slf4j._
+import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import scala.util.Try
 
 class DynamoDBV2Spec extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
@@ -222,4 +223,52 @@ class DynamoDBV2Spec extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
     users.destroy()
   }
 
+  it should "encode nested list and boolean datatypes properly" in {
+    implicit val dynamoDB = DynamoDB.local()
+
+    val tableName = s"Users_${System.currentTimeMillis}"
+    val table = Table(
+      name = tableName,
+      hashPK = "Id",
+      attributes = Seq(
+        AttributeDefinition("Id", AttributeType.Number)
+      )
+    )
+    val createdTableMeta: TableMeta = dynamoDB.createTable(table)
+    log.info(s"Created Table: ${createdTableMeta}")
+
+    println(s"Waiting for DynamoDB table activation...")
+    var isTableActivated = false
+    while (!isTableActivated) {
+      dynamoDB.describe(createdTableMeta.table).map { meta =>
+        isTableActivated = meta.status == aws.model.TableStatus.ACTIVE
+      }
+      Thread.sleep(1000L)
+      print(".")
+    }
+    println("")
+    println(s"Created DynamoDB table has been activated.")
+
+    val users: Table = dynamoDB.table(tableName).get
+
+    val stuffList = (("a" :: "b" :: Nil) :: "b" :: "c" :: Nil)
+    users.put(1, "Name" -> "John", "Sex" -> "Male", "Age" -> 12)
+    users.put(2, "Name" -> "Bob", "Sex" -> "Male", "Age" -> 14, "Friend" -> true, "Stuff" -> stuffList)
+    users.put(3, "Name" -> "Bob", "Sex" -> "Male", "Age" -> 14, "Friend" -> true, "Stuff" -> (Map("libpq" -> List(Map("a"->"b"))) :: "b" :: "c" :: Nil))
+
+
+    def flatList(a:List[AttributeValue]): List[String] = a match {
+      case Nil => Nil
+      case AttributeValue(Some(s),_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_) :: tail =>
+        s :: flatList(tail)
+      case AttributeValue(_,_,_,_,l,_,_,_,_) :: tail => flatList(l.toList) ::: flatList(tail)
+    }
+
+    flatList(users.get(2).get.attributes.find(_.name == "Stuff").get.value.l.toList) should equal(List("a","b","b","c"))
+
+    users.get(3).get.attributes.find(_.name == "Stuff").get.value.l.head.m.get.get("libpq").getL.get(0).getM.get("a").getS should equal("b")
+
+    users.destroy()
+  }
+
 }