diff --git a/usr.sbin/ctld/ctl.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/ctld/ctl.conf.5
--- a/usr.sbin/ctld/ctl.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/ctld/ctl.conf.5
@@ -555,36 +555,34 @@
 	"iqn.2012-06.com.example:target0" {
 		alias = "Example target"
 		auth-group = no-authentication
-		lun = [
-			{
-				number = 0
+		lun = {
+			0 {
 				path = /dev/zvol/tank/example_0
 				blocksize = 4096
 				size = 4GB
 			}
-		]
+		}
 	}
 
 	"iqn.2012-06.com.example:target1" {
 		auth-group = ag0
 		portal-group = pg0
-		lun = [
-			{ number = 0, name = example_1 },
-			{
-				number = 1
+		lun {
+			0 = example_1
+			1 {
 				path = /dev/zvol/tank/example_2
 				options {
 					vendor = "FreeBSD"
 				}
 			}
-		]
+		}
 	}
 
 	naa.50015178f369f092 {
 		port = isp0
-		lun = [
-			{ number = 0, name = example_1 }
-		]
+		lun {
+			0 = example_1
+		}
 	}
 }
 .Ed
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ctld/uclparse.c b/usr.sbin/ctld/uclparse.c
--- a/usr.sbin/ctld/uclparse.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/ctld/uclparse.c
@@ -233,23 +233,39 @@
 {
 	const ucl_object_t *num;
 	const ucl_object_t *name;
-	char *lun_name;
+	const char *key;
+	char *end, *lun_name;
 	u_int id;
 	bool ok;
 
+	key = ucl_object_key(obj);
+	if (key != NULL) {
+		id = strtoul(key, &end, 0);
+		if (*end != '\0') {
+			log_warnx("lun key \"%s\" in target \"%s\" is invalid",
+			    key, t_name);
+			return (false);
+		}
+
+		if (obj->type == UCL_STRING)
+			return (target_add_lun(id, ucl_object_tostring(obj)));
+	}
+
 	if (obj->type != UCL_OBJECT) {
 		log_warnx("lun section entries in target \"%s\" must be objects",
 		    t_name);
 		return (false);
 	}
 
-	num = ucl_object_find_key(obj, "number");
-	if (num == NULL || num->type != UCL_INT) {
-		log_warnx("lun section in target \"%s\" is missing "
-		    "\"number\" integer property", t_name);
-		return (false);
+	if (key == NULL) {
+		num = ucl_object_find_key(obj, "number");
+		if (num == NULL || num->type != UCL_INT) {
+			log_warnx("lun section in target \"%s\" is missing "
+			    "\"number\" integer property", t_name);
+			return (false);
+		}
+		id = ucl_object_toint(num);
 	}
-	id = ucl_object_toint(num);
 
 	name = ucl_object_find_key(obj, "name");
 	if (name == NULL) {