diff --git a/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs b/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs
index f6021910..caf306cf 100644
--- a/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs
+++ b/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs
@@ -719,6 +719,12 @@ impl Field {
                         skip_deserializing.set_true();
                     }
 
+                    // Parse `#[serde(skip)]`
+                    MetaItem(Word(ref name)) if name == "skip" => {
+                        skip_serializing.set_true();
+                        skip_deserializing.set_true();
+                    },
+
                     // Parse `#[serde(skip_serializing_if = "...")]`
                     MetaItem(NameValue(ref name, ref lit)) if name == "skip_serializing_if" => {
                         if let Ok(path) = parse_lit_into_path(cx, name.as_ref(), lit) {
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs
index f2604d45..cb9642e8 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs
@@ -580,6 +580,41 @@ fn test_skip_serializing_struct() {
     );
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct SkipStruct<B>
+{
+    a: i8,
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    b: B,
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_skip_struct() {
+    assert_ser_tokens(
+        &SkipStruct { a: 1, b: 2 },
+        &[
+            Token::Struct { name: "SkipStruct", len: 1 },
+
+            Token::Str("a"),
+            Token::I8(1),
+
+            Token::StructEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &SkipStruct { a: 1, b: 0 },
+        &[
+            Token::Struct { name: "SkipStruct", len: 1 },
+
+            Token::Str("a"),
+            Token::I8(1),
+
+            Token::StructEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 enum SkipSerializingEnum<'a, B, C>
 where