diff --git a/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs b/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs
index 9810f057c..01555a29f 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ use de::{
 /// #     Ok(())
 /// # }
 /// ```
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
 pub struct IgnoredAny;
 
 impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for IgnoredAny {
diff --git a/serde/src/private/de.rs b/serde/src/private/de.rs
index a1a30fb0f..8eea2890c 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/de.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/de.rs
@@ -2794,6 +2794,13 @@ where
         visitor.visit_unit()
     }
 
+    fn deserialize_ignored_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_unit()
+    }
+
     forward_to_deserialize_other! {
         deserialize_bool()
         deserialize_i8()
@@ -2816,7 +2823,6 @@ where
         deserialize_tuple(usize)
         deserialize_tuple_struct(&'static str, usize)
         deserialize_identifier()
-        deserialize_ignored_any()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs
index 698be4ed1..82a98c36a 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_annotations.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     clippy::uninlined_format_args,
 )]
 
-use serde::de::{self, MapAccess, Unexpected, Visitor};
+use serde::de::{self, IgnoredAny, MapAccess, Unexpected, Visitor};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
@@ -2697,6 +2697,31 @@ fn test_flatten_option() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_flatten_ignored_any() {
+    #[derive(Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    struct Outer {
+        #[serde(flatten)]
+        inner: IgnoredAny,
+    }
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &Outer { inner: IgnoredAny },
+        &[Token::Map { len: None }, Token::MapEnd],
+    );
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &Outer { inner: IgnoredAny },
+        &[
+            Token::Struct {
+                name: "DoNotMatter",
+                len: 0,
+            },
+            Token::StructEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_transparent_struct() {
     #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]