diff --git a/pkg/network/message.go b/pkg/network/message.go
index 6c5b7902a..ba8f7380d 100644
--- a/pkg/network/message.go
+++ b/pkg/network/message.go
@@ -49,19 +49,23 @@ type CommandType string
 
 // Valid protocol commands used to send between nodes.
 const (
-	CMDVersion    CommandType = "version"
-	CMDVerack     CommandType = "verack"
-	CMDGetAddr    CommandType = "getaddr"
-	CMDAddr       CommandType = "addr"
-	CMDGetHeaders CommandType = "getheaders"
-	CMDHeaders    CommandType = "headers"
-	CMDGetBlocks  CommandType = "getblocks"
-	CMDInv        CommandType = "inv"
-	CMDGetData    CommandType = "getdata"
-	CMDBlock      CommandType = "block"
-	CMDTX         CommandType = "tx"
-	CMDConsensus  CommandType = "consensus"
-	CMDUnknown    CommandType = "unknown"
+	CMDVersion     CommandType = "version"
+	CMDVerack      CommandType = "verack"
+	CMDGetAddr     CommandType = "getaddr"
+	CMDAddr        CommandType = "addr"
+	CMDGetHeaders  CommandType = "getheaders"
+	CMDHeaders     CommandType = "headers"
+	CMDGetBlocks   CommandType = "getblocks"
+	CMDInv         CommandType = "inv"
+	CMDGetData     CommandType = "getdata"
+	CMDBlock       CommandType = "block"
+	CMDTX          CommandType = "tx"
+	CMDConsensus   CommandType = "consensus"
+	CMDUnknown     CommandType = "unknown"
+	CMDFilterAdd   CommandType = "filteradd"
+	CMDFilterClear CommandType = "filterclear"
+	CMDFilterLoad  CommandType = "filterload"
+	CMDMerkleBlock CommandType = "merkleblock"
 )
 
 // NewMessage returns a new message with the given payload.
@@ -119,6 +123,14 @@ func (m *Message) CommandType() CommandType {
 		return CMDTX
 	case "consensus":
 		return CMDConsensus
+	case "merkleblock":
+		return CMDMerkleBlock
+	case "filterload":
+		return CMDFilterLoad
+	case "filteradd":
+		return CMDFilterAdd
+	case "filterclear":
+		return CMDFilterClear
 	default:
 		return CMDUnknown
 	}
@@ -198,6 +210,11 @@ func (m *Message) decodePayload(r io.Reader) error {
 		if err := p.DecodeBinary(buf); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	case CMDMerkleBlock:
+		p = &payload.MerkleBlock{}
+		if err := p.DecodeBinary(buf); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	m.Payload = p
diff --git a/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock.go b/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf46bbe81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package payload
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/CityOfZion/neo-go/pkg/core"
+	"github.com/CityOfZion/neo-go/pkg/util"
+)
+
+type MerkleBlock struct {
+	*core.BlockBase
+	TxCount int
+	Hashes  []util.Uint256
+	Flags   []byte
+}
+
+func (m *MerkleBlock) DecodeBinary(r io.Reader) error {
+	m.BlockBase = &core.BlockBase{}
+	if err := m.BlockBase.DecodeBinary(r); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	m.TxCount = int(util.ReadVarUint(r))
+	n := util.ReadVarUint(r)
+	m.Hashes = make([]util.Uint256, n)
+	for i := 0; i < len(m.Hashes); i++ {
+		if err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &m.Hashes[i]); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	var err error
+	m.Flags, err = util.ReadVarBytes(r)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (m *MerkleBlock) EncodeBinary(w io.Writer) error {
+	return nil
+}