diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/size.cpp b/extras/tests/JsonDocument/size.cpp
index 4fbb6e23..683cc733 100644
--- a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/size.cpp
+++ b/extras/tests/JsonDocument/size.cpp
@@ -25,4 +25,21 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonDocument::size()") {
 
     REQUIRE(doc.size() == 2);
   }
+
+  SECTION("linked array") {
+    StaticJsonDocument<128> doc2;
+    doc2.add(1);
+    doc2.add(2);
+    doc.as<JsonVariant>().link(doc2);
+
+    REQUIRE(doc.size() == 2);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("linked object") {
+    StaticJsonDocument<128> doc2;
+    doc2["hello"] = "world";
+    doc.as<JsonVariant>().link(doc2);
+
+    REQUIRE(doc.size() == 1);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp
index d9c4eb5b..62d53030 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public Visitable,
   }
 
   size_t size() const {
-    return _data.size();
+    return _data.resolve()->size();
   }
 
   bool set(const JsonDocument& src) {