diff --git a/pylsp_jsonrpc/streams.py b/pylsp_jsonrpc/streams.py
index 40048a9..7e7427a 100644
--- a/pylsp_jsonrpc/streams.py
+++ b/pylsp_jsonrpc/streams.py
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ def _read_message(self):
         if not line:
             return None
 
-        content_length = self._content_length(line)
+        content_length = None
 
-        # Blindly consume all header lines
         while line and line.strip():
+            if content_length is None:
+                content_length = self._content_length(line)
             line = self._rfile.readline()
 
         if not line:
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ def _read_message(self):
     @staticmethod
     def _content_length(line):
         """Extract the content length from an input line."""
-        if line.startswith(b'Content-Length: '):
-            _, value = line.split(b'Content-Length: ')
+        header, separator, value = line.partition(b': ')
+        if separator and header.lower() == b'content-length':
             value = value.strip()
             try:
                 return int(value)
diff --git a/test/test_streams.py b/test/test_streams.py
index 14fe1bb..5e8df64 100644
--- a/test/test_streams.py
+++ b/test/test_streams.py
@@ -51,6 +51,42 @@ def test_reader(rfile, reader):
     })
 
 
+def test_reader_accepts_content_length_in_any_header_position_and_case(rfile, reader):
+    first_body = b'{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"first"}'
+    second_body = b'{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"second"}'
+    third_body = b'{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"third"}'
+    first_frame = b''.join((
+        b'Content-Type: application/vscode-jsonrpc; charset=utf-8\r\n',
+        b'Content-Length: ',
+        str(len(first_body)).encode('ascii'),
+        b'\r\n\r\n',
+        first_body,
+    ))
+    second_frame = b''.join((
+        b'cOnTeNt-LeNgTh: ',
+        str(len(second_body)).encode('ascii'),
+        b'\r\n\r\n',
+        second_body,
+    ))
+    third_frame = b''.join((
+        b'Content-Length: ',
+        str(len(third_body)).encode('ascii'),
+        b'\r\n\r\n',
+        third_body,
+    ))
+    rfile.write(first_frame + second_frame + third_frame)
+    rfile.seek(0)
+
+    consumer = mock.Mock()
+    reader.listen(consumer)
+
+    assert consumer.call_args_list == [
+        mock.call({'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'method': 'first'}),
+        mock.call({'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'method': 'second'}),
+        mock.call({'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'method': 'third'}),
+    ]
+
+
 def test_reader_bad_message(rfile, reader):
     rfile.write(b'Hello world')
     rfile.seek(0)