diff --git a/spew/config.go b/spew/config.go
index 2e3d22f..580e005 100644
--- a/spew/config.go
+++ b/spew/config.go
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ type ConfigState struct {
 	// be spewed to strings and sorted by those strings.  This is only
 	// considered if SortKeys is true.
 	SpewKeys bool
+
+	// DisableFunctionTypePointerAddresses specifies whether to disable the printing of
+	// function types pointer addresses. This is useful when diffing data structures in tests.
+	DisableFunctionTypePointerAddresses bool
 }
 
 // Config is the active configuration of the top-level functions.
diff --git a/spew/dump.go b/spew/dump.go
index f78d89f..ea42269 100644
--- a/spew/dump.go
+++ b/spew/dump.go
@@ -433,7 +433,14 @@ func (d *dumpState) dump(v reflect.Value) {
 	case reflect.Uintptr:
 		printHexPtr(d.w, uintptr(v.Uint()))
 
-	case reflect.UnsafePointer, reflect.Chan, reflect.Func:
+	case reflect.Func:
+		if d.cs.DisableFunctionTypePointerAddresses {
+			fmt.Fprintf(d.w, "%v", v.String())
+		} else {
+			printHexPtr(d.w, v.Pointer())
+		}
+
+	case reflect.UnsafePointer, reflect.Chan:
 		printHexPtr(d.w, v.Pointer())
 
 	// There were not any other types at the time this code was written, but
diff --git a/spew/spew_test.go b/spew/spew_test.go
index b70466c..2397a3e 100644
--- a/spew/spew_test.go
+++ b/spew/spew_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ func redirStdout(f func()) ([]byte, error) {
 	return ioutil.ReadFile(fileName)
 }
 
+func someFunc(value string) string {
+	return value
+}
+
 func initSpewTests() {
 	// Config states with various settings.
 	scsDefault := spew.NewDefaultConfig()
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ func initSpewTests() {
 	scsMaxDepth := &spew.ConfigState{Indent: " ", MaxDepth: 1}
 	scsContinue := &spew.ConfigState{Indent: " ", ContinueOnMethod: true}
 	scsNoPtrAddr := &spew.ConfigState{DisablePointerAddresses: true}
+	scsNoFuncPtrAddr := &spew.ConfigState{DisablePointerAddresses: true, DisableFunctionTypePointerAddresses: true}
 	scsNoCap := &spew.ConfigState{DisableCapacities: true}
 
 	// Variables for tests on types which implement Stringer interface with and
@@ -138,10 +143,18 @@ func initSpewTests() {
 	ts := stringer("test")
 	tps := pstringer("test")
 
+	type someFuncType func(string) string
+
 	type ptrTester struct {
 		s *struct{}
 	}
+
+	type ptrFuncTester struct {
+		funcField someFuncType
+	}
+
 	tptr := &ptrTester{s: &struct{}{}}
+	tptrFunc := &ptrFuncTester{funcField: someFunc}
 
 	// depthTester is used to test max depth handling for structs, array, slices
 	// and maps.
@@ -201,6 +214,9 @@ func initSpewTests() {
 			"(error: 10) 10\n"},
 		{scsNoPtrAddr, fCSFprint, "", tptr, "<*>{<*>{}}"},
 		{scsNoPtrAddr, fCSSdump, "", tptr, "(*spew_test.ptrTester)({\ns: (*struct {})({\n})\n})\n"},
+
+		{scsNoFuncPtrAddr, fCSSdump, "", tptrFunc, "(*spew_test.ptrFuncTester)({\nfuncField: (spew_test.someFuncType) <spew_test.someFuncType Value>\n})\n"},
+
 		{scsNoCap, fCSSdump, "", make([]string, 0, 10), "([]string) {\n}\n"},
 		{scsNoCap, fCSSdump, "", make([]string, 1, 10), "([]string) (len=1) {\n(string) \"\"\n}\n"},
 	}