diff --git a/testrunner/ast.go b/testrunner/ast.go
index 6272080..46ed919 100644
--- a/testrunner/ast.go
+++ b/testrunner/ast.go
@@ -204,21 +204,25 @@ func processTestDataAssgn(sub string, assgn *ast.AssignStmt) (*subTData, bool) {
 		log.Println("warning: test data assignment must be a composite literal")
 		return nil, false
 	}
-
+	fieldNames := getAllFieldNames(rhs1.Type)
 	// Loop for all of the test data structs
 	for _, td := range rhs1.Elts {
 		vals, ok := td.(*ast.CompositeLit)
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
-
 		// Loop for each KeyValueExpr in the struct
-		for _, tv := range vals.Elts {
+		for i, tv := range vals.Elts {
+			var key string
+			var value *ast.BasicLit
 			kv, ok := tv.(*ast.KeyValueExpr)
-			if !ok {
-				continue
+			if ok {
+				key = kv.Key.(*ast.Ident).Name
+				value, ok = kv.Value.(*ast.BasicLit)
+			} else if fieldNames != nil {
+				key = fieldNames[i]
+				value, ok = tv.(*ast.BasicLit)
 			}
-			value, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.BasicLit)
 			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -230,7 +234,7 @@ func processTestDataAssgn(sub string, assgn *ast.AssignStmt) (*subTData, bool) {
 			altsub := strconv.Quote(strings.Replace(sub, "_", " ", -1))
 			// still check the original subtest name, in case it had underscores
 			if strconv.Quote(sub) == value.Value || altsub == value.Value {
-				metadata.subTKey = kv.Key.(*ast.Ident).Name // subtest data "name"
+				metadata.subTKey = key // subtest data "name"
 				// TD is the "parent" array of KeyValueExprs
 				metadata.TD = vals // test data element for the requested subtest
 				// re-assign the type from an array to the underlying test data struct
@@ -242,6 +246,21 @@ func processTestDataAssgn(sub string, assgn *ast.AssignStmt) (*subTData, bool) {
 	log.Printf("warning: could not find test data struct for subtest: %s", sub)
 	return nil, false
 }
+// getAllFieldNames returns all the field names of anonymous struct type
+// not support for named struct type yet
+func getAllFieldNames(exp ast.Expr) []string {
+	structType, ok := exp.(*ast.ArrayType).Elt.(*ast.StructType)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	keys := make([]string, 0)
+	for _, field := range structType.Fields.List {
+		for _, name := range field.Names {
+			keys = append(keys, name.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	return keys
+}
 
 // validate the range over the test data and store associated metadata
 func processRange(metadata *subTData, rastmt *ast.RangeStmt) bool {
diff --git a/testrunner/extract_test.go b/testrunner/extract_test.go
index 0dc5d01..b5be8bd 100644
--- a/testrunner/extract_test.go
+++ b/testrunner/extract_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ func TestExtractTestCode(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ParseCard(%s) = %d, want %d", tt.card, got, tt.want)
 	}
 
+}`,
+		}, {
+			name:     "working simple subtest with no field name in test data variable",
+			testName: "TestSimpleSubtest_NoFieldName/parse_ace",
+			testFile: tf,
+			code: `func TestSimpleSubtest_NoFieldName(t *testing.T) {
+	tt := struct {
+		name string
+		card string
+		want int
+	}{
+		"parse ace",
+		"ace",
+		11,
+	}
+	
+	if got := ParseCard(tt.card); got != tt.want {
+		t.Errorf("ParseCard(%s) = %d, want %d", tt.card, got, tt.want)
+	}
+
 }`,
 		}, {
 			name:     "working subtest",
diff --git a/testrunner/testdata/concept/conditionals/conditionals_test.go b/testrunner/testdata/concept/conditionals/conditionals_test.go
index 86427d5..6d11143 100644
--- a/testrunner/testdata/concept/conditionals/conditionals_test.go
+++ b/testrunner/testdata/concept/conditionals/conditionals_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,32 @@ func TestSimpleSubtest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSimpleSubtest_NoFieldName(t *testing.T) {
+	myTests := []struct {
+		name string
+		card string
+		want int
+	}{
+		{
+			"parse ace",
+			"ace",
+			11,
+		},
+		{
+			"parse two",
+			"two",
+			2,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range myTests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := ParseCard(tt.card); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ParseCard(%s) = %d, want %d", tt.card, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseCard(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string