diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index edd8f2d..b5283bb 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -7530,8 +7530,9 @@
 	!	When included, save and restore global variables that start
 		with an uppercase letter, and don't contain a lowercase
 		letter.  Thus "KEEPTHIS and "K_L_M" are stored, but "KeepThis"
-		and "_K_L_M" are not.  Only String and Number types are
-		stored.
+		and "_K_L_M" are not.  Nested List and Dict items may not be
+		read back correctly, you end up with a string representation
+		instead.
 	"	Maximum number of lines saved for each register.  Old name of
 		the '<' item, with the disadvantage that you need to put a
 		backslash before the ", otherwise it will be recognized as the
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 0f306d4..699598b 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -22520,18 +22520,21 @@
 	if (tab != NULL)
 	{
 	    *tab++ = '\0';	/* isolate the variable name */
-	    if (*tab == 'S')	/* string var */
-		type = VAR_STRING;
+	    switch (*tab)
+	    {
+		case 'S': type = VAR_STRING; break;
 #ifdef FEAT_FLOAT
-	    else if (*tab == 'F')
-		type = VAR_FLOAT;
+		case 'F': type = VAR_FLOAT; break;
 #endif
+		case 'D': type = VAR_DICT; break;
+		case 'L': type = VAR_LIST; break;
+	    }
 
 	    tab = vim_strchr(tab, '\t');
 	    if (tab != NULL)
 	    {
 		tv.v_type = type;
-		if (type == VAR_STRING)
+		if (type == VAR_STRING || type == VAR_DICT || type == VAR_LIST)
 		    tv.vval.v_string = viminfo_readstring(virp,
 				       (int)(tab - virp->vir_line + 1), TRUE);
 #ifdef FEAT_FLOAT
@@ -22540,9 +22543,27 @@
 #endif
 		else
 		    tv.vval.v_number = atol((char *)tab + 1);
+		if (type == VAR_DICT || type == VAR_LIST)
+		{
+		    typval_T *etv = eval_expr(tv.vval.v_string, NULL);
+
+		    if (etv == NULL)
+			/* Failed to parse back the dict or list, use it as a
+			 * string. */
+			tv.v_type = VAR_STRING;
+		    else
+		    {
+			vim_free(tv.vval.v_string);
+			tv = *etv;
+		    }
+		}
+
 		set_var(virp->vir_line + 1, &tv, FALSE);
-		if (type == VAR_STRING)
+
+		if (tv.v_type == VAR_STRING)
 		    vim_free(tv.vval.v_string);
+		else if (tv.v_type == VAR_DICT || tv.v_type == VAR_LIST)
+		    clear_tv(&tv);
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -22584,8 +22605,10 @@
 		    case VAR_STRING: s = "STR"; break;
 		    case VAR_NUMBER: s = "NUM"; break;
 #ifdef FEAT_FLOAT
-		    case VAR_FLOAT: s = "FLO"; break;
+		    case VAR_FLOAT:  s = "FLO"; break;
 #endif
+		    case VAR_DICT:   s = "DIC"; break;
+		    case VAR_LIST:   s = "LIS"; break;
 		    default: continue;
 		}
 		fprintf(fp, "!%s\t%s\t", this_var->di_key, s);
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak b/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak
index a2644cd..d026ca1 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		test56.out test57.out test58.out test59.out test60.out \
 		test61.out test62.out test63.out test64.out test65.out \
 		test66.out test67.out test68.out test69.out test70.out \
-		test71.out test72.out test73.out
+		test71.out test72.out test73.out test74.out
 
 .SUFFIXES: .in .out
 
@@ -120,3 +120,4 @@
 test71.out: test71.in
 test72.out: test72.in
 test73.out: test73.in
+test74.out: test74.in
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak b/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak
index 900a637..455f899 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 		test30.out test31.out test32.out test33.out test34.out \
 		test37.out test38.out test39.out test40.out test41.out \
 		test42.out test52.out test65.out test66.out test67.out \
-		test68.out test69.out test71.out test72.out test73.out
+		test68.out test69.out test71.out test72.out test73.out \
+		test74.out
 
