diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py b/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py
index 7eef5c0fb..d2d4d5380 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ class Nemotron3Detector(BaseReasoningFormatDetector):
         force_reasoning: bool = False,
         continue_final_message: bool = False,
         previous_content: str = "",
+        force_nonempty_content: bool = False,
     ):
         super().__init__(
             "<think>",
@@ -440,6 +441,13 @@ class Nemotron3Detector(BaseReasoningFormatDetector):
             continue_final_message=continue_final_message,
             previous_content=previous_content,
         )
+        self._force_nonempty_content = force_nonempty_content
+
+    def detect_and_parse(self, text: str) -> StreamingParseResult:
+        ret = super().detect_and_parse(text)
+        if self._force_nonempty_content and not ret.normal_text:
+            ret.normal_text, ret.reasoning_text = ret.reasoning_text, ret.normal_text
+        return ret
 
 
 class ReasoningParser:
@@ -502,6 +510,10 @@ class ReasoningParser:
             kwargs["continue_final_message"] = True
             kwargs["previous_content"] = request.messages[-1].content
 
+        chat_template_kwargs = getattr(request, "chat_template_kwargs", None) or {}
+        if chat_template_kwargs.get("force_nonempty_content") is True:
+            kwargs["force_nonempty_content"] = True
+
         self.detector = detector_class(**kwargs)
 
     def parse_non_stream(self, full_text: str) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py b/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py
index c6ae17aee..3e47281b4 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from sglang.srt.parser.reasoning_parser import (
     Glm45Detector,
     KimiDetector,
     KimiK2Detector,
+    Nemotron3Detector,
     Qwen3Detector,
     ReasoningParser,
     StreamingParseResult,
@@ -512,6 +513,74 @@ class TestGlm45Detector(CustomTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, "<tool_call>tool call")
 
 
+class TestNemotron3Detector(CustomTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.detector = Nemotron3Detector()
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        """Test Nemotron3Detector initialization."""
+        self.assertEqual(self.detector.think_start_token, "<think>")
+        self.assertEqual(self.detector.think_end_token, "</think>")
+        self.assertFalse(self.detector._in_reasoning)
+        self.assertTrue(self.detector.stream_reasoning)
+        self.assertFalse(self.detector._force_nonempty_content)
+
+    def test_detect_and_parse_complete_reasoning(self):
+        """Test parsing complete reasoning block."""
+        text = "<think>Let me think about this</think>The answer is 42."
+        result = self.detector.detect_and_parse(text)
+        self.assertEqual(result.reasoning_text, "Let me think about this")
+        self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, "The answer is 42.")
+
+    def test_detect_and_parse_no_thinking(self):
+        """Test parsing without thinking tokens."""
+        text = "Direct answer without thinking."
+        result = self.detector.detect_and_parse(text)
+        self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, text)
+        self.assertEqual(result.reasoning_text, "")
+
+    def test_detect_and_parse_reasoning_only(self):
+        """Test parsing when output is all reasoning (no content after </think>)."""
+        text = "<think>All reasoning, no answer</think>"
+        result = self.detector.detect_and_parse(text)
+        self.assertEqual(result.reasoning_text, "All reasoning, no answer")
+        self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, "")
+
+    def test_force_nonempty_content_swaps_when_no_normal_text(self):
+        """Test force_nonempty_content swaps reasoning to content when content is empty."""
+        detector = Nemotron3Detector(force_nonempty_content=True)
+        text = "<think>All reasoning, no answer</think>"
+        result = detector.detect_and_parse(text)
+        self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, "All reasoning, no answer")
+        self.assertEqual(result.reasoning_text, "")
+
+    def test_force_nonempty_content_no_swap_when_normal_text_exists(self):
+        """Test force_nonempty_content does not swap when content already exists."""
+        detector = Nemotron3Detector(force_nonempty_content=True)
+        text = "<think>Reasoning here</think>The answer is 42."
+        result = detector.detect_and_parse(text)
+        self.assertEqual(result.reasoning_text, "Reasoning here")
+        self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, "The answer is 42.")
+
+    def test_force_nonempty_content_truncated_reasoning(self):
+        """Test force_nonempty_content with truncated reasoning (no end token)."""
+        detector = Nemotron3Detector(force_nonempty_content=True)
+        text = "<think>Truncated reasoning without end token"
+        result = detector.detect_and_parse(text)
+        # Truncated reasoning has no normal_text, so swap should occur
+        self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, "Truncated reasoning without end token")
+        self.assertEqual(result.reasoning_text, "")
+
+    def test_force_nonempty_content_no_thinking_tokens(self):
+        """Test force_nonempty_content with plain text (no thinking tokens)."""
+        detector = Nemotron3Detector(force_nonempty_content=True)
+        text = "Plain text without any thinking."
+        result = detector.detect_and_parse(text)
+        # Normal text already exists, no swap needed
+        self.assertEqual(result.normal_text, text)
+        self.assertEqual(result.reasoning_text, "")
+
+
 class TestReasoningParser(CustomTestCase):
     def test_init_valid_model(self):
         """Test initialization with valid model types."""