diff --git a/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufTestBase.java b/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufTestBase.java
index 271dc6e7a..005cc3652 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufTestBase.java
+++ b/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufTestBase.java
@@ -464,6 +464,10 @@ protected ProtobufMapper newObjectMapper() {
         return ProtobufMapper.builder().build();
     }
 
+    protected ProtobufMapper.Builder newMapperBuilder() {
+        return ProtobufMapper.builder();
+    }
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Additional assertion methods
diff --git a/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/failing/ReadUnknownFields202Test.java b/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/failing/ReadUnknownFields202Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..283bd1512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/failing/ReadUnknownFields202Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.failing;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.schema.ProtobufSchema;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.schema.ProtobufSchemaLoader;
+
+// [dataformats-binary#202]
+public class ReadUnknownFields202Test extends ProtobufTestBase
+{
+    // [dataformats-binary#202]
+    static class TestMessageV0
+    {
+        @JsonProperty(required = true, index = 1)
+        private String id;
+        @JsonProperty(required = false, index = 2)
+        private String plant;
+
+        public TestMessageV0() { }
+
+        public TestMessageV0(String id, String plant) {
+          this.id = id;
+          this.plant = plant;
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+          return id;
+        }
+
+        public String getPlant() {
+          return plant;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestMessageV1
+    {
+        @JsonProperty(required = true, index = 1)
+        private String id;
+        @JsonProperty(required = false, index = 2)
+        private String plant;
+        @JsonProperty(required = false, index = 3)
+        private Double length;
+        @JsonProperty(required = false, index = 4)
+        private Double width;
+        @JsonProperty(required = false, index = 5)
+        private String descr;
+        @JsonProperty(required = false, index = 6)
+        private String source;
+
+        public TestMessageV1() { }
+
+        public TestMessageV1(String id, String plant, Double length) {
+          this.id = id;
+          this.plant = plant;
+          this.length = length;
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+          return id;
+        }
+
+        public String getPlant() {
+          return plant;
+        }
+
+        public Double getLength() {
+          return length;
+        }
+
+        public Double getWidth() {
+          return width;
+        }
+
+        public String getDescr() {
+          return descr;
+        }
+
+        public String getSource() {
+          return source;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // [dataformats-binary#202]
+    private static final String MESSAGE_V0_SCHEMA =
+            "message TestMessageV0 {\n"
+            + "required string id = 1;\n"
+            + "optional string plant = 2;\n"
+            +"}";
+
+    private static final String MESSAGE_V1_SCHEMA =
+        "message TestMessageV1 {\n" +
+           "required string id = 1;\n" +
+           "optional double length = 3;\n" +
+           "optional double width = 4;\n" +
+           "optional string source = 6;\n" +
+           "optional string descr = 5;\n" +
+           "optional string plant = 2;\n" +
+           "}";
+
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************
+    /* Test methods
+    /**********************************************************
+     */
+
+    // [dataformats-binary#202]
+    public void testV1toV0() throws Exception {
+        final ProtobufMapper MAPPER = newMapperBuilder()
+                .enable(MapperFeature.SORT_PROPERTIES_ALPHABETICALLY)
+                .enable(JsonParser.Feature.IGNORE_UNDEFINED)
+                .build();
+
+        TestMessageV1 messageV1 = new TestMessageV1("1", "test", 9.9);
+        ProtobufSchema schemaV1 = ProtobufSchemaLoader.std.parse(MESSAGE_V1_SCHEMA);
+
+        byte[] protobufData = MAPPER
+                .writer(schemaV1)
+                .writeValueAsBytes(messageV1);
+
+        ProtobufSchema schemaV0 = ProtobufSchemaLoader.std.parse(MESSAGE_V0_SCHEMA);
+        TestMessageV0 messageV0 = MAPPER
+                .readerFor(TestMessageV0.class)
+                .with(schemaV0)
+                .with(JsonParser.Feature.IGNORE_UNDEFINED)
+                .readValue(protobufData);
+
+        assertEquals(messageV1.getId(), messageV0.getId());
+        assertEquals(messageV1.getPlant(), messageV0.getPlant());
+    }
+}