diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 082ef7f5..38f0db1b 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ class Server extends Base {
 
     try {
       if (binding.style === 'rpc') {
-        operationName = Object.keys(body)[0];
+        operationName = (Object.keys(body)[0] === (self.wsdl.options.attributesKey || 'attributes') ?
+        Object.keys(body)[1] : Object.keys(body)[0]);
 
         self.emit('request', obj, operationName);
         if (headers)
@@ -214,8 +215,8 @@ class Server extends Base {
           style: 'rpc'
         }, req, callback);
       } else { //document style
-        var messageElemName = (Object.keys(body)[0] === 'attributes' ?
-          Object.keys(body)[1] : Object.keys(body)[0]);
+        var messageElemName = (Object.keys(body)[0] === (self.wsdl.options.attributesKey || 'attributes') ?
+        Object.keys(body)[1] : Object.keys(body)[0]);
         var pair = binding.topElements[messageElemName];
 
         var operationName, outputName;