diff --git a/rfb/encodings.cxx b/rfb/encodings.cxx
index 56a64ee..db6e1e2 100644
--- a/rfb/encodings.cxx
+++ b/rfb/encodings.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   if (strcasecmp(name, "CoRRE") == 0)    return encodingCoRRE;
   if (strcasecmp(name, "hextile") == 0)  return encodingHextile;
   if (strcasecmp(name, "ZRLE") == 0)     return encodingZRLE;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "Tight") == 0)    return encodingTight;
   return -1;
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
   case encodingCoRRE:    return "CoRRE";
   case encodingHextile:  return "hextile";
   case encodingZRLE:     return "ZRLE";
+  case encodingTight:    return "Tight";
   default:               return "[unknown encoding]";
   }
 }