diff --git a/encoding/protojson/decode_test.go b/encoding/protojson/decode_test.go
index faf5eb548..40e52b36b 100644
--- a/encoding/protojson/decode_test.go
+++ b/encoding/protojson/decode_test.go
@@ -2197,6 +2197,18 @@ func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		wantMessage: &anypb.Any{
 			TypeUrl: "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty",
 		},
+	}, {
+		desc:         "Any with Empty and no value and AllowPartial",
+		umo:          protojson.UnmarshalOptions{AllowPartial: true},
+		inputMessage: &anypb.Any{},
+		inputText: `{
+  "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty"
+}`,
+		wantMessage: func() proto.Message {
+			return &anypb.Any{
+				TypeUrl: "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty",
+			}
+		}(),
 	}, {
 		desc:         "Any with missing Empty",
 		inputMessage: &anypb.Any{},
diff --git a/encoding/protojson/well_known_types.go b/encoding/protojson/well_known_types.go
index 4b177c820..9a2c104d8 100644
--- a/encoding/protojson/well_known_types.go
+++ b/encoding/protojson/well_known_types.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (d decoder) unmarshalAny(m protoreflect.Message) error {
 	// Use another decoder to parse the unread bytes for @type field. This
 	// avoids advancing a read from current decoder because the current JSON
 	// object may contain the fields of the embedded type.
-	dec := decoder{d.Clone(), UnmarshalOptions{RecursionLimit: d.opts.RecursionLimit}}
+	dec := decoder{d.Clone(), UnmarshalOptions{RecursionLimit: d.opts.RecursionLimit, AllowPartial: d.opts.AllowPartial}}
 	tok, err := findTypeURL(dec)
 	switch err {
 	case errEmptyObject:
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ func (d decoder) unmarshalAnyValue(unmarshal unmarshalFunc, m protoreflect.Messa
 		switch tok.Kind() {
 		case json.ObjectClose:
 			if !found {
-				return d.newError(tok.Pos(), `missing "value" field`)
+				if !d.opts.AllowPartial {
+					return d.newError(tok.Pos(), `missing "value" field`)
+				}
 			}
 			return nil