diff --git a/fire/parser.py b/fire/parser.py
index a335cc2c..93563d22 100644
--- a/fire/parser.py
+++ b/fire/parser.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def DefaultParseValue(value):
   # Note: _LiteralEval will treat '#' as the start of a comment.
   try:
     return _LiteralEval(value)
-  except (SyntaxError, ValueError):
+  except (SyntaxError, ValueError, TypeError):
     # If _LiteralEval can't parse the value, treat it as a string.
     return value
 
diff --git a/fire/parser_test.py b/fire/parser_test.py
index a404eea2..d2217b94 100644
--- a/fire/parser_test.py
+++ b/fire/parser_test.py
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ def testDefaultParseValueBadLiteral(self):
         parser.DefaultParseValue('[(A, 2, "3"), 5'), '[(A, 2, "3"), 5')
     self.assertEqual(parser.DefaultParseValue('x=10'), 'x=10')
 
+  def testDefaultParseValueUnhashableLiteral(self):
+    for value in ('{{name}}', '{[1]}', '{[1]: 2}', '{{a: 1}: 2}'):
+      with self.subTest(value=value):
+        self.assertEqual(parser.DefaultParseValue(value), value)
+
+  def testDefaultParseValueHashableContainers(self):
+    self.assertEqual(parser.DefaultParseValue('{one, two}'), {'one', 'two'})
+    self.assertEqual(parser.DefaultParseValue('{(1, 2): [3]}'), {(1, 2): [3]})
+
   def testDefaultParseValueSyntaxError(self):
     # If it can't be parsed, we treat it as a string.
     self.assertEqual(parser.DefaultParseValue('"'), '"')