diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e81c9982..f95d7b41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Fixed
   - Fix msec values for time columns. #61
 
+### Changed
+  - (BREAKING CHANGE) C API `#trilogy_build_auth_packet` accepts encoding option now. The Ruby binding for the
+    Trilogy client can now accept an `:encoding` option, which will tell the connection to use the specified encoding,
+    and will ensure that outgoing query strings are transcoded appropriately. If no encoding is supplied,
+    utf8mb4 is used by default. #64
+
 ## 2.3.0
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/contrib/ruby/ext/trilogy-ruby/cext.c b/contrib/ruby/ext/trilogy-ruby/cext.c
index 1498d1e6..be44cf10 100644
--- a/contrib/ruby/ext/trilogy-ruby/cext.c
+++ b/contrib/ruby/ext/trilogy-ruby/cext.c
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ struct trilogy_ctx {
     trilogy_conn_t conn;
     char server_version[TRILOGY_SERVER_VERSION_SIZE + 1];
     unsigned int query_flags;
+    VALUE encoding;
 };
 
+static void mark_trilogy(void *ptr)
+{
+    struct trilogy_ctx *ctx = ptr;
+    rb_gc_mark(ctx->encoding);
+}
+
 static void free_trilogy(void *ptr)
 {
     struct trilogy_ctx *ctx = ptr;
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ static size_t trilogy_memsize(const void *ptr) {
 static const rb_data_type_t trilogy_data_type = {
     .wrap_struct_name = "trilogy",
     .function = {
-        .dmark = NULL,
+        .dmark = mark_trilogy,
         .dfree = free_trilogy,
         .dsize = trilogy_memsize,
     },
@@ -359,13 +366,16 @@ static void authenticate(struct trilogy_ctx *ctx, trilogy_handshake_t *handshake
     }
 }
 
-static VALUE rb_trilogy_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE opts)
+static VALUE rb_trilogy_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE encoding, VALUE charset, VALUE opts)
 {
     struct trilogy_ctx *ctx = get_ctx(self);
     trilogy_sockopt_t connopt = {0};
     trilogy_handshake_t handshake;
     VALUE val;
 
+    RB_OBJ_WRITE(self, &ctx->encoding, encoding);
+    connopt.encoding = NUM2INT(charset);
+
     Check_Type(opts, T_HASH);
     rb_ivar_set(self, id_connection_options, opts);
 
@@ -821,6 +831,7 @@ static VALUE rb_trilogy_query(VALUE self, VALUE query)
     struct trilogy_ctx *ctx = get_open_ctx(self);
 
     StringValue(query);
+    query = rb_str_export_to_enc(query, rb_to_encoding(ctx->encoding));
 
     int rc = trilogy_query_send(&ctx->conn, RSTRING_PTR(query), RSTRING_LEN(query));
 
@@ -1019,7 +1030,7 @@ RUBY_FUNC_EXPORTED void Init_cext()
     VALUE Trilogy = rb_const_get(rb_cObject, rb_intern("Trilogy"));
     rb_define_alloc_func(Trilogy, allocate_trilogy);
 
-    rb_define_method(Trilogy, "initialize", rb_trilogy_initialize, 1);
+    rb_define_private_method(Trilogy, "_initialize", rb_trilogy_initialize, 3);
     rb_define_method(Trilogy, "change_db", rb_trilogy_change_db, 1);
     rb_define_method(Trilogy, "query", rb_trilogy_query, 1);
     rb_define_method(Trilogy, "ping", rb_trilogy_ping, 0);
@@ -1137,4 +1148,9 @@ RUBY_FUNC_EXPORTED void Init_cext()
 #define XX(name, code) rb_const_set(Trilogy, rb_intern((char *)#name + strlen("TRILOGY_")), LONG2NUM(name));
     TRILOGY_SET_SERVER_OPTION(XX)
 #undef XX
+
+// charsets
+#define XX(name, code) rb_const_set(Trilogy, rb_intern((char *)#name + strlen("TRILOGY_")), LONG2NUM(name));
+    TRILOGY_CHARSETS(XX)
+#undef XX
 }
diff --git a/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb b/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb
index b3dda50b..b8f43885 100644
--- a/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb
+++ b/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 require "trilogy/version"
 
 class Trilogy
@@ -107,6 +109,60 @@ class ConnectionClosed < IOError
     include ConnectionError
   end
 
