diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/map.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/map.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e5dc2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/map.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+// the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package coder
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// TODO(lostluck): 2020.08.04 export these for use for others?
+
+// mapDecoder produces a decoder for the beam schema map encoding.
+func mapDecoder(rt reflect.Type, decodeToKey, decodeToElem func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error) func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error {
+	return func(ret reflect.Value, r io.Reader) error {
+		// (1) Read count prefixed encoded data
+		size, err := DecodeInt32(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		n := int(size)
+		ret.Set(reflect.MakeMapWithSize(rt, n))
+		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+			rvk := reflect.New(rt.Key()).Elem()
+			if err := decodeToKey(rvk, r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			rvv := reflect.New(rt.Elem()).Elem()
+			if err := decodeToElem(rvv, r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			ret.SetMapIndex(rvk, rvv)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// containerNilDecoder handles when a value is nillable for map or iterable components.
+// Nillable types have an extra byte prefixing them indicating nil status.
+func containerNilDecoder(decodeToElem func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error) func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error {
+	return func(ret reflect.Value, r io.Reader) error {
+		hasValue, err := DecodeBool(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !hasValue {
+			return nil
+		}
+		rv := reflect.New(ret.Type().Elem())
+		if err := decodeToElem(rv.Elem(), r); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ret.Set(rv)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// mapEncoder reflectively encodes a map or array type using the beam map encoding.
+func mapEncoder(rt reflect.Type, encodeKey, encodeValue func(reflect.Value, io.Writer) error) func(reflect.Value, io.Writer) error {
+	return func(rv reflect.Value, w io.Writer) error {
+		size := rv.Len()
+		if err := EncodeInt32((int32)(size), w); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		iter := rv.MapRange()
+		for iter.Next() {
+			if err := encodeKey(iter.Key(), w); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := encodeValue(iter.Value(), w); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// containerNilEncoder handles when a value is nillable for map or iterable components.
+// Nillable types have an extra byte prefixing them indicating nil status.
+func containerNilEncoder(encodeElem func(reflect.Value, io.Writer) error) func(reflect.Value, io.Writer) error {
+	return func(rv reflect.Value, w io.Writer) error {
+		if rv.IsNil() {
+			return EncodeBool(false, w)
+		}
+		if err := EncodeBool(true, w); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return encodeElem(rv.Elem(), w)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/map_test.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/map_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b825c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/map_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+// the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package coder
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/util/reflectx"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+)
+
+func TestEncodeDecodeMap(t *testing.T) {
+	byteEnc := containerEncoderForType(reflectx.Uint8)
+	byteDec := containerDecoderForType(reflectx.Uint8)
+	bytePtrEnc := containerEncoderForType(reflect.PtrTo(reflectx.Uint8))
+	bytePtrDec := containerDecoderForType(reflect.PtrTo(reflectx.Uint8))
+
+	ptrByte := byte(42)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		v          interface{}
+		encK, encV func(reflect.Value, io.Writer) error
+		decK, decV func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error
+		encoded    []byte
+		decodeOnly bool
+	}{
+		{
+			v:       map[byte]byte{10: 42},
+			encK:    byteEnc,
+			encV:    byteEnc,
+			decK:    byteDec,
+			decV:    byteDec,
+			encoded: []byte{0, 0, 0, 1, 10, 42},
+		}, {
+			v:       map[byte]*byte{10: &ptrByte},
+			encK:    byteEnc,
+			encV:    bytePtrEnc,
+			decK:    byteDec,
+			decV:    bytePtrDec,
+			encoded: []byte{0, 0, 0, 1, 10, 1, 42},
+		}, {
+			v:          map[byte]*byte{10: &ptrByte, 23: nil, 53: nil},
+			encK:       byteEnc,
+			encV:       bytePtrEnc,
+			decK:       byteDec,
+			decV:       bytePtrDec,
+			encoded:    []byte{0, 0, 0, 3, 10, 1, 42, 23, 0, 53, 0},
+			decodeOnly: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		test := test
