diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13aa27f..3553a1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Check for nil packet and transport layer when streaming pcap files [#88](https://github.com/elastic/stream/pull/88)
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [0.14.0]
diff --git a/internal/command/pcap.go b/internal/command/pcap.go
index 5bb990b..afe4260 100644
--- a/internal/command/pcap.go
+++ b/internal/command/pcap.go
@@ -71,7 +71,18 @@ func (r *pcapRunner) sendPCAP(path string, out output.Output) error {
 			break
 		}
 
-		payloadData := packet.TransportLayer().LayerPayload()
+		if packet == nil {
+			logger.Warnw("Skipping nil packet")
+			continue
+		}
+
+		tl := packet.TransportLayer()
+		if tl == nil {
+			logger.Warnw("Skipping packet with no transport layer")
+			continue
+		}
+
+		payloadData := tl.LayerPayload()
 
 		// TODO: Rate-limit for UDP.
 		n, err := out.Write(payloadData)