+  MYSQL_TO_RUBY_ENCODINGS_MAP = {
+    "big5"     => "Big5",
+    "dec8"     => nil,
+    "cp850"    => "CP850",
+    "hp8"      => nil,
+    "koi8r"    => "KOI8-R",
+    "latin1"   => "ISO-8859-1",
+    "latin2"   => "ISO-8859-2",
+    "swe7"     => nil,
+    "ascii"    => "US-ASCII",
+    "ujis"     => "eucJP-ms",
+    "sjis"     => "Shift_JIS",
+    "hebrew"   => "ISO-8859-8",
+    "tis620"   => "TIS-620",
+    "euckr"    => "EUC-KR",
+    "koi8u"    => "KOI8-R",
+    "gb2312"   => "GB2312",
+    "greek"    => "ISO-8859-7",
+    "cp1250"   => "Windows-1250",
+    "gbk"      => "GBK",
+    "latin5"   => "ISO-8859-9",
+    "armscii8" => nil,
+    "utf8"     => "UTF-8",
+    "ucs2"     => "UTF-16BE",
+    "cp866"    => "IBM866",
+    "keybcs2"  => nil,
+    "macce"    => "macCentEuro",
+    "macroman" => "macRoman",
+    "cp852"    => "CP852",
+    "latin7"   => "ISO-8859-13",
+    "utf8mb4"  => "UTF-8",
+    "cp1251"   => "Windows-1251",
+    "utf16"    => "UTF-16",
+    "cp1256"   => "Windows-1256",
+    "cp1257"   => "Windows-1257",
+    "utf32"    => "UTF-32",
+    "binary"   => "ASCII-8BIT",
+    "geostd8"  => nil,
+    "cp932"    => "Windows-31J",
+    "eucjpms"  => "eucJP-ms",
+    "utf16le"  => "UTF-16LE",
+    "gb18030"  => "GB18030",
+  }.freeze
+
+  def initialize(options = {})
+    mysql_encoding = options[:encoding] || "utf8mb4"
+    unless rb_encoding = MYSQL_TO_RUBY_ENCODINGS_MAP[mysql_encoding]
+      raise ArgumentError, "Unknown or unsupported encoding: #{mysql_encoding}"
+    end
+    encoding = Encoding.find(rb_encoding)
+    charset = charset_for_mysql_encoding(mysql_encoding)
+    _initialize(encoding, charset, **options)
+  end
+
   def connection_options
     @connection_options.dup.freeze
   end
@@ -169,6 +225,49 @@ def each(&bk)
 
     include Enumerable
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def charset_for_mysql_encoding(mysql_encoding)
+    @mysql_encodings_map ||= {
+      "big5"     => CHARSET_BIG5_CHINESE_CI,
+      "cp850"    => CHARSET_CP850_GENERAL_CI,
+      "koi8r"    => CHARSET_KOI8R_GENERAL_CI,
+      "latin1"   => CHARSET_LATIN1_GENERAL_CI,
+      "latin2"   => CHARSET_LATIN2_GENERAL_CI,
+      "ascii"    => CHARSET_ASCII_GENERAL_CI,
+      "ujis"     => CHARSET_UJIS_JAPANESE_CI,
+      "sjis"     => CHARSET_SJIS_JAPANESE_CI,
+      "hebrew"   => CHARSET_HEBREW_GENERAL_CI,
+      "tis620"   => CHARSET_TIS620_THAI_CI,
+      "euckr"    => CHARSET_EUCKR_KOREAN_CI,
+      "koi8u"    => CHARSET_KOI8U_GENERAL_CI,
+      "gb2312"   => CHARSET_GB2312_CHINESE_CI,
+      "greek"    => CHARSET_GREEK_GENERAL_CI,
+      "cp1250"   => CHARSET_CP1250_GENERAL_CI,
+      "gbk"      => CHARSET_GBK_CHINESE_CI,
+      "latin5"   => CHARSET_LATIN5_TURKISH_CI,
+      "utf8"     => CHARSET_UTF8_GENERAL_CI,
+      "ucs2"     => CHARSET_UCS2_GENERAL_CI,
+      "cp866"    => CHARSET_CP866_GENERAL_CI,
+      "cp932"    => CHARSET_CP932_JAPANESE_CI,
+      "eucjpms"  => CHARSET_EUCJPMS_JAPANESE_CI,
+      "utf16le"  => CHARSET_UTF16_GENERAL_CI,
+      "gb18030"  => CHARSET_GB18030_CHINESE_CI,
+      "macce"    => CHARSET_MACCE_GENERAL_CI,
+      "macroman" => CHARSET_MACROMAN_GENERAL_CI,
+      "cp852"    => CHARSET_CP852_GENERAL_CI,
+      "latin7"   => CHARSET_LATIN7_GENERAL_CI,
+      "utf8mb4"  => CHARSET_UTF8MB4_GENERAL_CI,
+      "cp1251"   => CHARSET_CP1251_GENERAL_CI,
+      "utf16"    => CHARSET_UTF16_GENERAL_CI,
+      "cp1256"   => CHARSET_CP1256_GENERAL_CI,
+      "cp1257"   => CHARSET_CP1257_GENERAL_CI,
+      "utf32"    => CHARSET_UTF32_GENERAL_CI,
+      "binary"   => CHARSET_BINARY,
+    }.freeze
+    @mysql_encodings_map[mysql_encoding]
+  end
 end
 
