diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.h b/lib/libwebsockets.h
index ec55ec82..d51229d2 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ enum libwebsocket_extension_callback_reasons {
 enum libwebsocket_write_protocol {
 	LWS_WRITE_TEXT,
 	LWS_WRITE_BINARY,
+	LWS_WRITE_CONTINUATION,
 	LWS_WRITE_HTTP,
 
 	/* special 04+ opcodes */
diff --git a/lib/parsers.c b/lib/parsers.c
index b116dddd..f87b1d82 100644
--- a/lib/parsers.c
+++ b/lib/parsers.c
@@ -1194,6 +1194,10 @@ int libwebsocket_write(struct libwebsocket *wsi, unsigned char *buf,
 		case LWS_WRITE_BINARY:
 			n = LWS_WS_OPCODE_04__BINARY_FRAME;
 			break;
+		case LWS_WRITE_CONTINUATION:
+			n = LWS_WS_OPCODE_04__CONTINUATION;
+			break;
+
 		case LWS_WRITE_CLOSE:
 			n = LWS_WS_OPCODE_04__CLOSE;