diff --git a/acl/policy.go b/acl/policy.go
index df4af9c06..5e337f94e 100644
--- a/acl/policy.go
+++ b/acl/policy.go
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl"
 )
 
-// KeyPolicyType controls the various access levels for keys
-type KeyPolicyType string
-
 const (
 	KeyPolicyDeny  = "deny"
 	KeyPolicyRead  = "read"
@@ -23,7 +20,11 @@ type Policy struct {
 // KeyPolicy represents a policy for a key
 type KeyPolicy struct {
 	Prefix string `hcl:",key"`
-	Policy KeyPolicyType
+	Policy string
+}
+
+func (k *KeyPolicy) GoString() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", *k)
 }
 
 // Parse is used to parse the specified ACL rules into an
diff --git a/acl/policy_test.go b/acl/policy_test.go
index 35f322e6a..6db3317c0 100644
--- a/acl/policy_test.go
+++ b/acl/policy_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ key "foo/bar/baz" {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if reflect.DeepEqual(out, exp) {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", out)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, exp) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v %#v", out, exp)
 	}
 }