 require "trilogy/cext"
diff --git a/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb b/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb
index f4db1663..27aed5a4 100644
--- a/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb
+++ b/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb
@@ -919,4 +919,50 @@ def test_discard_doesnt_terminate_parent_connection
     # The client is still usable after a child discarded it.
     assert_equal [1], client.query("SELECT 1").to_a.first
   end
+
+  def test_no_character_encoding
+    client = new_tcp_client
+
+    assert_equal "utf8mb4", client.query("SELECT @@character_set_client").first.first
+    assert_equal "utf8mb4", client.query("SELECT @@character_set_results").first.first
+    assert_equal "utf8mb4", client.query("SELECT @@character_set_connection").first.first
+    assert_equal "utf8mb4_general_ci", client.query("SELECT @@collation_connection").first.first
+  end
+
+  def test_bad_character_encoding
+    err = assert_raises ArgumentError do
+      new_tcp_client(encoding: "invalid")
+    end
+    assert_equal "Unknown or unsupported encoding: invalid", err.message
+  end
+
+  def test_character_encoding
+    client = new_tcp_client(encoding: "cp932")
+
+    assert_equal "cp932", client.query("SELECT @@character_set_client").first.first
+    assert_equal "cp932", client.query("SELECT @@character_set_results").first.first
+    assert_equal "cp932", client.query("SELECT @@character_set_connection").first.first
+    assert_equal "cp932_japanese_ci", client.query("SELECT @@collation_connection").first.first
+
+    expected = "こんにちは".encode(Encoding::CP932)
+    assert_equal expected, client.query("SELECT 'こんにちは'").to_a.first.first
+  end
+
+  def test_character_encoding_handles_binary_queries
+    client = new_tcp_client
+    expected = "\xff".b
+
+    result = client.query("SELECT _binary'#{expected}'").to_a.first.first
+    assert_equal expected, result
+    assert_equal Encoding::BINARY, result.encoding
+
+    result = client.query("SELECT '#{expected}'").to_a.first.first
+    assert_equal expected.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8), result
+    assert_equal Encoding::UTF_8, result.encoding
+
+    client = new_tcp_client(encoding: "cp932")
+    result = client.query("SELECT '#{expected}'").to_a.first.first
+    assert_equal expected.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::Windows_31J), result
+    assert_equal Encoding::Windows_31J, result.encoding
+  end
 end
diff --git a/inc/trilogy/protocol.h b/inc/trilogy/protocol.h
index 6930a5af..7b575388 100644
--- a/inc/trilogy/protocol.h
+++ b/inc/trilogy/protocol.h
@@ -412,16 +412,18 @@ typedef enum {
  * This should be sent in response to the initial handshake packet the server
  * sends upon connection.
  *
- * builder     - A pointer to a pre-initialized trilogy_builder_t.
- * user        - The username to use for authentication. Must be a C-string.
- * pass        - The password to use for authentication. Optional, and can be NULL.
- * pass_len    - The length of password in bytes.
- * auth_plugin - Plugin authentication mechanism that the server requested.
- * scramble    - The scramble value the server sent in the initial handshake.
- * flags       - Bitmask of TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags.
- *               The TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_PROTOCOL_41 and
- *               TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SECURE_CONNECTION flags will always be set
- *               internally.
+ * builder          - A pointer to a pre-initialized trilogy_builder_t.
+ * user             - The username to use for authentication. Must be a C-string.
+ * pass             - The password to use for authentication. Optional, and can be NULL.
+ * pass_len         - The length of password in bytes.
+ * database         - The initial database to connect to. Optional, and can be NULL.
+ * client_encoding  - The charset to use for the connection.
+ * auth_plugin      - Plugin authentication mechanism that the server requested.
+ * scramble         - The scramble value the server sent in the initial handshake.
+ * flags            - Bitmask of TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags.
+ *                    The TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_PROTOCOL_41 and
+ *                    TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SECURE_CONNECTION flags will always be set
+ *                    internally.
  *
  * Return values:
  *   TRILOGY_OK     - The packet was successfully built and written to the
@@ -429,8 +431,8 @@ typedef enum {
  *   TRILOGY_SYSERR - A system error occurred, check errno.
  */
 int trilogy_build_auth_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, const char *user, const char *pass, size_t pass_len,
-                              const char *database, const char *auth_plugin, const char *scramble,
-                              TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags);
+                              const char *database, TRILOGY_CHARSET_t client_encoding, const char *auth_plugin,
+                              const char *scramble, TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags);
 
