diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el b/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el
index 3bc09217..fc7cb52b 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-icalendar.el
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
     ((event gnus-icalendar-event) handle)
     (if (and (boundp 'mu4e~view-rendering)
              (gnus-icalendar-event:rsvp event))
-        `(("Accept" mu4e-icalendar-reply (,handle accepted ,event))
-          ("Tentative" mu4e-icalendar-reply (,handle tentative ,event))
-          ("Decline" mu4e-icalendar-reply (,handle declined ,event)))
+        (let ((method (gnus-icalendar-event:method event)))
+          (when (or (string= method "REQUEST") (string= method "PUBLISH"))
+            `(("Accept" mu4e-icalendar-reply (,handle accepted ,event))
+              ("Tentative" mu4e-icalendar-reply (,handle tentative ,event))
+              ("Decline" mu4e-icalendar-reply (,handle declined ,event)))))
       (cl-call-next-method event handle))))
 
 (defun mu4e-icalendar-reply (data)