diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.h b/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.h
index d15bd5226da5fed997432fdf338b7016a5a35a2b..ac127216f4fe9e52c6f64471b9540766df0be9eb 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.h
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	REQUEST_RECONFIGURE,
 	RESPONSE_RECONFIGURE,
 	REQUEST_SHUTDOWN,
+	REQUEST_SHUTDOWN_IMMEDIATE, 
 	RESPONSE_SHUTDOWN,
 
 	REQUEST_BUILD_INFO=2001,
diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c b/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c
index 8e647f568da3eb91c188190fe43b5794a5cef844..ee72d347720c2f9fc413c0c066d31ac24247e9fb 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int pack_msg ( slurm_msg_t const * msg , char ** buffer , uint32_t * buf_len )
 		case REQUEST_NODE_REGISTRATION_STATUS :
 		case REQUEST_RECONFIGURE :
 		case REQUEST_SHUTDOWN :
+		case REQUEST_SHUTDOWN_IMMEDIATE :
 			/* Message contains no body/information */
 			break ;
 		case RESPONSE_SUBMIT_BATCH_JOB:
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ int unpack_msg ( slurm_msg_t * msg , char ** buffer , uint32_t * buf_len )
 		case REQUEST_NODE_REGISTRATION_STATUS :
 		case REQUEST_RECONFIGURE :
 		case REQUEST_SHUTDOWN :
+		case REQUEST_SHUTDOWN_IMMEDIATE :
 			/* Message contains no body/information */
 			break ;
 		case RESPONSE_SUBMIT_BATCH_JOB :