diff --git a/patches/protobufjs+6.10.2.patch b/patches/protobufjs+6.10.2.patch
index 571d321e4..696102ffa 100644
--- a/patches/protobufjs+6.10.2.patch
+++ b/patches/protobufjs+6.10.2.patch
@@ -50,18 +50,38 @@ index 491dd30..ec03e9f 100644
  
          ("}")
 diff --git a/node_modules/protobufjs/src/encoder.js b/node_modules/protobufjs/src/encoder.js
-index c803e99..d3c6e86 100644
+index c803e99..50cc3e6 100644
 --- a/node_modules/protobufjs/src/encoder.js
 +++ b/node_modules/protobufjs/src/encoder.js
-@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ function encoder(mtype) {
+@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ function encoder(mtype) {
+     // "when a message is serialized its known fields should be written sequentially by field number"
+     var fields = /* initializes */ mtype.fieldsArray.slice().sort(util.compareFieldsById);
+ 
++    var unknownRef = "m" + util.safeProp("__unknownFields");
++
++    // Redecode unknown fields and apply them to the message before encoding
++    gen
++    ("var fullyUnknown=[]")
++    ("if(%s) {", unknownRef)
++      ("for(var i=0;i<%s.length;++i) {", unknownRef)
++        ("try {")
++          ("var known=this.ctor.decode(%s[i])", unknownRef)
++          ("fullyUnknown=fullyUnknown.concat(known.__unknownFields||[])")
++          ("m=Object.assign(known,m)")
++        ("}catch(_){}")
++      ("}")
++    ("}")
++
+     for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; ++i) {
+         var field    = fields[i].resolve(),
+             index    = mtype._fieldsArray.indexOf(field),
+@@ -94,6 +109,11 @@ function encoder(mtype) {
          }
      }
  
-+    var unknownRef = "m" + util.safeProp("__unknownFields");
 +    gen
-+    ("if (%s) {", unknownRef)
-+      ("for (var i=0;i<%s.length;++i)", unknownRef)
-+        ("w.__unknownField(%s[i])", unknownRef)
++    ("for(var i=0;i<fullyUnknown.length;++i) {")
++        ("w.__unknownField(fullyUnknown[i])")
 +    ("}")
 +
      return gen
diff --git a/ts/test-node/Proto_unknown_field_test.ts b/ts/test-node/Proto_unknown_field_test.ts
index 9cad2ac12..b9352f59b 100644
--- a/ts/test-node/Proto_unknown_field_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test-node/Proto_unknown_field_test.ts
@@ -88,8 +88,31 @@ describe('Proto#__unknownFields', () => {
     const decodedConcat = Full.decode(concat);
 
     assert.strictEqual(decodedConcat.a, 'hello');
-    assert.strictEqual(decodedConcat.b, true);
+    assert.isTrue(decodedConcat.b);
     assert.strictEqual(decodedConcat.c, 42);
     assert.strictEqual(Buffer.from(decodedConcat.d).toString(), 'ohai');
   });
+
+  it('should decode unknown fields before reencoding them', () => {
+    const full = Full.encode({
+      a: 'hello',
+      b: true,
+      c: 42,
+      d: Buffer.from('ohai'),
+    }).finish();
+
+    const partial = Partial.decode(full);
+    assert.isUndefined(partial.b);
+
+    const encoded = Full.encode({
+      ...partial,
+      b: false,
+    }).finish();
+    const decoded = Full.decode(encoded);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(decoded.a, 'hello');
+    assert.isFalse(decoded.b);
+    assert.strictEqual(decoded.c, 42);
+    assert.strictEqual(Buffer.from(decoded.d).toString(), 'ohai');
+  });
 });