diff --git a/lib/conn/conn-prot.go b/lib/conn/conn-prot.go
index 9f37b35..cb542fd 100644
--- a/lib/conn/conn-prot.go
+++ b/lib/conn/conn-prot.go
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ func getPing(clientConn net.Conn) *errco.MshLog {
 	}
 
 	switch {
+	case bytes.HasPrefix(pingData, []byte{9, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}):
+		// packet is [9 1 0 0 0 0 0 89 73 114]
+		// this is normal ping
+
 	case bytes.Equal(pingData, []byte{1, 0}):
 		// packet is [1 0]
 		// read the second packet
diff --git a/lib/conn/conn-prot_test.go b/lib/conn/conn-prot_test.go
index dfdd2cd..47bb3bc 100644
--- a/lib/conn/conn-prot_test.go
+++ b/lib/conn/conn-prot_test.go
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ func Test_getPing(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []test{
 		// positive cases
+		{
+			"ping",
+			[][]byte{
+				{9, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 89, 73, 114},
+			},
+			0,
+			[]byte{9, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 89, 73, 114},
+		},
 		{
 			"2 bytes + ping",
 			[][]byte{