diff --git a/lib/erl/src/thrift_protocol.erl b/lib/erl/src/thrift_protocol.erl
index 4c33412..95b7d1a 100644
--- a/lib/erl/src/thrift_protocol.erl
+++ b/lib/erl/src/thrift_protocol.erl
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@
        element(1, Data) =:= StructureName ->
     write(Proto, {Module:struct_info(StructureName), Data});
 
+write(_, {{struct, {Module, StructureName}}, Data})
+  when is_atom(Module),
+       is_atom(StructureName) ->
+    error(struct_unmatched, {{provided, element(1, Data)},
+                             {expected, StructureName}});
+
 write(Proto0, {{list, Type}, Data})
   when is_list(Data) ->
     {Proto1, ok} = write(Proto0,
diff --git a/test/erl/Makefile b/test/erl/Makefile
index cd4c8a7..bfb1d00 100644
--- a/test/erl/Makefile
+++ b/test/erl/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 ALL_INCLUDEDIR=$(GEN_INCLUDEDIR) $(INCLUDEDIR) ../../lib/erl/include
 INCLUDEFLAGS=$(patsubst %,-I%, ${ALL_INCLUDEDIR})
 
-MODULES = stress_server test_server test_client test_disklog test_membuffer
+MODULES = stress_server test_server test_client test_disklog test_membuffer test_thrift_1151
 
 INCLUDES = 
 TARGETS = $(patsubst %,${TARGETDIR}/%.beam,${MODULES})
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@
 
 TEST_RPCFILE = ../ThriftTest.thrift
 STRESS_RPCFILE = ../StressTest.thrift
+THRIFT_1151_FILE = src/Thrift1151.thrift
 THRIFT = ../../compiler/cpp/thrift
 
 ${GENDIR}/: ${RPCFILE}
 	rm -rf ${GENDIR}
 	${THRIFT} --gen erl ${TEST_RPCFILE}
 	${THRIFT} --gen erl ${STRESS_RPCFILE}
+	${THRIFT} --gen erl ${THRIFT_1151_FILE}
 	mkdir -p ${GEN_INCLUDEDIR}
 	mkdir -p ${GEN_SRCDIR}
 	mkdir -p ${GEN_TARGETDIR}
diff --git a/test/erl/src/Thrift1151.thrift b/test/erl/src/Thrift1151.thrift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f934a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/erl/src/Thrift1151.thrift
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+struct StructA { 1: i16 x; }
+struct StructB { 1: i32 x; }
+struct StructC { 1: StructA x; }
diff --git a/test/erl/src/test_thrift_1151.erl b/test/erl/src/test_thrift_1151.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50ddee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/erl/src/test_thrift_1151.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-module(test_thrift_1151).
+
+-include("thrift1151_types.hrl").
+
+-export([t/0, t1/0]).
+
+t() ->
+  S1 = #structC{x=#structB{x=1}},
+  {ok, Transport} = thrift_memory_buffer:new(),
+  {ok, Protocol} = thrift_binary_protocol:new(Transport),
+  thrift_protocol:write(Protocol,
+    {{struct, element(2, thrift1151_types:struct_info('structC'))}, S1}).
+
+t1() ->
+  S2 = #structC{x=#structA{x="1"}},
+  {ok, Transport} = thrift_memory_buffer:new(),
+  {ok, Protocol} = thrift_binary_protocol:new(Transport),
+  thrift_protocol:write(Protocol,
+    {{struct, element(2, thrift1151_types:struct_info('structC'))}, S2}).