diff --git a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/convert.rs b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/convert.rs
index 57c6b3acdfff..286c5b5200f6 100644
--- a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/convert.rs
+++ b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/convert.rs
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::routes::openai::utils::structured_outputs::{JsonSchemaFormat, ResponseFormat};
     use crate::routes::openai::utils::types::{
         AudioUrl, ChatMessage, ContentPart, Function, FunctionCallResponse, ImageUrl, InputAudio,
-        MessageContent, StreamOptions, Tool, ToolCall, ToolChoice, ToolChoiceValue, VideoUrl,
+        MessageContent, Tool, ToolCall, ToolChoice, ToolChoiceValue, VideoUrl,
     };
     use crate::utils::{ResolvedRequestContext, resolve_request_context};
 
@@ -968,10 +968,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn prepare_chat_request_maps_stream_usage_and_token_format_options() {
         let mut request = base_request();
         request.return_tokens_as_token_ids = Some(true);
-        request.stream_options = Some(StreamOptions {
-            include_usage: Some(true),
-            continuous_usage_stats: Some(true),
-        });
+        request.stream_options = Some(
+            serde_json::from_value(json!({"include_usage": true, "continuous_usage_stats": true}))
+                .expect("parse stream_options"),
+        );
 
         let prepared = prepare_chat_request(
             request,
@@ -988,10 +988,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn prepare_chat_request_gates_continuous_usage_on_include_usage() {
         let mut request = base_request();
-        request.stream_options = Some(StreamOptions {
-            include_usage: None,
-            continuous_usage_stats: Some(true),
-        });
+        request.stream_options = Some(
+            serde_json::from_value(json!({"continuous_usage_stats": true}))
+                .expect("parse stream_options"),
+        );
 
         let prepared = prepare_chat_request(
             request,
diff --git a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/validate.rs b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/validate.rs
index fe98bac3753d..6b66677ea372 100644
--- a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/validate.rs
+++ b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions/validate.rs
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ mod tests {
         let cases = [
             json!({"include_usage": false}),
             json!({"continuous_usage_stats": true}),
+            // Python checks the raw object, so a key set to null or a key
+            // Rust does not model still counts as set.
+            json!({"include_usage": null}),
+            json!({"include_obfuscation": true}),
         ];
         for stream_options in cases {
             let request = non_streaming_request(stream_options.clone());
@@ -216,6 +220,25 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn validate_request_compat_accepts_stream_options_with_streaming() {
+        for stream_options in [
+            json!({"include_usage": null}),
+            json!({"include_obfuscation": true}),
+        ] {
+            let request: ChatCompletionRequest = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+                "model": "Qwen/Qwen1.5-0.5B-Chat",
+                "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
+                "stream": true,
+                "stream_options": stream_options,
+            }))
+            .expect("parse request");
+            request.validate().expect("schema validation accepts streaming options");
+            validate_request_compat(&request, &served(&["Qwen/Qwen1.5-0.5B-Chat"]))
+                .expect("streaming accepts stream_options");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn validate_request_compat_accepts_stop() {
         let request = ChatCompletionRequest {
diff --git a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/completions/validate.rs b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/completions/validate.rs
index e08e35bbe866..04777b93acd9 100644
--- a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/completions/validate.rs
+++ b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/completions/validate.rs
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ mod tests {
         let cases = [
             json!({"include_usage": false}),
             json!({"continuous_usage_stats": true}),
+            // Python checks the raw object, so a key set to null or a key
+            // Rust does not model still counts as set.
+            json!({"include_usage": null}),
+            json!({"include_obfuscation": true}),
         ];
         for stream_options in cases {
             let request = non_streaming_request(stream_options.clone());
@@ -174,6 +178,24 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn validate_request_compat_accepts_stream_options_with_streaming() {
+        for stream_options in [
+            json!({"include_usage": null}),
+            json!({"include_obfuscation": true}),
+        ] {
+            let request: CompletionRequest = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+                "model": "Qwen/Qwen1.5-0.5B-Chat",
+                "prompt": "hello",
+                "stream": true,
+                "stream_options": stream_options,
+            }))
+            .expect("parse request");
+            validate_request_compat(&request, &served_names(&["Qwen/Qwen1.5-0.5B-Chat"]))
+                .expect("streaming accepts stream_options");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn validate_request_compat_accepts_logprobs() {
         let request = CompletionRequest {
diff --git a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/utils/types.rs b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/utils/types.rs
index 9ba8963dc30b..30330dee4d28 100644
--- a/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/utils/types.rs
+++ b/rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/utils/types.rs
@@ -255,23 +255,49 @@ impl StreamResponseEnvelope {
 }
 
 /// Mirrors the Python vLLM `StreamOptions` class.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct StreamOptions {
     pub include_usage: Option<bool>,
     pub continuous_usage_stats: Option<bool>,
+    /// Whether the request sent an object without keys.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    empty: bool,
 }
 
 impl StreamOptions {
-    /// Whether no option is set, as in `"stream_options": {}`.
+    /// Whether the request sent an object without keys, as in
+    /// `"stream_options": {}`.
     ///
     /// Python rejects `stream_options` without `stream=true` only when the
-    /// object is non-empty, so an empty object must pass that check.
+    /// raw object is non-empty, so an empty object must pass that check while
+    /// a key set to `null`, or a key Rust does not know, must not.
     pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        let Self {
+        self.empty
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for StreamOptions {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct Options {
+            include_usage: Option<bool>,
+            continuous_usage_stats: Option<bool>,
+        }
+
+        let object = serde_json::Map::<String, Value>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let empty = object.is_empty();
+        let Options {
+            include_usage,
+            continuous_usage_stats,
+        } = Options::deserialize(Value::Object(object)).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+        Ok(Self {
             include_usage,
             continuous_usage_stats,
-        } = self;
-        include_usage.is_none() && continuous_usage_stats.is_none()
+            empty,
+        })
     }
 }