diff --git a/internal/lsp/source/definition.go b/internal/lsp/source/definition.go
index 9886f3d..0df2bd1 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/source/definition.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/source/definition.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/token"
+	"go/types"
 
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil"
 )
@@ -22,45 +23,73 @@
 	if err != nil {
 		return Range{}, err
 	}
-	ident, err := findIdentifier(fAST, pos)
+	i, err := findIdentifier(fAST, pos)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Range{}, err
 	}
-	if ident == nil {
+	if i.ident == nil {
 		return Range{}, fmt.Errorf("definition was not a valid identifier")
 	}
-	obj := pkg.TypesInfo.ObjectOf(ident)
+	obj := pkg.TypesInfo.ObjectOf(i.ident)
 	if obj == nil {
 		return Range{}, fmt.Errorf("no object")
 	}
+	if i.wasEmbeddedField {
+		// the original position was on the embedded field declaration
+		// so we try to dig out the type and jump to that instead
+		if v, ok := obj.(*types.Var); ok {
+			if n, ok := v.Type().(*types.Named); ok {
+				obj = n.Obj()
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return Range{
 		Start: obj.Pos(),
 		End:   obj.Pos() + token.Pos(len([]byte(obj.Name()))), // TODO: use real range of obj
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// ident returns the ident plus any extra information needed
+type ident struct {
+	ident            *ast.Ident
+	wasEmbeddedField bool
+}
+
 // findIdentifier returns the ast.Ident for a position
 // in a file, accounting for a potentially incomplete selector.
-func findIdentifier(f *ast.File, pos token.Pos) (*ast.Ident, error) {
-	path, _ := astutil.PathEnclosingInterval(f, pos, pos)
-	if path == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't find node enclosing position")
+func findIdentifier(f *ast.File, pos token.Pos) (ident, error) {
+	m, err := checkIdentifier(f, pos)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ident{}, err
+	}
+	if m.ident != nil {
+		return m, nil
 	}
 	// If the position is not an identifier but immediately follows
 	// an identifier or selector period (as is common when
 	// requesting a completion), use the path to the preceding node.
-	if ident, ok := path[0].(*ast.Ident); ok {
-		return ident, nil
-	}
-	path, _ = astutil.PathEnclosingInterval(f, pos-1, pos-1)
+	return checkIdentifier(f, pos-1)
+}
+
+// checkIdentifier checks a single position for a potential identifier.
+func checkIdentifier(f *ast.File, pos token.Pos) (ident, error) {
+	path, _ := astutil.PathEnclosingInterval(f, pos, pos)
+	result := ident{}
 	if path == nil {
-		return nil, nil
+		return result, fmt.Errorf("can't find node enclosing position")
 	}
-	switch prev := path[0].(type) {
+	switch node := path[0].(type) {
 	case *ast.Ident:
-		return prev, nil
+		result.ident = node
 	case *ast.SelectorExpr:
-		return prev.Sel, nil
+		result.ident = node.Sel
 	}
-	return nil, nil
+	if result.ident != nil {
+		for _, n := range path[1:] {
+			if field, ok := n.(*ast.Field); ok {
+				result.wasEmbeddedField = len(field.Names) == 0
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
 }