diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afe5d1a6..0332a965 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ The library will remain open source and MIT licensed and can still be used, fork
 
 ##### Changes in 5.1.1 (not released yet):
    - Added new Helper class `VariantBuilder` to allow creating Variants which contain Maps or Collections without messing with the required DBus type arguments
+   - Fixed wrong/missing increment when resolving nested structs or deeply nested objects in `Marshalling.getDBusType` ([#265](https://github.com/hypfvieh/dbus-java/issues/265))
 
 ##### Changes in 5.1.0 (2024-08-01):
    - Use Junit BOM thanks to [spannm](https://github.com/spannm) ([PR#248](https://github.com/hypfvieh/dbus-java/issues/248))
diff --git a/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/Marshalling.java b/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/Marshalling.java
index 30ecbf98..20384381 100644
--- a/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/Marshalling.java
+++ b/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/Marshalling.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
  * Contains static methods for marshalling values.
  */
 public final class Marshalling {
+    /** Used as initial and incremental size of StringBuffer array when resolving DBusTypes recursively. */
+    private static final int INITIAL_BUFFER_SZ = 10;
+
     private static final String MTH_NAME_DESERIALIZE = "deserialize";
     private static final String ERROR_MULTI_VALUED_ARRAY = "Multi-valued array types not permitted";
 
@@ -177,13 +180,13 @@ public static String[] getDBusType(Type _javaType) throws DBusException {
     * @throws DBusException If the given type cannot be converted to a DBus type.
     */
     public static String[] getDBusType(Type _dataType, boolean _basic) throws DBusException {
-        return recursiveGetDBusType(new StringBuffer[10], _dataType, _basic, 0);
+        return recursiveGetDBusType(new StringBuffer[INITIAL_BUFFER_SZ], _dataType, _basic, 0);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:parameterassignment")
     private static String[] recursiveGetDBusType(StringBuffer[] _out, Type _dataType, boolean _basic, int _level) throws DBusException {
         if (_out.length <= _level) {
-            StringBuffer[] newout = new StringBuffer[_out.length];
+            StringBuffer[] newout = new StringBuffer[_level + INITIAL_BUFFER_SZ];
             System.arraycopy(_out, 0, newout, 0, _out.length);
             _out = newout;
         }
diff --git a/dbus-java-tests/src/test/java/sample/issue/Issue265Test.java b/dbus-java-tests/src/test/java/sample/issue/Issue265Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..253a4d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbus-java-tests/src/test/java/sample/issue/Issue265Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+package sample.issue;
+
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.Marshalling;
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.Struct;
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.annotations.Position;
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusException;
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.test.AbstractBaseTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+class Issue265Test extends AbstractBaseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNestedStruct() throws DBusException {
+        String[] dBusType = Marshalling.getDBusType(Struct1.class);
+
+        // Every struct has 2 bytes signature: open/closing bracket
+        // Struct1 has one additional int member
+        // this test uses nested structs with a depth of 15
+        // => 3 * 15 bytes should be in signature string at the end
+        int expectedSigLen = 3 * 15;
+
+        assertEquals(1, dBusType.length);
+        assertEquals(expectedSigLen, dBusType[0].length());
+        assertEquals("[(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i(i)))))))))))))))]", Arrays.toString(dBusType));
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct1 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct2 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct2 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct3 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct3 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct4 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct4 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct5 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct5 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct6 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct6 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct7 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct7 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct8 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct8 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int     foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct9 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct9 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int      foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct10 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct10 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int      foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct11 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct11 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int      foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct12 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct12 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int      foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct13 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct13 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int      foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct14 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct14 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int      foo;
+
+        @Position(1)
+        private Struct15 inner;
+    }
+
+    public static class Struct15 extends Struct {
+        @Position(0)
+        private int foo;
+
+    }
+}