 /* trilogy_build_auth_switch_response_packet - Build a response for when
  * authentication switching it requested.
@@ -520,19 +522,21 @@ int trilogy_build_quit_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder);
  * sends upon connection, where an auth packet would normally be sent. A regular
  * auth packet is to be sent after the SSL handshake completes.
  *
- * builder  - A pointer to a pre-initialized trilogy_builder_t.
- * flags    - Bitmask of TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags.
- *            The TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_PROTOCOL_41 and
- *            TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SECURE_CONNECTION flags will always be set
- *            internally.
- *            The TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SSL flag will also be set.
+ * builder         - A pointer to a pre-initialized trilogy_builder_t.
+ * flags           - Bitmask of TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags.
+ *                   The TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_PROTOCOL_41 and
+ *                   TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SECURE_CONNECTION flags will always be set
+ *                   internally.
+ *                   The TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SSL flag will also be set.
+ * client_encoding - The charset to use for the connection.
  *
  * Return values:
  *   TRILOGY_OK     - The packet was successfully built and written to the
  *                    builder's internal buffer.
  *   TRILOGY_SYSERR - A system error occurred, check errno.
  */
-int trilogy_build_ssl_request_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags);
+int trilogy_build_ssl_request_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags,
+                                     TRILOGY_CHARSET_t client_encoding);
 
 #define TRILOGY_SERVER_VERSION_SIZE 32
 
diff --git a/inc/trilogy/socket.h b/inc/trilogy/socket.h
index d0cc2c98..37086d7a 100644
--- a/inc/trilogy/socket.h
+++ b/inc/trilogy/socket.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ typedef struct {
     char *username;
     char *password;
     size_t password_len;
+    uint8_t encoding;
 
     trilogy_ssl_mode_t ssl_mode;
     trilogy_tls_version_t tls_min_version;
diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index c1506df3..2821753c 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -357,8 +357,9 @@ int trilogy_auth_send(trilogy_conn_t *conn, const trilogy_handshake_t *handshake
     }
 
     rc = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, conn->socket->opts.username, conn->socket->opts.password,
-                                   conn->socket->opts.password_len, conn->socket->opts.database, handshake->auth_plugin,
-                                   handshake->scramble, conn->socket->opts.flags);
+                                   conn->socket->opts.password_len, conn->socket->opts.database,
+                                   conn->socket->opts.encoding, handshake->auth_plugin, handshake->scramble,
+                                   conn->socket->opts.flags);
 
     if (rc < 0) {
         return rc;
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ int trilogy_ssl_request_send(trilogy_conn_t *conn)
     }
 
     conn->socket->opts.flags |= TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SSL;
-    rc = trilogy_build_ssl_request_packet(&builder, conn->socket->opts.flags);
+    rc = trilogy_build_ssl_request_packet(&builder, conn->socket->opts.flags, conn->socket->opts.encoding);
 
     if (rc < 0) {
         return rc;
diff --git a/src/protocol.c b/src/protocol.c
index a155f29a..945c75ae 100644
--- a/src/protocol.c
+++ b/src/protocol.c
@@ -494,8 +494,8 @@ static void trilogy_pack_scramble_sha2_hash(const char *scramble, const char *pa
 }
 
 int trilogy_build_auth_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, const char *user, const char *pass, size_t pass_len,
-                              const char *database, const char *auth_plugin, const char *scramble,
-                              TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags)
+                              const char *database, TRILOGY_CHARSET_t client_encoding, const char *auth_plugin,
+                              const char *scramble, TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags)
 {
     int rc = TRILOGY_OK;
 
