diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/AbstractXMLSchemaValidator.java b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/AbstractXMLSchemaValidator.java
index 7c4ebd77c8..9edd089da5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/AbstractXMLSchemaValidator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/AbstractXMLSchemaValidator.java
@@ -14,28 +14,36 @@
 
 package com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.schemavalidation;
 
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.exchange.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.http.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.multipart.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.resolver.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.*;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.*;
-import org.slf4j.*;
-import org.w3c.dom.*;
-import org.xml.sax.*;
-
-import javax.xml.transform.*;
-import javax.xml.transform.dom.*;
-import javax.xml.validation.*;
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
-
-import static com.predic8.membrane.annot.Constants.*;
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Header.*;
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome.*;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.exchange.Exchange;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Message;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Interceptor;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.multipart.XOPReconstitutor;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.resolver.ResolverMap;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.ConfigurationException;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
+import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
+import javax.xml.validation.Validator;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import static com.predic8.membrane.annot.Constants.XSD_NS;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Header.VALIDATION_ERROR_SOURCE;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome.ABORT;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome.CONTINUE;
 
 public abstract class AbstractXMLSchemaValidator extends AbstractMessageValidator {
 
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ public Outcome validateMessage(Exchange exc, Interceptor.Flow flow) throws Excep
         var exceptions = new ArrayList<Exception>();
         var preliminaryError = getPreliminaryError(xopr, msg);
         if (preliminaryError == null) {
-            List<Validator> vals = validators.take();
+            var vals = validators.take();
             try {
                 // the message must be valid for one schema embedded into WSDL
                 for (var validator : vals) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLMessageElementExtractor.java b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLMessageElementExtractor.java
index 5eab122873..c11ecac8a2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLMessageElementExtractor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLMessageElementExtractor.java
@@ -15,16 +15,18 @@
 package com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.schemavalidation;
 
 import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Operation.*;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.*;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Operation.Direction;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import javax.xml.namespace.*;
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.stream.*;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Binding.Style.*;
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Operation.Direction.*;
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Binding.Style.RPC;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Operation.Direction.INPUT;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Operation.Direction.OUTPUT;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet;
 
 public class WSDLMessageElementExtractor {
 
@@ -108,7 +110,8 @@ private static String getElementNameRPC(Operation operation, Direction direction
                 .flatMap(Collection::stream)
                 .map(op -> op.getMessagesByDirection(direction))
                 .flatMap(Collection::stream)
-                .map(Message::getPart);
+                .map(Message::getPart)
+                .filter(Objects::nonNull); // Message can have no parts.
     }
 
     private record PortTypesByStyle(List<PortType> portTypesRPC, List<PortType> portTypesDocument) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLValidator.java b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLValidator.java
index 94adb8eb67..92fac850b1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLValidator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/schemavalidation/WSDLValidator.java
@@ -14,33 +14,38 @@
 
 package com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.schemavalidation;
 
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.exchange.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.http.*;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.exchange.Exchange;
 import com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Message;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.multipart.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.resolver.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Definitions.*;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.*;
-import org.slf4j.*;
-import org.w3c.dom.*;
-import org.xml.sax.*;
-
-import javax.xml.namespace.*;
-import javax.xml.parsers.*;
-import javax.xml.transform.*;
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.*;
-
-import static com.predic8.membrane.annot.Constants.SoapVersion.*;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Interceptor;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.multipart.XOPReconstitutor;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.resolver.ResolverMap;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.resolver.ResourceRetrievalException;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.ConfigurationException;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.MessageUtil;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Definitions.SOAPVersion;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static com.predic8.membrane.annot.Constants.SoapVersion.SOAP11;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.annot.Constants.SoapVersion.SOAP12;
 import static com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Header.VALIDATION_ERROR_SOURCE;
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome.*;
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.schemavalidation.WSDLMessageElementExtractor.*;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome.ABORT;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome.CONTINUE;
 import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.schemavalidation.WSDLMessageElementExtractor.getPossibleRequestElements;
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.SOAPUtil.FaultCode.*;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.schemavalidation.WSDLMessageElementExtractor.getPossibleResponseElements;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.SOAPUtil.FaultCode.Client;
 import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.SOAPUtil.*;
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Definitions.SOAPVersion.*;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Definitions.SOAPVersion.SOAP_11;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Definitions.SOAPVersion.SOAP_12;
 
 public class WSDLValidator extends AbstractXMLSchemaValidator {
 
@@ -95,6 +100,12 @@ public String getName() {
     @Override
     public Outcome validateMessage(Exchange exc, Interceptor.Flow flow) throws Exception {
         var message = exc.getMessage(flow);
+
+        if (flow == Interceptor.Flow.RESPONSE && message.isBodyEmpty() ) {
+            log.info("Skipping validation of empty response.");
+            return CONTINUE;
+        }
+
         var result = analyseSOAPMessage(xopr, message);
 
         if (!result.isSOAP()) {
@@ -119,11 +130,11 @@ public Outcome validateMessage(Exchange exc, Interceptor.Flow flow) throws Excep
             }
         }
 
