diff --git a/common/tool-call.cpp b/common/tool-call.cpp
index e9b90a72c..6e784a1a9 100644
--- a/common/tool-call.cpp
+++ b/common/tool-call.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ llama_tool_call_style llama_tool_call_style_detect(const minja::chat_template &
     } else if (src.find("<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|CHATBOT_TOKEN|>") != std::string::npos) {
         return CommandRPlus;
     } else {
-        return UnknownToolCallStyle;
+        return Generic;
     }
 }
 
@@ -212,8 +212,32 @@ static llama_tool_calls parse_functionary_v3_tool_calls(const json & tools, cons
     return parse_json_tool_calls(tools, input, function_regex, close_regex, /* check_names= */ true);
 }
 
+static llama_tool_calls parse_generic_tool_calls(const std::string& input) {
+    json data = json::parse(input);
+    llama_tool_calls result;
+    if (data.contains("tool_calls")) {
+        for (const auto & tool_call : data["tool_calls"]) {
+            result.tool_calls.push_back({
+                tool_call["name"],
+                tool_call["arguments"].dump(),
+            });
+        }
+    } else if (data.contains("tool_call")) {
+        result.tool_calls.push_back({
+            data["tool_call"]["name"],
+            data["tool_call"]["arguments"].dump(),
+        });
+    } else if (data.contains("response")) {
+        const auto & response = data["response"];
+        result.content = response.is_string() ? response.get<std::string>() : response.dump(2);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 llama_tool_calls parse_tool_calls(llama_tool_call_style style, const json & tools, const std::string& input) {
     switch (style) {
+        case llama_tool_call_style::Generic:
+            return parse_generic_tool_calls(input);
         case llama_tool_call_style::Llama31:
             return parse_llama_3_tool_calls(tools, input, /* parse_llama_3_tool_calls= */ true);
         case llama_tool_call_style::Llama32:
@@ -235,11 +259,72 @@ llama_tool_call_handler llama_tool_call_handler_init(
     bool allow_content,
     bool parallel_tool_calls,
     const nlohmann::ordered_json & messages,
-    const nlohmann::ordered_json & tools)
+    const nlohmann::ordered_json & tools,
+    const nlohmann::ordered_json & json_schema)
 {
     llama_tool_call_handler handler;
 
     switch (style) {
+        case llama_tool_call_style::Generic: {
+            auto tool_call_schemas = json::array();
+            for (const auto & tool : tools) {
+                if (tool["type"] != "function") {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const auto & function = tool["function"];
+                std::string name = function["name"];
+                auto parameters = function["parameters"];
+                tool_call_schemas.emplace_back(json {
+                    {"type", "object"},
+                    {"properties", {
+                        {"name", {
+                            {"type", "string"},
+                            {"const", name},
+                        }},
+                        {"arguments", parameters},
+                    }},
+                    {"required", json::array({"name", "arguments"})},
+                });
+            }
+            const auto tool_call = json {{"anyOf", tool_call_schemas}};
+            const auto schema = json {
+                {"anyOf", json::array({
+                    parallel_tool_calls
+                        ? json {
+                            {"type", "object"},
+                            {"properties", {
+                                {"tool_calls", {
+                                    {"type", "array"},
+                                    {"items", tool_call}
+                                }},
+                            }},
+                            {"required", json::array({"tool_calls"})},
+                        }
+                        : json {
+                            {"type", "object"},
+                            {"properties", {
+                                {"tool_call", tool_call},
+                            }},
+                            {"required", json::array({"tool_call"})},
+                        },
+                    {
+                        {"type", "object"},
+                        {"properties", {
+                            {"response", json_schema.is_null()
+                                ? json {{"type", "string"}}
+                                : json_schema
+                            },
+                        }},
+                    },
+                })}
+            };
+            handler.grammar = build_grammar([&](const llama_grammar_builder & builder) {
+                builder.add_schema("", schema);
+            });
+            // TODO: add schema to system prompt.
+            handler.prompt = tmpl.apply(messages, tools, /* add_generation_prompt= */ true);
+            break;
+        }
         case llama_tool_call_style::Llama31:
         case llama_tool_call_style::Llama32: {
             static auto builtin_tools = json {"wolfram_alpha", "brave_search"};
diff --git a/common/tool-call.h b/common/tool-call.h
index dc505ba2d..b6911f22e 100644
--- a/common/tool-call.h
+++ b/common/tool-call.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 enum llama_tool_call_style {
     UnknownToolCallStyle,
+    Generic,
     Llama31,
     Llama32,
     FunctionaryV3Llama3,
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@ llama_tool_call_handler llama_tool_call_handler_init(
     bool allow_content,
     bool parallel_tool_calls,
     const nlohmann::ordered_json & messages,
-    const nlohmann::ordered_json & tools);
+    const nlohmann::ordered_json & tools,
+    const nlohmann::ordered_json & json_schema = {});
diff --git a/examples/server/utils.hpp b/examples/server/utils.hpp
index aff2a9554..fc66fb591 100644
--- a/examples/server/utils.hpp
+++ b/examples/server/utils.hpp
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(
     llama_params["chat_template"] = tmpl.source();
 
     if (use_jinja) {
-        if (has_tools && !tmpl.supports_tools()) {
+        if (has_tools && tool_call_style == llama_tool_call_style::UnknownToolCallStyle) {
             throw std::runtime_error("Chat template does not seem to support tools. Override the model template with --chat-template.");
         }
     } else if (has_tools) {
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(
             llama_params["parse_tool_calls"] = true;
             llama_params["parallel_tool_calls"] = parallel_tool_calls;
 
-            auto handler = llama_tool_call_handler_init(tool_call_style, tmpl, allow_content, parallel_tool_calls, body.at("messages"), tools);
+            auto handler = llama_tool_call_handler_init(tool_call_style, tmpl, allow_content, parallel_tool_calls, body.at("messages"), tools, llama_params["json_schema"]);
             llama_params["prompt"] = handler.prompt;
 
             for (const auto & stop : handler.additional_stop_words) {
@@ -451,22 +451,26 @@ static json format_final_response_oaicompat(const json & request, const json & r
     auto tools = json_value(request, "tools", json::array());
     json tool_calls;
     json message_content;
-    if (json_value(request, "parse_tool_calls", false)
-            && !(parsed_tool_calls = parse_tool_calls(tool_call_style, tools, content)).tool_calls.empty()) {
-        finish_reason = "tool_calls";
-        if (!parsed_tool_calls.content.empty()) {
+    if (json_value(request, "parse_tool_calls", false)) {
+        parsed_tool_calls = parse_tool_calls(tool_call_style, tools, content);
+        if (!parsed_tool_calls.tool_calls.empty()) {
+            finish_reason = "tool_calls";
+            if (!parsed_tool_calls.content.empty()) {
+                message_content = parsed_tool_calls.content;
+            }
+            tool_calls = json::array();
+            for (const auto & tc : parsed_tool_calls.tool_calls) {
+                tool_calls.push_back({
+                    {"type", "function"},
+                    {"function", {
+                        {"name", tc.name},
+                        {"arguments", tc.arguments},
+                    }}
+                });
+            }
+        } else {
             message_content = parsed_tool_calls.content;
         }
-        tool_calls = json::array();
-        for (const auto & tc : parsed_tool_calls.tool_calls) {
-            tool_calls.push_back({
-                {"type", "function"},
-                {"function", {
-                    {"name", tc.name},
-                    {"arguments", tc.arguments},
-                }}
-            });
-        }
     } else {
         message_content = content;
     }