diff --git a/proto/text_parser.go b/proto/text_parser.go
index 8bce369..6d0cf25 100644
--- a/proto/text_parser.go
+++ b/proto/text_parser.go
@@ -672,18 +672,32 @@
 			fv.Set(reflect.ValueOf(bytes))
 			return nil
 		}
-		// Repeated field. May already exist.
-		flen := fv.Len()
-		if flen == fv.Cap() {
-			nav := reflect.MakeSlice(at, flen, 2*flen+1)
-			reflect.Copy(nav, fv)
-			fv.Set(nav)
+		// Repeated field.
+		if tok.value == "[" {
+			// Repeated field with list notation, like [1,2,3].
+			for {
+				fv.Set(reflect.Append(fv, reflect.New(at.Elem()).Elem()))
+				err := p.readAny(fv.Index(fv.Len()-1), props)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				tok := p.next()
+				if tok.err != nil {
+					return tok.err
+				}
+				if tok.value == "]" {
+					break
+				}
+				if tok.value != "," {
+					return p.errorf("Expected ']' or ',' found %q", tok.value)
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
 		}
-		fv.SetLen(flen + 1)
-
-		// Read one.
+		// One value of the repeated field.
 		p.back()
-		return p.readAny(fv.Index(flen), props)
+		fv.Set(reflect.Append(fv, reflect.New(at.Elem()).Elem()))
+		return p.readAny(fv.Index(fv.Len()-1), props)
 	case reflect.Bool:
 		// Either "true", "false", 1 or 0.
 		switch tok.value {