diff --git a/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go b/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go
index 77c95313..a33961cd 100644
--- a/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go
+++ b/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ func EncodeIndent(msg Message, prefix, indent string) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func DecodeMessage(data []byte) (Message, error) {
+	fields := map[string]json.RawMessage{}
+	if err := internaljson.Unmarshal(data, &fields); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling jsonrpc message: %w", err)
+	}
 	msg := wireCombined{}
 	if err := internaljson.Unmarshal(data, &msg); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling jsonrpc message: %w", err)
@@ -183,8 +187,8 @@ func DecodeMessage(data []byte) (Message, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if msg.Method != "" {
-		// has a method, must be a call
+	if _, ok := fields["method"]; ok {
+		// has a method field, must be a call, even if the method is empty
 		return &Request{
 			Method: msg.Method,
 			ID:     id,
diff --git a/internal/jsonrpc2/wire_test.go b/internal/jsonrpc2/wire_test.go
index 6f576f08..316f2e8f 100644
--- a/internal/jsonrpc2/wire_test.go
+++ b/internal/jsonrpc2/wire_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,23 @@ func TestWireMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDecodeRequestWithEmptyMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	msg, err := jsonrpc2.DecodeMessage([]byte(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":5,"method":"","params":{}}`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	req, ok := msg.(*jsonrpc2.Request)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("DecodeMessage returned %T, want *jsonrpc2.Request", msg)
+	}
+	if req.Method != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Request method = %q, want empty string", req.Method)
+	}
+	if !req.ID.IsValid() || req.ID.Raw() != int64(5) {
+		t.Fatalf("Request ID = %#v, want 5", req.ID.Raw())
+	}
+}
+
 func newNotification(method string, params any) jsonrpc2.Message {
 	msg, err := jsonrpc2.NewNotification(method, params)
 	if err != nil {