diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IShouldSerializeTypeMemberService.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IShouldSerializeTypeMemberService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97045c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/IShouldSerializeTypeMemberService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.ServiceModel;
+
+namespace SoapCore.Tests.Wsdl.Services
+{
+	[ServiceContract]
+	public interface IShouldSerializeTypeMemberService
+	{
+		[OperationContract]
+		TypeWithShouldSerializeMember Method();
+	}
+
+	public class ShouldSerializeTypeMemberService : IShouldSerializeTypeMemberService
+	{
+		public TypeWithShouldSerializeMember Method()
+		{
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/TypeWithShouldSerializeMember.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/TypeWithShouldSerializeMember.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc509165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/Services/TypeWithShouldSerializeMember.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+namespace SoapCore.Tests.Wsdl.Services
+{
+	public class TypeWithShouldSerializeMember
+	{
+		public int IntProperty { get; set; }
+
+		public int? OptionalIntProperty { get; set; }
+
+		public bool ShouldSerializeOptionalIntProperty()
+		{
+			return OptionalIntProperty.HasValue;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
index dcf7ea3b..67cccb0b 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore.Tests/Wsdl/WsdlTests.cs
@@ -897,6 +897,29 @@ public async Task CheckXmlAttributeSerialization(SoapSerializer soapSerializer)
 			Assert.IsNull(optionalIntAttribute.Attribute("use"));
 		}
 
+		[DataTestMethod]
+		[DataRow(SoapSerializer.XmlSerializer)]
+		public async Task CheckShouldSerializeMemberSerialization(SoapSerializer soapSerializer)
+		{
+			var wsdl = await GetWsdlFromMetaBodyWriter<ShouldSerializeTypeMemberService>(soapSerializer);
+			Assert.IsNotNull(wsdl);
+
+			var root = XElement.Parse(wsdl);
+
+			var shouldSerializeType = GetElements(root, _xmlSchema + "complexType").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name")?.Value == "TypeWithShouldSerializeMember");
+			Assert.IsNotNull(shouldSerializeType);
+
+			// verify that value types (such as int) have use="required" attribute
+			var intElement = GetElements(shouldSerializeType, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name")?.Value == "IntProperty");
+			Assert.IsTrue(intElement.Attribute("minOccurs").Value == "1");
+			Assert.IsTrue(intElement.Attribute("maxOccurs").Value == "1");
+
+			// verify that if a value type has a ShouldSerialize*() method, it is not marked as required
+			var optionalIntAttribute = GetElements(shouldSerializeType, _xmlSchema + "element").SingleOrDefault(a => a.Attribute("name")?.Value == "OptionalIntProperty");
+			Assert.IsTrue(optionalIntAttribute.Attribute("minOccurs").Value == "0");
+			Assert.IsTrue(optionalIntAttribute.Attribute("maxOccurs").Value == "1");
+		}
+
 		[DataTestMethod]
 		[DataRow(SoapSerializer.XmlSerializer)]
 		public async Task CheckSoapHeaderTypes(SoapSerializer soapSerializer)
diff --git a/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs b/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs
index 845ba20c..572e99ae 100644
--- a/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs
+++ b/src/SoapCore/Meta/MetaBodyWriter.cs
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ private void AddSchemaTypePropertyOrField(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, MemberInfo
 
 				bool isOptional = member.HasShouldSerializeMethod(parentTypeToBuild);
 
-				AddSchemaType(writer, toBuild, name, isAttribute: true, isUnqualified: isUnqualified, isOptionalAttribute: isOptional);
+				AddSchemaType(writer, toBuild, name, isAttribute: true, isUnqualified: isUnqualified, isOptional: isOptional);
 			}
 			else if (messageBodyMemberAttribute != null)
 			{
@@ -1045,7 +1045,9 @@ private void AddSchemaTypePropertyOrField(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, MemberInfo
 				var hasSpecifiedBoolean = member.DeclaringType.GetProperties()
 					.Any(p => p.Name == $"{member.Name}Specified" && p.PropertyType == typeof(bool) && p.GetCustomAttribute<XmlIgnoreAttribute>() != null);
 
-				AddSchemaType(writer, toBuild, elementNameFromAttribute ?? member.Name ?? parentTypeToBuild.ChildElementName, isArray: createListWithoutProxyType, isListWithoutWrapper: createListWithoutProxyType, isUnqualified: isUnqualified, defaultValue: defaultValue, hasSpecifiedBoolean: hasSpecifiedBoolean);
+				bool isOptional = member.HasShouldSerializeMethod(parentTypeToBuild);
+
+				AddSchemaType(writer, toBuild, elementNameFromAttribute ?? member.Name ?? parentTypeToBuild.ChildElementName, isArray: createListWithoutProxyType, isListWithoutWrapper: createListWithoutProxyType, isUnqualified: isUnqualified, defaultValue: defaultValue, hasSpecifiedBoolean: hasSpecifiedBoolean, isOptional: isOptional);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1065,7 +1067,7 @@ private void AddSchemaType(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, Type type, string name, b
 			AddSchemaType(writer, new TypeToBuild(type), name, isArray, @namespace, isAttribute, isUnqualified: isUnqualified);
 		}
 
-		private void AddSchemaType(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, TypeToBuild toBuild, string name, bool isArray = false, string @namespace = null, bool isAttribute = false, bool isListWithoutWrapper = false, bool isUnqualified = false, string defaultValue = null, bool isOptionalAttribute = false, bool hasSpecifiedBoolean = false)
+		private void AddSchemaType(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, TypeToBuild toBuild, string name, bool isArray = false, string @namespace = null, bool isAttribute = false, bool isListWithoutWrapper = false, bool isUnqualified = false, string defaultValue = null, bool isOptional = false, bool hasSpecifiedBoolean = false)
 		{
 			var type = toBuild.Type;
 
@@ -1165,7 +1167,7 @@ private void AddSchemaType(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, TypeToBuild toBuild, stri
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					writer.WriteAttributeString("minOccurs", type.IsValueType && defaultValue == null && !hasSpecifiedBoolean ? "1" : "0");
+					writer.WriteAttributeString("minOccurs", type.IsValueType && defaultValue == null && !hasSpecifiedBoolean && !isOptional ? "1" : "0");
 					writer.WriteAttributeString("maxOccurs", "1");
 					if (defaultValue != null)
 					{
@@ -1189,7 +1191,7 @@ private void AddSchemaType(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, TypeToBuild toBuild, stri
 					writer.WriteAttributeString("type", $"{_xmlNamespaceLookup.LookupPrefix(xsTypename.Namespace)}:{xsTypename.Name}");
 				}
 
-				if (isAttribute && typeInfo.IsValueType && !isOptionalAttribute)
+				if (isAttribute && typeInfo.IsValueType && !isOptional)
 				{
 					writer.WriteAttributeString("use", "required");
 				}