diff --git a/src/adjoints.jl b/src/adjoints.jl
index 6e25cec..b9a0ce8 100644
--- a/src/adjoints.jl
+++ b/src/adjoints.jl
@@ -17,9 +17,22 @@ end
     return sa, back
 end
 
-@adjoint function (::Type{SA})(a::AbstractArray{T}) where {T,SA<:StructArray}
+@adjoint function (::Type{SA})(a::A) where {T,SA<:StructArray,A<:AbstractArray{T}}
     sa = SA(a)
-    back(Δ::NamedTuple) = ([(; (p => Δ[p][i] for p in propertynames(Δ))...) for i in eachindex(a)],)
+    function back(Δsa)
+        Δa = [(; (p => Δsa[p][i] for p in propertynames(Δsa))...) for i in eachindex(a)]
+        return (Δa,)
+    end
+    return sa, back
+end
+
+# Must special-case for Complex (#1)
+@adjoint function (::Type{SA})(a::A) where {T<:Complex,SA<:StructArray,A<:AbstractArray{T}}
+    sa = SA(a)
+    function back(Δsa) # dsa -> da
+        Δa = [Complex(Δsa.re[i], Δsa.im[i]) for i in eachindex(a)]
+        (Δa,)
+    end
     return sa, back
 end
 
diff --git a/test/adjoints.jl b/test/adjoints.jl
index 24e5a21..34d91a6 100644
--- a/test/adjoints.jl
+++ b/test/adjoints.jl
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ end == ([1.0, 1.0], nothing)
     sum(S.x) + sum(S.y)
 end == ([1.0, 1.0], [1.0, 1.0])
 
+#1
+@test gradient(randn(2), randn(2)) do X, Y
+    S = StructArray(Complex.(X, Y))
+    sum(S.re) + sum(S.im)
+end == ([1.0, 1.0], [1.0, 1.0])
+
 # @test gradient(randn(2), randn(2)) do X, Y
 #     S = StructArray{Complex}((re = X, im = Y))
 #     sum(abs.(S))
-# end
\ No newline at end of file
+# end