diff --git a/nbt/snbt_decode.go b/nbt/snbt_decode.go
index 06962d0..e4d5e7c 100644
--- a/nbt/snbt_decode.go
+++ b/nbt/snbt_decode.go
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ func writeListOrArray(e *Encoder, d *decodeState, writeTag bool, tagName string)
 			return tagType, err
 		}
 	case scanBeginList: // TAG_List<TAG_List>
+		if writeTag {
+			err = e.writeTag(TagList, tagName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return tagType, err
+			}
+		}
 		var elemType byte
 		for {
 			if d.opcode == scanSkipSpace {
@@ -291,6 +297,12 @@ func writeListOrArray(e *Encoder, d *decodeState, writeTag bool, tagName string)
 			return
 		}
 	case scanBeginCompound: // TAG_List<TAG_Compound>
+		if writeTag {
+			err = e.writeTag(TagList, tagName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return tagType, err
+			}
+		}
 		for {
 			if d.opcode == scanSkipSpace {
 				d.scanWhile(scanSkipSpace)
diff --git a/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go b/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go
index 39b3e67..d9d10cb 100644
--- a/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go
+++ b/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ var testCases = []testCase{
 	{`{d:[]}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'd', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
 	{`{e:[]}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'e', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
 	{`{f:[], g:[]}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'f', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'g', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
+	{`{a:[{b:3B}]}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'a', 10, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 'b', 3, 0, 0}},
 
 	// issue#121
 	{`{a:[b],c:0B}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'a', 8, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 'b', 1, 0, 1, 'c', 0, 0}},