diff --git a/gengokit/httptransport/httptransport.go b/gengokit/httptransport/httptransport.go
index 6aea6bfb..22e86725 100644
--- a/gengokit/httptransport/httptransport.go
+++ b/gengokit/httptransport/httptransport.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 	"unicode"
 
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	gogen "github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogo/generator"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/metaverse/truss/gengokit/httptransport/templates"
 	"github.com/metaverse/truss/svcdef"
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ func NewBinding(i int, meth *svcdef.ServiceMethod) *Binding {
 			LocalName:      fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", gogen.CamelCase(field.Name), gogen.CamelCase(meth.Name)),
 		}
 
-		if field.Type.Message == nil && field.Type.Enum == nil && field.Type.Map == nil {
+		if field.Type.Message == nil && field.Type.Enum == nil && field.Type.Map == nil && !isProtobufType(field.Type.Name) && field.Type.Name != "time.Time" {
 			newField.IsBaseType = true
-		} else {
+		} else if !isProtobufType(field.Type.Name) && field.Type.Name != "time.Time" {
 			newField.GoType = "pb." + newField.GoType
 		}
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func NewBinding(i int, meth *svcdef.ServiceMethod) *Binding {
 		}
 
 		// Emit warnings for certain cases
-		if !newField.IsBaseType && newField.Location != "body" {
+		if !newField.IsBaseType && newField.Location != "body" && !isSafeNonBaseType(newField.GoType) {
 			log.Warnf(
 				"%s.%s is a non-base type specified to be located outside of "+
 					"the body. Non-base types outside the body may result in "+
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func NewBinding(i int, meth *svcdef.ServiceMethod) *Binding {
 				meth.Name,
 				newField.Name)
 		}
-		if newField.Repeated && newField.Location == "path" {
+		if newField.Repeated && newField.Location == "path" && !isSafeNonBaseType(newField.GoType) {
 			log.Warnf(
 				"%s.%s is a repeated field specified to be in the path. "+
 					"Repeated fields are not supported in the path and may"+
@@ -185,6 +185,24 @@ func NewBinding(i int, meth *svcdef.ServiceMethod) *Binding {
 	return &nBinding
 }
 
+func isProtobufType(t string) bool {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(t, "types.") {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func isSafeNonBaseType(t string) bool {
+	switch t {
+	case "time.Time": // gogo stdtime case
+		return true
+	case "types.Timestamp", "types.Duration":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 func GenServerTemplate(exec interface{}) (string, error) {
 	code, err := ApplyTemplate("ServerTemplate", templates.ServerTemplate, exec, TemplateFuncs)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -381,6 +399,10 @@ func createDecodeConvertFunc(f Field) (string, bool) {
 var {{.LocalName}} *{{.GoType}}
 {{.LocalName}} = &{{.GoType}}{}
 err = json.Unmarshal([]byte({{.LocalName}}Str), {{.LocalName}})`
+		singlePBTypeUnmarshalTmpl := `
+var {{.LocalName}} *{{.GoType}}
+{{.LocalName}} = &{{.GoType}}{}
+err = jsonpb.UnmarshalString({{.LocalName}}Str, {{.LocalName}})`
 		// All repeated args of any type are represented as slices, and bare
 		// assignments to a slice accept a slice as the rvalue. As a result,
 		// LocalName will be declared as a slice, and json.Unmarshal handles
@@ -399,16 +421,30 @@ if err != nil {
 {{- end}}
 err = json.Unmarshal([]byte({{.LocalName}}Str), &{{.LocalName}})`
 
+		repeatedPBUnmarshalTmpl := `
+var {{.LocalName}} {{.GoType}}
+{{- if and (and .IsBaseType .Repeated) (not (Contains .GoType "[]byte"))}}
+err = jsonpb.UnmarshalString({{.LocalName}}Str, &{{.LocalName}})
+if err != nil {
+	{{.LocalName}}Str = "[" + {{.LocalName}}Str + "]"
+}
+{{- end}}
+err = jsonpb.UnmarshalString({{.LocalName}}Str, &{{.LocalName}})`
+
 		errorCheckingTmpl := `
 if err != nil {
 	return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "couldn't decode {{.LocalName}} from %v", {{.LocalName}}Str)
 }`
 
 		var preamble string
-		if !f.Repeated {
+		if !f.Repeated && !isProtobufType(f.GoType) {
 			preamble = singleCustomTypeUnmarshalTmpl
-		} else {
+		} else if !f.Repeated && isProtobufType(f.GoType) {
+			preamble = singlePBTypeUnmarshalTmpl
+		} else if !isProtobufType(f.GoType) {
 			preamble = repeatedUnmarshalTmpl
+		} else {
+			preamble = repeatedPBUnmarshalTmpl
 		}
 		jsonConvTmpl := preamble + errorCheckingTmpl
 		code, err := ApplyTemplate("UnmarshalNonBaseType", jsonConvTmpl, f, TemplateFuncs)
diff --git a/gengokit/httptransport/templates/server.go b/gengokit/httptransport/templates/server.go
index c81fdba3..c3b75c73 100644
--- a/gengokit/httptransport/templates/server.go
+++ b/gengokit/httptransport/templates/server.go
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"io"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 
 	"context"
 
@@ -102,6 +104,8 @@ var (
 	_ = pb.New{{.Service.Name}}Client
 	_ = io.Copy
 	_ = errors.Wrap
+	_ = types.EmptyAny
+	_ = time.NewTimer
 )
 
 // MakeHTTPHandler returns a handler that makes a set of endpoints available
diff --git a/svcdef/svcdef.go b/svcdef/svcdef.go
index cf1ae307..70a89694 100644
--- a/svcdef/svcdef.go
+++ b/svcdef/svcdef.go
@@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ func NewField(f *ast.Field) (*Field, error) {
 			if oneof, ok := oneofs[ex.Name]; ok {
 				rv.Type.Oneof = oneof
 			}
+		case *ast.SelectorExpr:
+			packageIdent := ex.X.(*ast.Ident)
+			rv.Type.Name += fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", packageIdent.Name, ex.Sel.Name)
 		case *ast.StarExpr:
 			rv.Type.StarExpr = true
 			typeFollower(ex.X)