diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 23392b7..63dc905 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -346,6 +346,14 @@ where
         // Client is requesting to cancel a running query (plain text connection).
         CANCEL_REQUEST_CODE => Ok((ClientConnectionType::CancelQuery, bytes)),
 
+        // Client is requesting a GSS encoded connection
+        GSSENC_REQUEST_CODE => {
+            error_response_terminal(stream, "").await?;
+            Err(Error::ProtocolSyncError(
+                "PGCat does not support GSSAPI encoding".into(),
+            ))
+        },
+
         // Something else, probably something is wrong and it's not our fault,
         // e.g. badly implemented Postgres client.
         _ => Err(Error::ProtocolSyncError(format!(
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index 0900d7c..d9ed6e7 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ pub const SSL_REQUEST_CODE: i32 = 80877103;
 // CancelRequest: the cancel request code.
 pub const CANCEL_REQUEST_CODE: i32 = 80877102;
 
+// GSSENCRequest: used to indicate we wants GSS connection
+pub const GSSENC_REQUEST_CODE: i32 = 80877104;
+
 // AuthenticationMD5Password
 pub const MD5_ENCRYPTED_PASSWORD: i32 = 5;