+		if !test.decodeOnly {
+			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("encode %q", test.v), func(t *testing.T) {
+				var buf bytes.Buffer
+				err := mapEncoder(reflect.TypeOf(test.v), test.encK, test.encV)(reflect.ValueOf(test.v), &buf)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("mapEncoder(%q) = %v", test.v, err)
+				}
+				if d := cmp.Diff(test.encoded, buf.Bytes()); d != "" {
+					t.Errorf("mapEncoder(%q) = %v, want %v diff(-want,+got):\n %v", test.v, buf.Bytes(), test.encoded, d)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("decode %v", test.v), func(t *testing.T) {
+			buf := bytes.NewBuffer(test.encoded)
+			rt := reflect.TypeOf(test.v)
+			var dec func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error
+			dec = mapDecoder(rt, test.decK, test.decV)
+			rv := reflect.New(rt).Elem()
+			err := dec(rv, buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("mapDecoder(%q) = %v", test.encoded, err)
+			}
+			got := rv.Interface()
+			if d := cmp.Diff(test.v, got); d != "" {
+				t.Errorf("mapDecoder(%q) = %q, want %v diff(-want,+got):\n %v", test.encoded, got, test.v, d)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row.go
index aac34ac..00b4c26 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row.go
@@ -152,21 +152,26 @@
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
-		decf := decoderForSingleTypeReflect(t.Elem())
-		sdec := iterableDecoderForSlice(t, decf)
-		return func(rv reflect.Value, r io.Reader) error {
-			return sdec(rv, r)
-		}
+		decf := containerDecoderForType(t.Elem())
+		return iterableDecoderForSlice(t, decf)
 	case reflect.Array:
-		decf := decoderForSingleTypeReflect(t.Elem())
-		sdec := iterableDecoderForArray(t, decf)
-		return func(rv reflect.Value, r io.Reader) error {
-			return sdec(rv, r)
-		}
+		decf := containerDecoderForType(t.Elem())
+		return iterableDecoderForArray(t, decf)
+	case reflect.Map:
+		decK := containerDecoderForType(t.Key())
+		decV := containerDecoderForType(t.Elem())
+		return mapDecoder(t, decK, decV)
 	}
 	panic(fmt.Sprintf("unimplemented type to decode: %v", t))
 }
 
+func containerDecoderForType(t reflect.Type) func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error {
+	if t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		return containerNilDecoder(decoderForSingleTypeReflect(t.Elem()))
+	}
+	return decoderForSingleTypeReflect(t)
+}
+
 type typeDecoderReflect struct {
 	typ    reflect.Type
 	fields []func(reflect.Value, io.Reader) error
@@ -270,15 +275,26 @@
 				return EncodeBytes(rv.Bytes(), w)
 			}
 		}
-		encf := encoderForSingleTypeReflect(t.Elem())
+		encf := containerEncoderForType(t.Elem())
 		return iterableEncoder(t, encf)
 	case reflect.Array:
-		encf := encoderForSingleTypeReflect(t.Elem())
+		encf := containerEncoderForType(t.Elem())
 		return iterableEncoder(t, encf)
+	case reflect.Map:
+		encK := containerEncoderForType(t.Key())
+		encV := containerEncoderForType(t.Elem())
+		return mapEncoder(t, encK, encV)
 	}
 	panic(fmt.Sprintf("unimplemented type to encode: %v", t))
 }
 
+func containerEncoderForType(t reflect.Type) func(reflect.Value, io.Writer) error {
+	if t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		return containerNilEncoder(encoderForSingleTypeReflect(t.Elem()))
+	}
+	return encoderForSingleTypeReflect(t)
+}
+
 type typeEncoderReflect struct {
 	fields []func(reflect.Value, io.Writer) error
 }
diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row_test.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row_test.go
index f1089b8..38b7c5d 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row_test.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder/row_test.go
@@ -78,16 +78,18 @@
 			V12 [0]int
 			V13 [2]int
 			V14 []int
-			// V15 map[string]int // not yet a standard coder (BEAM-7996)
+			V15 map[string]int
 			V16 float32
 			V17 float64
 			V18 []byte
+			V19 [2]*int
+			V20 map[*string]*int
 		}{},
 	}, {
 		want: struct {
 			V00 bool
-			V01 byte
-			V02 uint8
+			V01 byte  // unsupported by spec (same as uint8)
+			V02 uint8 // unsupported by spec
 			V03 int16
 			//	V04 uint16 // unsupported by spec
 			V05 int32
@@ -100,10 +102,13 @@
 			V12 [0]int
 			V13 [2]int
 			V14 []int
-			// V15 map[string]int // not yet a standard coder (BEAM-7996) (encoding unspecified)
+			V15 map[string]int
 			V16 float32
 			V17 float64
 			V18 []byte
+			V19 [2]*int
+			V20 map[string]*int
+			V21 []*int
 		}{
 			V00: true,
 			V01: 1,
@@ -117,9 +122,16 @@
 			V12: [0]int{},
 			V13: [2]int{72, 908},
 			V14: []int{12, 9326, 641346, 6},
+			V15: map[string]int{"pants": 42},
 			V16: 3.14169,
 			V17: 2.6e100,
 			V18: []byte{21, 17, 65, 255, 0, 16},
+			V19: [2]*int{nil, &num},
+			V20: map[string]*int{
+				"notnil": &num,
+				"nil":    nil,
+			},
+			V21: []*int{nil, &num, nil},
 		},
 		// TODO add custom types such as protocol buffers.
 	},