diff --git a/.changeset/stateless-405-allow-header.md b/.changeset/stateless-405-allow-header.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63c4851017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stateless-405-allow-header.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@modelcontextprotocol/server': patch
+---
+
+`createMcpHandler` now sends `Allow: POST` on every `405` it answers to a non-POST request, with `legacy: 'stateless'` (the default) and with `legacy: 'reject'`.
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/createMcpHandler.ts b/packages/server/src/server/createMcpHandler.ts
index 91bca56517..4ef836c636 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/createMcpHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/createMcpHandler.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ function jsonRpcErrorResponse(httpStatus: number, code: number, message: string,
             error: { code, message, ...(data !== undefined && { data }) },
             id
         },
-        { status: httpStatus }
+        // This entry serves POST only, so every 405 it answers names POST (RFC 9110 §15.5.6).
+        { status: httpStatus, ...(httpStatus === 405 && { headers: { Allow: 'POST' } }) }
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/test/server/createMcpHandler.test.ts b/packages/server/test/server/createMcpHandler.test.ts
index a1b9ce7986..1069faba2e 100644
--- a/packages/server/test/server/createMcpHandler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/test/server/createMcpHandler.test.ts
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ describe('createMcpHandler — stateless legacy fallback (the default)', () => {
         for (const method of ['GET', 'DELETE']) {
             const response = await handler.fetch(new Request('http://localhost/mcp', { method }));
             expect(response.status).toBe(405);
+            expect(response.headers.get('Allow')).toBe('POST');
             const body = (await response.json()) as JSONRPCErrorBody;
             expect(body.error.code).toBe(-32_000);
             expect(body.error.message).toBe('Method not allowed.');
diff --git a/packages/server/test/server/legacyStatelessFallback.test.ts b/packages/server/test/server/legacyStatelessFallback.test.ts
index 50247ae6ab..efd1177cff 100644
--- a/packages/server/test/server/legacyStatelessFallback.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/test/server/legacyStatelessFallback.test.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ describe('legacyStatelessFallback', () => {
         for (const method of ['GET', 'DELETE']) {
             const response = await handler(new Request('http://localhost/mcp', { method }));
             expect(response.status).toBe(405);
+            expect(response.headers.get('Allow')).toBe('POST');
             const body = (await response.json()) as JSONRPCErrorBody;
             expect(body.error.code).toBe(-32_000);
             expect(body.error.message).toBe('Method not allowed.');
diff --git a/test/e2e/requirements.ts b/test/e2e/requirements.ts
index a36127a1a9..519d92acfa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/requirements.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/requirements.ts
@@ -2755,9 +2755,9 @@ export const REQUIREMENTS: Record<string, Requirement> = {
     'typescript:hosting:entry:method-405': {
         source: 'sdk',
         behavior:
-            'A non-POST HTTP method (GET, DELETE, PUT, PATCH) on a createMcpHandler endpoint is answered 405 with a JSON-RPC Method-not-allowed body on both legs: the stateless legacy fallback rejects every non-POST method, and the modern-only strict path rejects body-less non-POST traffic via the modern-only-method-not-allowed cell.',
+            'A non-POST HTTP method (GET, DELETE, PUT, PATCH) on a createMcpHandler endpoint is answered 405 with `Allow: POST` and a JSON-RPC Method-not-allowed body on both legs: the stateless legacy fallback rejects every non-POST method, and the modern-only strict path rejects body-less non-POST traffic via the modern-only-method-not-allowed cell.',
         transports: ['entryStateless', 'entryModern'],
-        note: 'Runs on the createMcpHandler entry arms; each non-POST method is sent through wired.fetch so the HTTP status and body are observed directly. The entry does not emit an Allow header (the per-session server transport does), so only the status and JSON-RPC error shape are pinned.'
+        note: 'Runs on the createMcpHandler entry arms; each non-POST method is sent through wired.fetch so the HTTP status and body are observed directly. The status, the `Allow` header and the JSON-RPC error shape are pinned.'
     },
     'typescript:hosting:entry:parse-error-400': {
         source: 'https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#sending-messages-to-the-server',
diff --git a/test/e2e/scenarios/hosting-entry-http.test.ts b/test/e2e/scenarios/hosting-entry-http.test.ts
index 386d843756..bfe8d319d6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scenarios/hosting-entry-http.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/scenarios/hosting-entry-http.test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ verifies('typescript:hosting:entry:method-405', async ({ transport }: TestArgs)
     for (const method of ['GET', 'DELETE', 'PUT', 'PATCH']) {
         const response = await wired.fetch!(wired.url!, { method });
         expect(response.status).toBe(405);
+        expect(response.headers.get('allow')).toBe('POST');
         const body = (await response.json()) as { jsonrpc: string; error: { code: number; message: string } };
         expect(body.jsonrpc).toBe('2.0');
         expect(body.error.code).toBe(-32_000);