diff --git a/hcl2/reconstructor.py b/hcl2/reconstructor.py
index 7f957d7b..ea5ce744 100644
--- a/hcl2/reconstructor.py
+++ b/hcl2/reconstructor.py
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ def _should_add_space(self, rule, current_terminal, is_block_label: bool = False
         if isinstance(self._last_rule, str) and re.match(
             r"^__(tuple|arguments)_(star|plus)_.*", self._last_rule
         ):
-
             # string literals, decimals, and identifiers should always be
             # preceded by a space if they're following a comma in a tuple or
             # function arg
@@ -362,6 +361,10 @@ def _name_to_identifier(name: str) -> Tree:
         """Converts a string to a NAME token within an identifier rule."""
         return Tree(Token("RULE", "identifier"), [Token("NAME", name)])
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_valid_identifier(name: str) -> bool:
+        return re.match(r"^\w[\w\d]*$", name) is not None
+
     @staticmethod
     def _escape_interpolated_str(interp_s: str) -> str:
         if interp_s.strip().startswith("<<-") or interp_s.strip().startswith("<<"):
@@ -620,14 +623,14 @@ def _transform_value_to_expr_term(self, value, level) -> Union[Token, Tree]:
                     continue
 
                 value_expr_term = self._transform_value_to_expr_term(dict_v, level + 1)
-                k = self._unwrap_interpolation(k)
+                k = self._transform_value_to_key(k, level + 1)
                 elements.append(
                     Tree(
                         Token("RULE", "object_elem"),
                         [
                             Tree(
                                 Token("RULE", "object_elem_key"),
-                                [Tree(Token("RULE", "identifier"), [Token("NAME", k)])],
+                                [k],
                             ),
                             Token("EQ", " ="),
                             value_expr_term,
@@ -732,3 +735,20 @@ def _transform_value_to_expr_term(self, value, level) -> Union[Token, Tree]:
 
         # otherwise, we don't know the type
         raise RuntimeError(f"Unknown type to transform {type(value)}")
+
+    def _transform_value_to_key(self, value, level) -> Tree:
+        """
+        Convert any value to a suitable key for an object
+        """
+        if self._is_valid_identifier(value):
+            return self._name_to_identifier(value)
+        expr = self._transform_value_to_expr_term(value, level)
+        # If the expression is a string, then return an object_elem_key of the string
+        if expr.data == "expr_term" and expr.children[0].data == "string":
+            return expr.children[0]
+        else:
+            # Otherwise return an expression
+            return Tree(
+                Token("RULE", "object_elem_key_expression"),
+                [Token("LPAR", "("), expr, Token("RPAR", ")")],
+            )
diff --git a/hcl2/transformer.py b/hcl2/transformer.py
index 382092d6..6f5bd4fe 100644
--- a/hcl2/transformer.py
+++ b/hcl2/transformer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """A Lark Transformer for transforming a Lark parse tree into a Python dict"""
+
 import json
 import re
 import sys
@@ -103,9 +104,7 @@ def object_elem(self, args: List) -> Dict:
         # into a bigger dict that is returned by the "object" function
 
         key = str(args[0].children[0])
-        if not re.match(r".*?(\${).*}.*", key):
-            # do not strip quotes of a interpolation string
-            key = self.strip_quotes(key)
+        key = self.strip_quotes(key)
 
         value = self.to_string_dollar(args[2])
         return {key: value}
@@ -114,7 +113,8 @@ def object_elem_key_dot_accessor(self, args: List) -> str:
         return "".join(args)
 
     def object_elem_key_expression(self, args: List) -> str:
-        return self.to_string_dollar("".join(args))
+        # the first and third arguments are parentheses
+        return self.to_string_dollar(args[1])
 
     def object(self, args: List) -> Dict:
         args = self.strip_new_line_tokens(args)
diff --git a/test/helpers/terraform-config-json/variables.json b/test/helpers/terraform-config-json/variables.json
index d344902c..2dba548e 100644
--- a/test/helpers/terraform-config-json/variables.json
+++ b/test/helpers/terraform-config-json/variables.json
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@
       "foo": "${var.account}_bar",
       "bar": {
         "baz": 1,
-        "${(var.account)}": 2,
-        "${(format(\"key_prefix_%s\", local.foo))}": 3,
-        "\"prefix_${var.account}:${var.user}_suffix\"": "interpolation"
+        "${var.account}": 2,
+        "${format(\"key_prefix_%s\", local.foo)}": 3,
+        "prefix_${var.account}:${var.user}_suffix": "interpolation",
+        "${var.start}-mid-${var.end}": 4,
+        "a:b": 5,
+        "123": 6,
+        "${var.x + 1}": 7
       },
       "tuple": ["${local.foo}"],
       "empty_tuple": []
diff --git a/test/helpers/terraform-config/variables.tf b/test/helpers/terraform-config/variables.tf
index 9f0d6c6b..d6448b94 100644
--- a/test/helpers/terraform-config/variables.tf
+++ b/test/helpers/terraform-config/variables.tf
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ locals {
     baz : 1
     (var.account) : 2
     (format("key_prefix_%s", local.foo)) : 3
-    "prefix_${var.account}:${var.user}_suffix":"interpolation",
+    "prefix_${var.account}:${var.user}_suffix" : "interpolation",
+    "${var.start}-mid-${var.end}" : 4
+    "a:b" : 5
+    123 : 6
+    (var.x + 1) : 7
   }
-  tuple = [local.foo]
+  tuple       = [local.foo]
   empty_tuple = []
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ locals {
 
   for_whitespace = { for i in [1, 2, 3] :
     i =>
-    i ...
+    i...
   }
 }