diff --git a/handler/handler.go b/handler/handler.go
index 5ab977a..5658907 100644
--- a/handler/handler.go
+++ b/handler/handler.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ type FuncInfo struct {
 	ReportsError bool         // true if the function reports an error
 
 	strictFields bool     // enforce strict field checking
+	allowArray   bool     // allow decoding from array format
 	posNames     []string // positional field names
 
 	fn any // the original function value
@@ -118,6 +119,13 @@ type FuncInfo struct {
 // for non-struct arguments.
 func (fi *FuncInfo) SetStrict(strict bool) *FuncInfo { fi.strictFields = strict; return fi }
 
+// AllowArray sets the flag on fi that determines whether the wrapper it
+// generates allows struct arguments to be sent in array notation.  If true, a
+// parameter array is decoded into corresponding fields of the struct argument
+// in declaration order; if false, array arguments report an error. The default
+// value is currently true. This option has no effect for non-struct arguments.
+func (fi *FuncInfo) AllowArray(ok bool) *FuncInfo { fi.allowArray = ok; return fi }
+
 // Wrap adapts the function represented by fi to a jrpc2.Handler.  The wrapped
 // function can obtain the *jrpc2.Request value from its context argument using
 // the jrpc2.InboundRequest helper.
@@ -249,10 +257,11 @@ func (fi *FuncInfo) Wrap() jrpc2.Handler {
 // If fn does not have one of these forms, Check reports an error.
 //
 // If the type of X is a struct or a pointer to a struct, the generated wrapper
-// accepts JSON parameters as either an object or an array.  Array parameters
-// are mapped to the fields of X in the order of field declaration, save that
-// unexported fields are skipped. If a field has a `json:"-"` tag, it is also
-// skipped. Anonymous fields are skipped unless they are tagged.
+// accepts JSON parameters as either an object or an array.  The caller may
+// disable array support by calling AllowArray(false).  When enabled, array
+// parameters are mapped to the fields of X in the order of field declaration,
+// save that unexported fields are skipped. If a field has a `json:"-"` tag, it
+// is also skipped. Anonymous fields are skipped unless they are tagged.
 //
 // For other (non-struct) argument types, the accepted format is whatever the
 // json.Unmarshal function can decode into the value.  Note, however, that the
@@ -274,7 +283,7 @@ func Check(fn any) (*FuncInfo, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("nil function")
 	}
 
-	info := &FuncInfo{Type: reflect.TypeOf(fn), fn: fn}
+	info := &FuncInfo{Type: reflect.TypeOf(fn), fn: fn, allowArray: true}
 	if info.Type.Kind() != reflect.Func {
 		return nil, errors.New("not a function")
 	}
@@ -365,7 +374,7 @@ func (s *strictStub) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 func (fi *FuncInfo) argWrapper() func(reflect.Value) any {
 	strict := fi.strictFields && fi.Argument != nil && !fi.Argument.Implements(strictType)
 	names := fi.posNames // capture so the wrapper does not pin fi
-	array := len(names) != 0
+	array := len(names) != 0 && fi.allowArray
 	switch {
 	case strict && array:
 		return func(v reflect.Value) any {
diff --git a/handler/handler_test.go b/handler/handler_test.go
index f1fd5e6..ee06de8 100644
--- a/handler/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler/handler_test.go
@@ -258,6 +258,42 @@ func TestFuncInfo_SetStrict(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFuncInfo_AllowArray(t *testing.T) {
+	type arg struct {
+		A, B string
+	}
+	fi, err := handler.Check(func(ctx context.Context, arg *arg) error {
+		if arg.A != "x" || arg.B != "y" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("a=%q, b=%q", arg.A, arg.B)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Check failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	req := testutil.MustParseRequest(t, `{
+   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+   "id":      101,
+   "method":  "f",
+   "params":  ["x", "y"]
+   }`)
+
+	t.Run("true", func(t *testing.T) {
+		fn := fi.AllowArray(true).Wrap()
+		if _, err := fn(context.Background(), req); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Handler unexpectedly failed: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("false", func(t *testing.T) {
+		fn := fi.AllowArray(false).Wrap()
+		rsp, err := fn(context.Background(), req)
+		if got := jrpc2.ErrorCode(err); got != jrpc2.InvalidParams {
+			t.Errorf("Handler returned (%+v, %v), want InvalidParams", rsp, err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // Verify that the handling of pointer-typed arguments does not incorrectly
 // introduce another pointer indirection.
 func TestNew_pointerRegression(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/handler/positional.go b/handler/positional.go
index f04fb68..de27009 100644
--- a/handler/positional.go
+++ b/handler/positional.go
@@ -95,14 +95,16 @@ func structFieldNames(atype reflect.Type) (bool, []string) {
 //	// ...
 //	call := fi.Wrap()
 //
-// the resulting handler accepts a JSON array with with (exactly) the same
-// number of elements as the positional parameters:
+// the resulting handler by default accepts a JSON array with with (exactly)
+// the same number of elements as the positional parameters:
 //
 //	[17, 23]
 //
 // No arguments can be omitted in this format, but the caller can use a JSON
-// "null" in place of any argument.  The handler will also accept a parameter
-// object like:
+// "null" in place of any argument. The caller may also disable array support
+// by setting AllowArray(false) on the resulting FuncInfo.
+//
+// The handler will also accept a parameter object like:
 //
 //	{"first": 17, "second": 23}
 //