diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index ac123d910..fe88e65d2 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ export class Client extends EventEmitter {
     } else {
       assert.ok(!style || style === 'document', 'invalid message definition for rpc style binding');
       // pass `input.$lookupType` if `input.$type` could not be found
-      message = this.wsdl.objectToDocumentXML(input.$name, args, input.targetNSAlias, input.targetNamespace, (input.$type || input.$lookupType));
+      message = this.wsdl.objectToDocumentXML(input.$name, args, input.targetNSAlias, input.targetNamespace, (input.$type || input.$lookupType), options);
     }
 
     let decodedHeaders;
diff --git a/src/wsdl/index.ts b/src/wsdl/index.ts
index d5c39bb40..c108c047a 100644
--- a/src/wsdl/index.ts
+++ b/src/wsdl/index.ts
@@ -563,13 +563,20 @@ export class WSDL {
    * @param {String} nsURI
    * @param {String} type
    */
-  public objectToDocumentXML(name: string, params, nsPrefix: string, nsURI?: string, type?: string) {
+  public objectToDocumentXML(name: string, params, nsPrefix: string, nsURI?: string, type?: string, options?: any) {
     // If user supplies XML already, just use that.  XML Declaration should not be present.
     if (params && params._xml) {
       return params._xml;
     }
     const args = {};
-    args[name] = params;
+    const opts = options || {};
+    if (opts.overrideBaseElement) {
+      Object.keys(params).forEach((k: string) => {
+        args[k] = params[k];
+      });
+    } else {
+      args[name] = params;
+    }
     const parameterTypeObj = type ? this.findSchemaObject(nsURI, type) : null;
     return this.objectToXML(args, null, nsPrefix, nsURI, true, null, parameterTypeObj);
   }
diff --git a/test/client-test.js b/test/client-test.js
index e220eca17..13a626359 100644
--- a/test/client-test.js
+++ b/test/client-test.js
@@ -1557,3 +1557,22 @@ it('should create async client without options', function (done) {
     done();
   });
 });
+
+it('should replace the InputMessage "Request" element for arg elements', function (done) {
+  soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/default_namespace.wsdl', {
+    ignoredNamespaces: true,
+    ignoreBaseNameSpaces: true
+  }, function(err, client) {
+    assert.ok(client);
+    client.MyService.MyServicePort.MyOperation(
+      { parameter: 'dummy' },
+      function(err, result, resp, soap, req) {
+        assert.equal(req.indexOf('</Request>'), -1);
+      },
+      {
+        overrideBaseElement: true
+      }
+    );
+    done();
+  });
+});