diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ed11ee..8a2f851 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ the following settings are supported:
 | logLevel                             | `error`  | Sets the tracing level for the extension: `error`, `warn`, `info`, or `debug`.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | organizeImports                      | `true`   | Whether to register Ruff as capable of handling `source.organizeImports` actions.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 | path                                 | `[]`     | Path to a custom `ruff` executable, e.g., `["/path/to/ruff"]`.                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| showSyntaxErrors                     | `true`   | Whether to show syntax error diagnostics. _New in Ruff v0.5.0_                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 
 ## Development
 
diff --git a/ruff_lsp/server.py b/ruff_lsp/server.py
index 1a7268d..b1febb0 100755
--- a/ruff_lsp/server.py
+++ b/ruff_lsp/server.py
@@ -614,7 +614,11 @@ async def _lint_document_impl(
             show_error(f"Ruff: Lint failed ({result.stderr.decode('utf-8')})")
         return []
 
-    return _parse_output(result.stdout) if result.stdout else []
+    return (
+        _parse_output(result.stdout, settings.get("showSyntaxErrors", True))
+        if result.stdout
+        else []
+    )
 
 
 def _parse_fix(content: Fix | LegacyFix | None) -> Fix | None:
@@ -649,7 +653,7 @@ def _parse_fix(content: Fix | LegacyFix | None) -> Fix | None:
         return fix
 
 
-def _parse_output(content: bytes) -> list[Diagnostic]:
+def _parse_output(content: bytes, show_syntax_errors: bool) -> list[Diagnostic]:
     """Parse Ruff's JSON output."""
     diagnostics: list[Diagnostic] = []
 
@@ -700,6 +704,8 @@ def _parse_output(content: bytes) -> list[Diagnostic]:
     # Cell represents the cell number in a Notebook Document. It is null for normal
     # Python files.
     for check in json.loads(content):
+        if not show_syntax_errors and check["code"] is None:
+            continue
         start = Position(
             line=max([int(check["location"]["row"]) - 1, 0]),
             character=int(check["location"]["column"]) - 1,
@@ -750,6 +756,7 @@ def _get_severity(code: str) -> DiagnosticSeverity:
         "F821",  # undefined name `name`
         "E902",  # `IOError`
         "E999",  # `SyntaxError`
+        None,  # `SyntaxError` as of Ruff v0.5.0
     }:
         return DiagnosticSeverity.Error
     else:
diff --git a/ruff_lsp/settings.py b/ruff_lsp/settings.py
index 9ed8007..0adda9a 100644
--- a/ruff_lsp/settings.py
+++ b/ruff_lsp/settings.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class UserSettings(TypedDict, total=False):
     ignoreStandardLibrary: bool
     """Whether to ignore files that are inferred to be part of the standard library."""
 
+    showSyntaxErrors: bool
+    """Whether to show syntax error diagnostics."""
+
     # Deprecated: use `lint.args` instead.
     args: list[str]
     """Additional command-line arguments to pass to `ruff check`."""