diff --git a/examples/server/utils.hpp b/examples/server/utils.hpp
index 70bd6a42c..929e538e4 100644
--- a/examples/server/utils.hpp
+++ b/examples/server/utils.hpp
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(
         inputs.tools = tools;
         inputs.tool_choice = tool_choice;
         inputs.parallel_tool_calls = json_value(body, "parallel_tool_calls", false);
+        if (inputs.parallel_tool_calls && !tmpl.original_caps().supports_parallel_tool_calls) {
+            LOG_DBG("Disabling parallel_tool_calls because the template does not support it");
+            inputs.parallel_tool_calls = false;
+        }
         inputs.stream = stream;
         // TODO: support mixing schema w/ tools beyond generic format.
         inputs.json_schema = json_value(llama_params, "json_schema", json());