diff --git a/common/rfb/SMsgReaderV3.cxx b/common/rfb/SMsgReaderV3.cxx
index 168e6aa..eddeccf 100644
--- a/common/rfb/SMsgReaderV3.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/SMsgReaderV3.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.  All Rights Reserved.
- * Copyright 2009 Pierre Ossman for Cendio AB
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 Pierre Ossman for Cendio AB
  * 
  * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   case msgTypePointerEvent:             readPointerEvent(); break;
   case msgTypeClientCutText:            readClientCutText(); break;
   case msgTypeSetDesktopSize:           readSetDesktopSize(); break;
+  case msgTypeClientFence:              readFence(); break;
 
   default:
     fprintf(stderr, "unknown message type %d\n", msgType);
@@ -91,3 +92,24 @@
   handler->setDesktopSize(width, height, layout);
 }
 
+void SMsgReaderV3::readFence()
+{
+  rdr::U32 flags;
+  rdr::U8 len;
+  char data[64];
+
+  is->skip(3);
+
+  flags = is->readU32();
+
+  len = is->readU8();
+  if (len > sizeof(data)) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring fence with too large payload\n");
+    is->skip(len);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  is->readBytes(data, len);
+  
+  handler->fence(flags, len, data);
+}