diff --git a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TBinaryProtocol.cs b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TBinaryProtocol.cs
index 44fa9f7..fc5be9a 100644
--- a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TBinaryProtocol.cs
+++ b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TBinaryProtocol.cs
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@
         {
             switch (type)
             {
-                case TType.Stop: return 0;
-                case TType.Void: return 0;
+                case TType.Stop: return 1;  // T_STOP needs to count itself
+                case TType.Void: return 1;  // T_VOID needs to count itself
                 case TType.Bool: return sizeof(byte);
                 case TType.Byte: return sizeof(byte);
                 case TType.Double: return sizeof(double);
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
                 case TType.I32: return sizeof(int);
                 case TType.I64: return sizeof(long);
                 case TType.String: return sizeof(int);  // string length
-                case TType.Struct: return 0;  // empty struct
+                case TType.Struct: return 1;  // empty struct needs at least 1 byte for the T_STOP
                 case TType.Map: return sizeof(int);  // element count
                 case TType.Set: return sizeof(int);  // element count
                 case TType.List: return sizeof(int);  // element count
diff --git a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TCompactProtocol.cs b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TCompactProtocol.cs
index 1fd7e50..5ca4841 100644
--- a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TCompactProtocol.cs
+++ b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TCompactProtocol.cs
@@ -816,8 +816,8 @@
         {
             switch (type)
             {
-                case TType.Stop: return 0;
-                case TType.Void: return 0;
+                case TType.Stop: return 1;  // T_STOP needs to count itself
+                case TType.Void: return 1;  // T_VOID needs to count itself
                 case TType.Bool: return sizeof(byte);
                 case TType.Double: return 8;  // uses fixedLongToBytes() which always writes 8 bytes
                 case TType.Byte: return sizeof(byte);
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
                 case TType.I32: return sizeof(byte);  // zigzag
                 case TType.I64: return sizeof(byte);  // zigzag
                 case TType.String: return sizeof(byte);  // string length
-                case TType.Struct: return 0;             // empty struct
+                case TType.Struct: return 1;             // empty struct needs at least 1 byte for the T_STOP
                 case TType.Map: return sizeof(byte);  // element count
                 case TType.Set: return sizeof(byte);  // element count
                 case TType.List: return sizeof(byte);  // element count
diff --git a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
index 170f294..37424a7 100644
--- a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
+++ b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@
         {
             switch (type)
             {
-                case TType.Stop: return 0;
-                case TType.Void: return 0;
+                case TType.Stop: return 1;  // T_STOP needs to count itself
+                case TType.Void: return 1;  // T_VOID needs to count itself
                 case TType.Bool: return 1;  // written as int  
                 case TType.Byte: return 1;
                 case TType.Double: return 1;