diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IGenericDataContractService.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IGenericDataContractService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb975484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IGenericDataContractService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using System.ServiceModel;
+
+namespace SoapCore.Tests.Wsdl.Services
+{
+	[ServiceContract]
+	public interface IGenericDataContractService
+	{
+		[OperationContract]
+		GenericDataContractService.MyType<string> TestString();
+
+		[OperationContract]
+		GenericDataContractService.MyType<GenericDataContractService.MyArg> TestMyArg();
+	}
+
+	public class GenericDataContractService : IGenericDataContractService
+	{
+		public MyType<string> TestString() => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+		public MyType<MyArg> TestMyArg() => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+		[DataContract(Name = "My{0}Type", Namespace = "http://testnamespace.org")]
+		public class MyType<T>
+		{
+			[DataMember]
+			public T Value { get; set; }
+		}
+
+		public class MyArg
+		{
+			public string Value { get; set; }
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
index 7017baa7..c0ac4010 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
@@ -426,6 +426,26 @@ public void CheckCollectionDataContract()
 			Assert.IsNotNull(myMyTypeElement);
 		}
 
+		[TestMethod]
+		public void CheckGenericDataContract()
+		{
+			StartService(typeof(GenericDataContractService));
+			var wsdl = GetWsdl();
+			StopServer();
+
+			var root = XElement.Parse(wsdl);
+
+			var stringResult = GetElements(root, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name")?.Value.Equals("TestStringResult") == true);
+			Assert.IsNotNull(stringResult);
+			Assert.AreEqual("http://testnamespace.org", stringResult.Attribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "q1").Value);
+			Assert.AreEqual("q1:MystringType", stringResult.Attribute("type").Value);
+
+			var myTypeResult = GetElements(root, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name")?.Value.Equals("TestMyArgResult") == true);
+			Assert.IsNotNull(myTypeResult);
+			Assert.AreEqual("http://testnamespace.org", myTypeResult.Attribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "q2").Value);
+			Assert.AreEqual("q2:MyMyArgType", myTypeResult.Attribute("type").Value);
+		}
+
 		[TestMethod]
 		public void CheckDictionaryTypeDataContract()
 		{
diff --git a/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaWCFBodyWriter.cs b/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaWCFBodyWriter.cs
index abc7821d..d34e5264 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaWCFBodyWriter.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaWCFBodyWriter.cs
@@ -1554,14 +1554,34 @@ private void WriteComplexElementType(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, string typeName
 
 		private string GetTypeName(Type type)
 		{
+			var dataContractAttribute = type.GetCustomAttribute<DataContractAttribute>();
+
 			if (type.IsGenericType && !type.IsArray && !typeof(IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(type))
 			{
-				var genericTypes = GetGenericTypes(type);
-				var genericTypeNames = genericTypes.Select(a => GetTypeName(a));
+				if (dataContractAttribute != null && dataContractAttribute.IsNameSetExplicitly)
+				{
+					var typeName = dataContractAttribute.Name;
+					var genericTypes = GetGenericTypes(type);
+					var genericTypeNames = genericTypes
+						.Select(genericType =>
+						{
+							var (name, _) = ResolveSystemType(genericType);
+							return string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) ? GetTypeName(genericType) : name;
+						})
+						.ToArray();
+
+					typeName = string.Format(typeName, genericTypeNames);
+					return typeName;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					var genericTypes = GetGenericTypes(type);
+					var genericTypeNames = genericTypes.Select(a => GetTypeName(a));
 
-				var typeName = ReplaceGenericNames(type.Name);
-				typeName = typeName + "Of" + string.Concat(genericTypeNames);
-				return typeName;
+					var typeName = ReplaceGenericNames(type.Name);
+					typeName = typeName + "Of" + string.Concat(genericTypeNames);
+					return typeName;
+				}
 			}
 
 			if (type.IsArray)
@@ -1598,7 +1618,6 @@ private string GetTypeName(Type type)
 			}
 
 			// Make use of DataContract attribute, if set, as it may contain a Name override
-			var dataContractAttribute = type.GetCustomAttribute<DataContractAttribute>();
 			if (dataContractAttribute != null && dataContractAttribute.IsNameSetExplicitly)
 			{
 				return dataContractAttribute.Name;