diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52a79c77a2..2808ef48ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ different versioning scheme, following the Haskell community's
       reader/writer protocols without having to explicitly compute the full
       cross product.
 * Add gbc flags to pick which C# files to generate (structs, gRPC, and comm).
+* gbc ensures that method names are unique [Issue #381](https://github.com/Microsoft/bond/issues/381)
 
 ### C++ ###
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/Language/Bond/Parser.hs b/compiler/src/Language/Bond/Parser.hs
index ff59f33fb4..b4abf3d4d9 100755
--- a/compiler/src/Language/Bond/Parser.hs
+++ b/compiler/src/Language/Bond/Parser.hs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ parseBond ::
  -> String                              -- ^ content of a schema file to parse
  -> FilePath                            -- ^ path of the file being parsed, used to resolve relative import paths
  -> ImportResolver                      -- ^ function to resolve and load imported files
- -> IO (Either ParseError Bond)         -- ^ function returns 'Bond' which represents the parsed abstract syntax tree 
+ -> IO (Either ParseError Bond)         -- ^ function returns 'Bond' which represents the parsed abstract syntax tree
                                         --   or 'ParserError' if parsing failed
 parseBond s c f r = runReaderT (runParserT bond (Symbols [] []) s c) (Environment [] [] f r)
 
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ struct = do
             [] -> return fields'
             Field {..}:_ -> fail $ "Duplicate definition of the field with ordinal " ++ show fieldOrdinal ++
                 " and name " ++ show fieldName
-      where
-        findDuplicatesBy accessor xs = deleteFirstsBy ((==) `on` accessor) xs (nubBy ((==) `on` accessor) xs)
+
+findDuplicatesBy :: (Eq b) => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a]
+findDuplicatesBy accessor xs = deleteFirstsBy ((==) `on` accessor) xs (nubBy ((==) `on` accessor) xs)
 
 manySortedBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> ParsecT s u m a -> ParsecT s u m [a]
 manySortedBy = manyAccum . insertBy
@@ -410,7 +411,13 @@ service = do
     local (with params) $ Service namespaces attr name params <$> methods <* optional semi
   where
     with params e = e { currentParams = params }
-    methods = braces $ semiEnd (try event <|> try function)
+    methods = unique $ braces $ semiEnd (try event <|> try function)
+    unique p = do
+        methods' <- p
+        case findDuplicatesBy methodName methods' of
+            [] -> return methods'
+            Function {..}:_ -> fail $ "Duplicate definition of the function with name " ++ show methodName
+            Event {..}:_ -> fail $ "Duplicate definition of the event with name " ++ show methodName
 
 function :: Parser Method
 function = Function <$> attributes <*> payload <*> identifier <*> input
diff --git a/compiler/tests/Main.hs b/compiler/tests/Main.hs
index 82e3d44888..13dac813f8 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/Main.hs
+++ b/compiler/tests/Main.hs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ tests = testGroup "Compiler tests"
         , testCase "Enum no default value" $ failBadSyntax "Should fail when an enum field has no default value" "enum_no_default"
         , testCase "Alias default value" $ failBadSyntax "Should fail when underlying default value is of the wrong type" "aliases_default"
         , testCase "Out of range" $ failBadSyntax "Should fail, out of range for int16" "int_out_of_range"
+        , testCase "Duplicate method definition in service" $ failBadSyntax "Should fail, method name should be unique" "duplicate_method_service"
         ]
     , testGroup "Codegen"
         [ utilTestGroup,
diff --git a/compiler/tests/schema/error/duplicate_method_service.bond b/compiler/tests/schema/error/duplicate_method_service.bond
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9590aaf5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/tests/schema/error/duplicate_method_service.bond
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace tests
+
+struct dummy {
+    0: int32 count;
+}
+
+// Invalid service definition with two methods with the same name
+service Foo
+{
+    void bar(dummy);
+    nothing bar();
+}
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