 SCRIPTS32 =	test50.out test70.out
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak b/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak
index 2d40ab5..b1436bb 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
 		test30.out test31.out test32.out test33.out test34.out \
 		test37.out test38.out test39.out test40.out test41.out \
 		test42.out test52.out test65.out test66.out test67.out \
-		test68.out test69.out test71.out test72.out test72.out
+		test68.out test69.out test71.out test72.out test73.out \
+		test74.out
 
 SCRIPTS32 =	test50.out test70.out
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak b/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak
index 46e9b6c..f1a2ece 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		test56.out test57.out test58.out test59.out test60.out \
 		test61.out test62.out test63.out test64.out test65.out \
 		test66.out test67.out test68.out test69.out test70.out \
-		test71.out test72.out test73.out
+		test71.out test72.out test73.out test74.out
 
 .SUFFIXES: .in .out
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms b/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms
index 4e2c096..031ee91 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 	 test56.out test57.out test60.out \
 	 test61.out test62.out test63.out test64.out test65.out \
 	 test66.out test67.out test68.out test69.out \
-	 test71.out test72.out
+	 test71.out test72.out test74.out
 
 # Known problems:
 # Test 30: a problem around mac format - unknown reason
diff --git a/src/testdir/Makefile b/src/testdir/Makefile
index bdc2c28..87c8050 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Makefile
+++ b/src/testdir/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #   This will make testing about 10 times as slow.
 # VALGRIND = valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --num-callers=15 --log-file=valgrind.$*
 
+
 SCRIPTS = test1.out test2.out test3.out test4.out test5.out test6.out \
 		test7.out test8.out test9.out test10.out test11.out \
 		test12.out  test13.out test14.out test15.out test17.out \
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@
 		test54.out test55.out test56.out test57.out test58.out \
 		test59.out test60.out test61.out test62.out test63.out \
 		test64.out test65.out test66.out test67.out test68.out \
-		test69.out test70.out test71.out test72.out test73.out
+		test69.out test70.out test71.out test72.out test73.out \
+		test74.out
 
 SCRIPTS_GUI = test16.out
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/main.aap b/src/testdir/main.aap
index 78ef7e0..ef2d93c 100644
--- a/src/testdir/main.aap
+++ b/src/testdir/main.aap
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		test33.out test34.out test35.out test36.out test37.out
 		test38.out test39.out test40.out test41.out test42.out
 		test43.out test44.out test45.out test46.out test47.out
-		test48.out test49.out
+		test48.out test49.out test74.out
 
 ScriptsGUI = test16.out
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test74.in b/src/testdir/test74.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fbe5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test74.in
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+" Tests for storing global variables in the .viminfo file vim: set ft=vim:
+
+STARTTEST
+:so small.vim
+:" Do all test in a separate window to avoid E211 when we recursively
+:" delete the Xfind directory during cleanup
+:"
+:" This will cause a few errors, do it silently.
+:set visualbell
+:set nocp viminfo+=!,nviminfo
+:let MY_GLOBAL_DICT={'foo': 1, 'bar': 0, 'longvarible': 1000}
+:" store a really long list, so line wrapping will occur in viminfo file
+:let MY_GLOBAL_LIST=range(1,100)
+:wv! Xviminfo
+:unlet MY_GLOBAL_DICT
+:unlet MY_GLOBAL_LIST
+:rv! Xviminfo
+:call delete('Xviminfo')
+:if exists("MY_GLOBAL_DICT")
+:redir >> test.out
+:echo MY_GLOBAL_DICT
+:redir end
+:endif
+:if exists("MY_GLOBAL_LIST")
+:redir >> test.out
+:echo MY_GLOBAL_LIST
+:redir end
+:endif
+:redir >> test.out
+:echo "foobar"
+:redir end
+:endif
+:qa!
+ENDTEST
+
+eof
diff --git a/src/testdir/test74.ok b/src/testdir/test74.ok
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b026c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test74.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+{'foo': 1, 'longvarible': 1000, 'bar': 0}
+[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]
+
+foobar
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 9584550..e776e1d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    30,
+/**/
     29,
 /**/
     28,