diff --git a/serde/src/private/de.rs b/serde/src/private/de.rs
index c58fc587b..91998163e 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/de.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/de.rs
@@ -1287,8 +1287,9 @@ mod content {
                 //     }
                 //
                 // We want {"topic":"Info"} to deserialize even though
-                // ordinarily unit structs do not deserialize from empty map.
+                // ordinarily unit structs do not deserialize from empty map/seq.
                 Content::Map(ref v) if v.is_empty() => visitor.visit_unit(),
+                Content::Seq(ref v) if v.is_empty() => visitor.visit_unit(),
                 _ => self.deserialize_any(visitor),
             }
         }
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
index 2b0470a5c..4d67a6479 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
@@ -1899,6 +1899,25 @@ fn test_internally_tagged_newtype_variant_containing_unit_struct() {
             Token::MapEnd,
         ],
     );
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &Message::Info(Info),
+        &[
+            Token::Struct { name: "Message", len: 1 },
+            Token::Str("topic"),
+            Token::Str("Info"),
+            Token::StructEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &Message::Info(Info),
+        &[
+            Token::Seq { len: Some(1) },
+            Token::Str("Info"),
+            Token::SeqEnd,
+        ],
+    );
 }
 
 #[deny(safe_packed_borrows)]