diff --git a/serde/src/private/de.rs b/serde/src/private/de.rs
index 383dc8b8..d771d089 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/de.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/de.rs
@@ -1310,7 +1310,12 @@ mod content {
         where
             V: Visitor<'de>,
         {
-            visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self)
+            match self.content {
+                Content::Newtype(v) => {
+                    visitor.visit_newtype_struct(ContentDeserializer::new(*v))
+                }
+                _ => visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self),
+            }
         }
 
         fn deserialize_seq<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
@@ -2001,7 +2006,12 @@ mod content {
         where
             V: Visitor<'de>,
         {
-            visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self)
+            match *self.content {
+                Content::Newtype(ref v) => {
+                    visitor.visit_newtype_struct(ContentRefDeserializer::new(v))
+                }
+                _ => visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self),
+            }
         }
 
         fn deserialize_seq<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
index dc17c525..caf5ffbc 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
@@ -446,6 +446,54 @@ fn test_generic_newtype_struct() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_untagged_newtype_struct() {
+    #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(untagged)]
+    enum E {
+        Newtype(GenericNewTypeStruct<u32>),
+        Null,
+    }
+
+    assert_tokens(
+        &E::Newtype(GenericNewTypeStruct(5u32)),
+        &[
+            Token::NewtypeStruct {
+                name: "GenericNewTypeStruct",
+            },
+            Token::U32(5),
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_adjacently_tagged_newtype_struct() {
+    #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(tag = "t", content = "c")]
+    enum E {
+        Newtype(GenericNewTypeStruct<u32>),
+        Null,
+    }
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &E::Newtype(GenericNewTypeStruct(5u32)),
+        &[
+            Token::Struct {
+                name: "E",
+                len: 2,
+            },
+            Token::Str("c"),
+            Token::NewtypeStruct {
+                name: "GenericNewTypeStruct",
+            },
+            Token::U32(5),
+            Token::Str("t"),
+            Token::Str("Newtype"),
+            Token::StructEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_generic_tuple_struct() {
     assert_tokens(