diff --git a/include/fc/io/raw.hpp b/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
index 2b96f1e43..4fa6076bc 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ namespace fc {
           value.insert( std::move(tmp) );
        }
     }
-    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V>
-    inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::map<K,V>& value, uint32_t _max_depth ) {
+    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename... V>
+    inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::map<K, V...>& value, uint32_t _max_depth ) {
        FC_ASSERT( _max_depth > 0 );
        --_max_depth;
        fc::raw::pack( s, unsigned_int(value.size()), _max_depth );
@@ -632,8 +632,8 @@ namespace fc {
           ++itr;
        }
     }
-    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V>
-    inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::map<K,V>& value, uint32_t _max_depth )
+    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V, typename... A>
+    inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::map<K, V, A...>& value, uint32_t _max_depth )
     {
        FC_ASSERT( _max_depth > 0 );
        --_max_depth;
diff --git a/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp b/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp
index e82fe44a6..3fd6a61b9 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ namespace fc {
     template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V> inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::unordered_map<K,V>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
     template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V> inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::unordered_map<K,V>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
 
-    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V> inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::map<K,V>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
-    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V> inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::map<K,V>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
+    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename... V>
+    inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::map<K, V...>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
+    template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V, typename... A>
+    inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::map<K, V, A...>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
 
     //template<typename Stream, typename K, typename... V> inline void pack( Stream& s, const flat_map<K,V...>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
     //template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V, typename... A> inline void unpack( Stream& s, flat_map<K,V,A...>& value, uint32_t _max_depth=FC_PACK_MAX_DEPTH );
diff --git a/include/fc/variant.hpp b/include/fc/variant.hpp
index 19cfae520..ae4f6ac46 100644
--- a/include/fc/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/variant.hpp
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ namespace fc
    template<typename K, typename T, typename... A>
    void from_variant(const variant& var, flat_map<K, T, A...>& vo, uint32_t max_depth );
 
-   template<typename K, typename T>
-   void to_variant( const std::map<K,T>& var,   variant& vo, uint32_t max_depth );
-   template<typename K, typename T>
-   void from_variant( const variant& var, std::map<K,T>& vo, uint32_t max_depth );
+   template<typename K, typename... T>
+   void to_variant( const std::map<K, T...>& var,   variant& vo, uint32_t max_depth );
+   template<typename K, typename T, typename... A>
+   void from_variant( const variant& var, std::map<K, T, A...>& vo, uint32_t max_depth );
    template<typename K, typename T>
    void to_variant( const std::multimap<K,T>& var,   variant& vo, uint32_t max_depth );
    template<typename K, typename T>
@@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ namespace fc
       for( const auto& item : vars )
          vo.insert( item.as< std::pair<K,T> >( max_depth - 1 ) );
    }
-   template<typename K, typename T>
-   void to_variant( const std::map<K, T>& var, variant& vo, uint32_t max_depth )
+   template<typename K, typename... T>
+   void to_variant( const std::map<K, T...>& var, variant& vo, uint32_t max_depth )
    {
       _FC_ASSERT( max_depth > 0, "Recursion depth exceeded!" );
       std::vector< variant > vars(var.size());
@@ -455,13 +455,13 @@ namespace fc
          vars[i++] = fc::variant( key_value, max_depth - 1 );
       vo = vars;
    }
-   template<typename K, typename T>
-   void from_variant( const variant& var, std::map<K, T>& vo, uint32_t max_depth )
+   template<typename K, typename T, typename... A>
+   void from_variant( const variant& var, std::map<K, T, A...>& vo, uint32_t max_depth )
    {
       _FC_ASSERT( max_depth > 0, "Recursion depth exceeded!" );
       const variants& vars = var.get_array();
       vo.clear();
-      for( auto item : vars )
+      for( const auto& item : vars )
          vo.insert( item.as< std::pair<K,T> >( max_depth - 1 ) );
    }