diff --git a/sgl-router/benches/request_processing.rs b/sgl-router/benches/request_processing.rs
index 87380a796..54d704512 100644
--- a/sgl-router/benches/request_processing.rs
+++ b/sgl-router/benches/request_processing.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fn get_bootstrap_info(worker: &BasicWorker) -> (String, Option<u16>) {
 fn default_generate_request() -> GenerateRequest {
     GenerateRequest {
         text: None,
+        model: None,
         input_ids: None,
         input_embeds: None,
         image_data: None,
diff --git a/sgl-router/src/protocols/generate.rs b/sgl-router/src/protocols/generate.rs
index 4f3c1301a..d5819095a 100644
--- a/sgl-router/src/protocols/generate.rs
+++ b/sgl-router/src/protocols/generate.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pub struct GenerateRequest {
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub text: Option<String>,
 
+    pub model: Option<String>,
+
     /// Input IDs for tokenized input
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub input_ids: Option<InputIds>,
@@ -201,8 +203,12 @@ impl GenerationRequest for GenerateRequest {
     }
 
     fn get_model(&self) -> Option<&str> {
-        // Generate requests typically don't have a model field
-        None
+        // Generate requests have an optional model field
+        if let Some(s) = &self.model {
+            Some(s.as_str())
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 
     fn extract_text_for_routing(&self) -> String {
diff --git a/sgl-router/src/routers/router_manager.rs b/sgl-router/src/routers/router_manager.rs
index 6535a1d30..a4b5554ef 100644
--- a/sgl-router/src/routers/router_manager.rs
+++ b/sgl-router/src/routers/router_manager.rs
@@ -350,12 +350,12 @@ impl RouterTrait for RouterManager {
         &self,
         headers: Option<&HeaderMap>,
         body: &GenerateRequest,
-        _model_id: Option<&str>,
+        model_id: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Response {
-        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, None);
+        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, model_id);
 
         if let Some(router) = router {
-            router.route_generate(headers, body, None).await
+            router.route_generate(headers, body, model_id).await
         } else {
             (
                 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ impl RouterTrait for RouterManager {
         &self,
         headers: Option<&HeaderMap>,
         body: &ChatCompletionRequest,
-        _model_id: Option<&str>,
+        model_id: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Response {
-        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, Some(&body.model));
+        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, model_id);
 
         if let Some(router) = router {
-            router.route_chat(headers, body, Some(&body.model)).await
+            router.route_chat(headers, body, model_id).await
         } else {
             (
                 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
@@ -388,14 +388,12 @@ impl RouterTrait for RouterManager {
         &self,
         headers: Option<&HeaderMap>,
         body: &CompletionRequest,
-        _model_id: Option<&str>,
+        model_id: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Response {
-        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, Some(&body.model));
+        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, model_id);
 
         if let Some(router) = router {
-            router
-                .route_completion(headers, body, Some(&body.model))
-                .await
+            router.route_completion(headers, body, model_id).await
         } else {
             (
                 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
@@ -487,14 +485,12 @@ impl RouterTrait for RouterManager {
         &self,
         headers: Option<&HeaderMap>,
         body: &EmbeddingRequest,
-        _model_id: Option<&str>,
+        model_id: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Response {
-        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, Some(&body.model));
+        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, model_id);
 
         if let Some(router) = router {
-            router
-                .route_embeddings(headers, body, Some(&body.model))
-                .await
+            router.route_embeddings(headers, body, model_id).await
         } else {
             (
                 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
@@ -510,7 +506,7 @@ impl RouterTrait for RouterManager {
         body: &RerankRequest,
         model_id: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Response {
-        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, None);
+        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, model_id);
 
         if let Some(router) = router {
             router.route_rerank(headers, body, model_id).await
@@ -529,7 +525,7 @@ impl RouterTrait for RouterManager {
         body: &ClassifyRequest,
         model_id: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Response {
-        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, Some(&body.model));
+        let router = self.select_router_for_request(headers, model_id);
 
         if let Some(router) = router {
             router.route_classify(headers, body, model_id).await
diff --git a/sgl-router/src/server.rs b/sgl-router/src/server.rs
index 24032cc50..5db429788 100644
--- a/sgl-router/src/server.rs
+++ b/sgl-router/src/server.rs
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@ async fn generate(
     headers: http::HeaderMap,
     Json(body): Json<GenerateRequest>,
 ) -> Response {
+    let model_id = body.model.as_deref();
     state
         .router
-        .route_generate(Some(&headers), &body, None)
+        .route_generate(Some(&headers), &body, model_id)
         .await
 }
 
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ async fn v1_chat_completions(
     headers: http::HeaderMap,
     ValidatedJson(body): ValidatedJson<ChatCompletionRequest>,
 ) -> Response {
-    state.router.route_chat(Some(&headers), &body, None).await
+    state
+        .router
+        .route_chat(Some(&headers), &body, Some(&body.model))
+        .await
 }
 
 async fn v1_completions(
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ async fn v1_completions(
 ) -> Response {
     state
         .router
-        .route_completion(Some(&headers), &body, None)
+        .route_completion(Some(&headers), &body, Some(&body.model))
         .await
 }
 
@@ -166,7 +170,10 @@ async fn rerank(
     headers: http::HeaderMap,
     ValidatedJson(body): ValidatedJson<RerankRequest>,
 ) -> Response {
-    state.router.route_rerank(Some(&headers), &body, None).await
+    state
+        .router
+        .route_rerank(Some(&headers), &body, Some(&body.model))
+        .await
 }
 
 async fn v1_rerank(
@@ -174,9 +181,10 @@ async fn v1_rerank(
     headers: http::HeaderMap,
     Json(body): Json<V1RerankReqInput>,
 ) -> Response {
+    let rerank_body = &body.into();
     state
         .router
-        .route_rerank(Some(&headers), &body.into(), None)
+        .route_rerank(Some(&headers), rerank_body, Some(&rerank_body.model))
         .await
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ async fn v1_responses(
 ) -> Response {
     state
         .router
-        .route_responses(Some(&headers), &body, None)
+        .route_responses(Some(&headers), &body, Some(&body.model))
         .await
 }
 
@@ -198,7 +206,7 @@ async fn v1_embeddings(
 ) -> Response {
     state
         .router
-        .route_embeddings(Some(&headers), &body, None)
+        .route_embeddings(Some(&headers), &body, Some(&body.model))
         .await
 }
 
@@ -209,7 +217,7 @@ async fn v1_classify(
 ) -> Response {
     state
         .router
-        .route_classify(Some(&headers), &body, None)
+        .route_classify(Some(&headers), &body, Some(&body.model))
         .await
 }
 
diff --git a/sgl-router/tests/test_openai_routing.rs b/sgl-router/tests/test_openai_routing.rs
index 7bfdadc4a..8e7756011 100644
--- a/sgl-router/tests/test_openai_routing.rs
+++ b/sgl-router/tests/test_openai_routing.rs
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ async fn test_unsupported_endpoints() {
 
     let generate_request = GenerateRequest {
         text: Some("Hello world".to_string()),
+        model: None,
         input_ids: None,
         input_embeds: None,
         image_data: None,