diff --git a/docs/release-notes/FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.200.md b/docs/release-notes/FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.200.md
index 33e81141302..c0d199a7864 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.200.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.200.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-- Miscellaneous fixes to parens analysis - https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/16262
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+- Miscellaneous fixes to parens analysis - https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/16262
+- Fixes #16359 - correctly handle imports with 0 length public key tokens - https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/16363
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diff --git a/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/ilread.fs b/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/ilread.fs
index 2e28354e95c..78082e34ca7 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/ilread.fs
+++ b/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/ilread.fs
@@ -1946,7 +1946,12 @@ and seekReadAssemblyManifest (ctxt: ILMetadataReader) pectxt idx =
         Name = name
         AuxModuleHashAlgorithm = hash
         SecurityDeclsStored = ctxt.securityDeclsReader_Assembly
-        PublicKey = pubkey
+        PublicKey =
+            // The runtime and C# treat a 0 length publicKey as an unsigned assembly, so if a public record exists with a length of 0
+            // treat it as unsigned
+            match pubkey with
+            | Some pkBytes when pkBytes.Length > 0 -> pubkey
+            | _ -> None
         Version = Some(ILVersionInfo(v1, v2, v3, v4))
         Locale = readStringHeapOption ctxt localeIdx
         CustomAttrsStored = ctxt.customAttrsReader_Assembly