diff --git a/ionc/ion_reader.c b/ionc/ion_reader.c
index ab457b6..b41fb93 100644
--- a/ionc/ion_reader.c
+++ b/ionc/ion_reader.c
@@ -1986,6 +1986,11 @@ iERR _ion_reader_get_position_helper(ION_READER *preader, int64_t *p_bytes, int3
  *  ion version marker and the initial local symbol table (if one
  *  is present).  At that point the symbol table will be current
  *  and later seek's will have an appropriate symbol table to use.
+ *
+ *  Note that when seeking directly into a struct, the offsets
+ *  provided by calls to ion_reader_get_value_offset point to the
+ *  beginning of the value, not the field, and therefore the field
+ *  name will not be accessible via ion_reader_get_field_name.
  */
 iERR ion_reader_seek(hREADER hreader, POSITION offset, SIZE length)
 {
diff --git a/ionc/ion_reader_text.c b/ionc/ion_reader_text.c
index e34cc5b..f156559 100644
--- a/ionc/ion_reader_text.c
+++ b/ionc/ion_reader_text.c
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ iERR _ion_reader_text_next(ION_READER *preader, ION_TYPE *p_value_type)
         // The start position of the value was not known at the start of this function. At this point it must be known.
         text->_value_start = text->_scanner._value_start;
     }
+    else if (text->_state == IPS_BEFORE_FIELDNAME) {
+        // In latter fields in a struct, value_start will be positive, but positioned at the field name, not the value
+        text->_value_start = text->_scanner._value_start;
+    }
     else {
         text->_value_start = value_start;
     }
diff --git a/test/test_ion_reader_seek.cpp b/test/test_ion_reader_seek.cpp
index d8e2975..5febdd5 100644
--- a/test/test_ion_reader_seek.cpp
+++ b/test/test_ion_reader_seek.cpp
@@ -679,4 +679,82 @@ TEST_P(TextAndBinary, ReaderHandlesInitialUnannotatedContainerValueOffsetSeek) {
     ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_seek(reader, pos_second, -1));
     ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_next(reader, &type));
     ASSERT_EQ(tid_SYMBOL, type);
+}
+
+TEST_P(TextAndBinary, ReaderPopulatesStructFieldsOnSeek) {
+    // Write!
+
+    hWRITER writer = NULL;
+    ION_STREAM *ion_stream = NULL;
+    ION_STRING field1, field2, value1, value2;
+    BYTE *data;
+    SIZE data_length;
+
+    // {field1:val1,field2:val2}
+    ion_string_from_cstr("field1", &field1);
+    ion_string_from_cstr("value1", &value1);
+    ion_string_from_cstr("field2", &field2);
+    ion_string_from_cstr("value2", &value2);
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_test_new_writer(&writer, &ion_stream, is_binary));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_writer_start_container(writer, tid_STRUCT));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_writer_write_field_name(writer, &field1));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_writer_write_symbol(writer, &value1));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_writer_write_field_name(writer, &field2));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_writer_write_symbol(writer, &value2));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_writer_finish_container(writer));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_test_writer_get_bytes(writer, ion_stream, &data, &data_length));
+
+    // Read!
+
+    hREADER reader = NULL;
+    ION_TYPE type;
+    POSITION pos_field1, pos_field2;
+    ION_STRING read_field1, read_val1, read_field2, read_val2;
+
+    // We use this reader to capture offsets
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_test_new_reader(data, data_length, &reader));
+
+    // Assemble: Take one pass through the document to capture value offsets and field names
+
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_next(reader, &type));
+
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_step_in(reader));
+
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_next(reader, &type));
+    ASSERT_EQ(tid_SYMBOL, type);
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_get_value_offset(reader, &pos_field1));
+
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_next(reader, &type));
+    ASSERT_EQ(tid_SYMBOL, type);
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_get_value_offset(reader, &pos_field2));
+
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_step_out(reader));
+
+    // Act: Move back to the original offsets and then re-assemble values
+
+    // Seek to first field
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_seek(reader, pos_field1, -1));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_next(reader, &type));
+    ASSERT_EQ(tid_SYMBOL, type);
+
+    // Read field value
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_read_string(reader, &read_val1));
+    char *cread_val1 = ion_string_strdup(&read_val1);
+
+    // Seek to second field
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_seek(reader, pos_field2, -1));
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_next(reader, &type));
+    ASSERT_EQ(tid_SYMBOL, type);
+
+    // Read field value
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_read_string(reader, &read_val2));
+    char *cread_val2 = ion_string_strdup(&read_val2);
+
+    ION_ASSERT_OK(ion_reader_close(reader));
+
+    // Assert:
+
+    // Easy assertions: there's only one value, "value," and we should have read it both times
+    assertStringsEqual((char *)value1.value, cread_val1, strlen(cread_val1));
+    assertStringsEqual((char *)value2.value, cread_val2, strlen(cread_val2));
 }
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