diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/ComplexComplexType.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/ComplexComplexType.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b59f3bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/ComplexComplexType.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace SoapCore.Tests.Wsdl.Services
+{
+	public class ComplexComplexType
+	{
+		[XmlElement(ElementName = "complex")]
+		public ComplexType ComplexType { get; set; }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/ComplexType.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/ComplexType.cs
index cc6eeb7d..83bd7af0 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/ComplexType.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/ComplexType.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Xml.Serialization;
 
 namespace SoapCore.Tests.Wsdl.Services
diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesService.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64e682f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.ServiceModel;
+
+namespace SoapCore.Tests.Wsdl.Services
+{
+	[ServiceContract]
+	public interface IComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesService
+	{
+		[OperationContract]
+		ComplexComplexType Method(out string message);
+	}
+
+	public class ComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesService : IComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesService
+	{
+		public ComplexComplexType Method(out string message)
+		{
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IComplexTypeAndOutParameterService.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IComplexTypeAndOutParameterService.cs
index c6b3ba4d..abaa3bd0 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IComplexTypeAndOutParameterService.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IComplexTypeAndOutParameterService.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ServiceModel;
-using System.Text;
 
 namespace SoapCore.Tests.Wsdl.Services
 {
diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
index e4050bae..04beaca9 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
@@ -549,6 +549,50 @@ public async Task CheckComplexTypeAndOutParameterWsdl(SoapSerializer soapSeriali
 			Assert.IsNotNull(testElementMessage);
 		}
 
+		[DataTestMethod]
+		public async Task CheckComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesWsdl()
+		{
+			var wsdl = await GetWsdlFromMetaBodyWriter<ComplexComplexTypeWithCustomXmlNamesService>(SoapSerializer.XmlSerializer);
+			Trace.TraceInformation(wsdl);
+			Assert.IsNotNull(wsdl);
+
+			var root = XElement.Parse(wsdl);
+
+			//loading definition of ComplexComplexType
+			var testComplexComplexType = GetElements(root, _xmlSchema + "complexType").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name")?.Value == "ComplexComplexType");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testComplexComplexType);
+
+			//checking sequence to be there
+			var testSequenceOfComplexComplexType = GetElements(testComplexComplexType, _xmlSchema + "sequence").SingleOrDefault();
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testSequenceOfComplexComplexType);
+
+			//checking custom name specified per XmlElementAttribute is used
+			var testElementOfComplexComplexType = GetElements(testSequenceOfComplexComplexType, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name").Value == "complex");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testElementOfComplexComplexType);
+
+			//loading definition of ComplexType
+			var testComplexType = GetElements(root, _xmlSchema + "complexType").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name")?.Value == "ComplexType");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testComplexType);
+
+			//checking sequence to be there
+			var testSequenceOfComplexType = GetElements(testComplexType, _xmlSchema + "sequence").SingleOrDefault();
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testSequenceOfComplexType);
+
+			//checking custom names specified per XmlElementAttribute are used
+			var testElementWithCustomName = GetElements(testSequenceOfComplexType, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name").Value == "stringprop");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testElementWithCustomName);
+
+			testElementWithCustomName = GetElements(testSequenceOfComplexType, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name").Value == "mybytes");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testElementWithCustomName);
+
+			//checking both properties without custom names to use the same names as properties in the ComplexType class
+			var testElementWithDefaultName = GetElements(testSequenceOfComplexType, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name").Value == "IntProperty");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testElementWithDefaultName);
+
+			testElementWithDefaultName = GetElements(testSequenceOfComplexType, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name").Value == "MyGuid");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(testElementWithDefaultName);
+		}
+
 		[DataTestMethod]
 		[DataRow(SoapSerializer.XmlSerializer)]
 		public async Task CheckOccuranceOfStringType(SoapSerializer soapSerializer)
diff --git a/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs b/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs
index 10857c39..d042256d 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ private void AddSchemaTypePropertyOrField(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, MemberInfo
 					}
 				}
 
-				AddSchemaType(writer, toBuild, parentTypeToBuild.ChildElementName ?? elementNameFromAttribute ?? member.Name, isArray: createListWithoutProxyType, isListWithoutWrapper: createListWithoutProxyType, isUnqualified: isUnqualified, defaultValue: defaultValue);
+				AddSchemaType(writer, toBuild, elementNameFromAttribute ?? member.Name ?? parentTypeToBuild.ChildElementName, isArray: createListWithoutProxyType, isListWithoutWrapper: createListWithoutProxyType, isUnqualified: isUnqualified, defaultValue: defaultValue);
 			}
 		}