-        if (message instanceof Request && !isPossibleRequestElement(result.soapElement())) {
+        if (flow == Interceptor.Flow.REQUEST && !isPossibleRequestElement(result.soapElement())) {
             setErrorResponse(exc, "%s is not a valid request element. Possible elements are %s".formatted(result.soapElement(), requestElements));
             return ABORT;
         }
-        if (message instanceof Response && !result.isFault() && !isPossibleResponseElement(result.soapElement())) {
+        if (flow == Interceptor.Flow.RESPONSE && !result.isFault() && !isPossibleResponseElement(result.soapElement())) {
             setErrorResponse(exc, "%s is not a valid response element. Possible elements are %s".formatted(result.soapElement(), responseElements));
             return ABORT;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/wsdl/parser/Message.java b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/wsdl/parser/Message.java
index df4c4a4fae..9df232b6fb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/wsdl/parser/Message.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/wsdl/parser/Message.java
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 
 package com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.List;
 
 public class Message extends WSDLElement {
 
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ public Message(WSDLParserContext ctx, Node node) {
 
     /**
      * Document style only uses one part.
-     * @return
+     * @return first part or null if no part is defined.
      */
     public Part getPart() {
+        if (getParts().isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
         return getParts().getFirst();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/soap/WSDLParserTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/soap/WSDLParserTest.java
index b3242a6a73..03455111ec 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/soap/WSDLParserTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/util/soap/WSDLParserTest.java
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@
 
 package com.predic8.membrane.core.util.soap;
 
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.resolver.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.*;
-import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.schema.*;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.resolver.ResolverMap;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Definitions;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.schema.SchemaElement;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.List;
 
-import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Binding.Style.*;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Binding.Style.DOCUMENT;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.util.wsdl.parser.Binding.Style.RPC;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 class WSDLParserTest {
@@ -194,4 +195,24 @@ void soap12() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("SayHelloResponse", definitions.getMessages().getLast().getName());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Message without a part
+     * <wsdl:message name="CityResponse">
+     * </wsdl:message>
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("OptionalGetWithoutIsPresent")
+    @Test
+    void emptyMessage() throws Exception {
+        var definitions = Definitions.parse(new ResolverMap(), "classpath:/ws/special/empty-message.wsdl");
+        var schema = definitions.getSchemas().getFirst();
+        var schemaElements = schema.getSchemaElements();
+        var schemaElementNames = schemaElements.stream().map(SchemaElement::getName).toList();
+        assertEquals(List.of("getCity"), schemaElementNames);
+
+        assertEquals(2, definitions.getMessages().size());
+        var msg = definitions.getMessages().stream().filter(m -> "CityResponse".equals(m.getName())).findFirst().get();
+        assertEquals(0, msg.getParts().size());
+        assertNull(msg.getPart());
+        assertEquals("CityResponse", msg.getName());
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/ws/special/empty-message.wsdl b/core/src/test/resources/ws/special/empty-message.wsdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5f898a75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/ws/special/empty-message.wsdl
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<wsdl:definitions xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+                  xmlns:cs="https://predic8.de/cities"
+                  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+                  xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
+                  targetNamespace="https://predic8.de/cities" name="cities">
+    <wsdl:types>
+        <xsd:schema targetNamespace="https://predic8.de/cities">
+            <xsd:element name="getCity">
+                <xsd:complexType>
+                    <xsd:sequence>
+                        <xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
+                    </xsd:sequence>
+                </xsd:complexType>
+            </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:schema>
+    </wsdl:types>
+    <wsdl:message name="City">
+        <wsdl:part name="getCity" element="cs:getCity"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+    <wsdl:message name="CityResponse">
+    </wsdl:message>
+    <wsdl:portType name="CityPort">
+        <wsdl:operation name="getCity">
+            <wsdl:input message="cs:City"></wsdl:input>
+            <wsdl:output message="cs:CityResponse"></wsdl:output>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:portType>
+    <wsdl:binding name="CitySoapBinding" type="cs:CityPort">
+        <s:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"></s:binding>
+        <wsdl:operation name="getCity">
+            <s:operation soapAction="https://predic8.de/cities"></s:operation>
+            <wsdl:input>
+                <s:body use="literal" namespace="https://predic8.de/cities"></s:body>
+            </wsdl:input>
+            <wsdl:output>
+                <s:body use="literal" namespace="https://predic8.de/cities"></s:body>
+            </wsdl:output>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:binding>
+    <wsdl:service name="CityService">
+        <wsdl:port name="CityPort" binding="cs:CitySoapBinding">
+            <s:address location="http://localhost:2001/services/cities"/>
+        </wsdl:port>
+    </wsdl:service>
+</wsdl:definitions>
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