@@ -507,8 +507,6 @@ int trilogy_build_auth_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, const char *user, cons
 
     uint32_t max_packet_len = TRILOGY_MAX_PACKET_LEN;
 
-    uint8_t client_encoding = TRILOGY_CHARSET_UTF8_GENERAL_CI;
-
     unsigned int auth_response_len = 0;
     uint8_t auth_response[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
 
@@ -663,12 +661,12 @@ int trilogy_build_set_option_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, const uint16_t o
 }
 
 
-int trilogy_build_ssl_request_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags)
+int trilogy_build_ssl_request_packet(trilogy_builder_t *builder, TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_t flags,
+                                     TRILOGY_CHARSET_t client_encoding)
 {
     static const char zeroes[23] = {0};
 
     const uint32_t max_packet_len = TRILOGY_MAX_PACKET_LEN;
-    const uint8_t client_encoding = TRILOGY_CHARSET_UTF8_GENERAL_CI;
     const uint32_t capabilities = flags | TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_CLIENT | TRILOGY_CAPABILITIES_SSL;
 
     int rc = TRILOGY_OK;
diff --git a/test/protocol/building/auth_packet_test.c b/test/protocol/building/auth_packet_test.c
index 9fd884d3..15d2a40f 100644
--- a/test/protocol/building/auth_packet_test.c
+++ b/test/protocol/building/auth_packet_test.c
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_native()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "kw6C.]j}Wy|%<@jx>gml";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, NULL, "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, NULL, 45, "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
-    static const uint8_t expected[] = {0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21,
+    static const uint8_t expected[] = {0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d,
                                        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
                                        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f,
                                        0x74, 0x00, 0x00, 0x6d, 0x79, 0x73, 0x71, 0x6c, 0x5f, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x74, 0x69,
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_sha2()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "kw6C.]j}Wy|%<@jx>gml";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, NULL, "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, NULL, 45, "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
-    static const uint8_t expected[] = {0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21,
+    static const uint8_t expected[] = {0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d,
                                        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
                                        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f,
                                        0x74, 0x00, 0x00, 0x63, 0x61, 0x63, 0x68, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x67, 0x5f, 0x73, 0x68,
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_native_with_pass()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "I/JiR>}{tU-{G3e$\"{hx";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), NULL, "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), NULL, 45, "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
     static const uint8_t expected[] = {
-        0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x00, 0x14, 0xdd, 0x50, 0x11, 0x25, 0x22, 0x39, 0x2e, 0x81, 0xd0,
         0x48, 0x7c, 0x68, 0x95, 0x08, 0x67, 0x15, 0xf2, 0x93, 0xe7, 0x34, 0x6d, 0x79, 0x73, 0x71, 0x6c, 0x5f,
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_sha2_with_pass()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "I/JiR>}{tU-{G3e$\"{hx";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), NULL, "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), NULL, 45, "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
     static const uint8_t expected[] = {
-        0x5c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x5c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x00, 0x20, 0xfc, 0x30, 0xeb, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x6d,
         0x62, 0x82, 0x52, 0x0d, 0x8a, 0x78, 0x7b, 0xd3, 0xcf, 0xc8, 0x46, 0xb8, 0x7f, 0x2e, 0x31, 0x14,
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_native_with_database()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "kw6C.]j}Wy|%<@jx>gml";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, "test", "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, "test", 45, "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
     static const uint8_t expected[] = {
-        0x41, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x41, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x00, 0x00, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x00, 0x6d, 0x79, 0x73, 0x71, 0x6c, 0x5f, 0x6e,
         0x61, 0x74, 0x69, 0x76, 0x65, 0x5f, 0x70, 0x61, 0x73, 0x73, 0x77, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x64, 0x00};
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_sha2_with_database()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "kw6C.]j}Wy|%<@jx>gml";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, "test", "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, NULL, 0, "test", 45, "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
     static const uint8_t expected[] = {
-        0x41, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x41, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x00, 0x00, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x00, 0x63, 0x61, 0x63, 0x68, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x67,
         0x5f, 0x73, 0x68, 0x61, 0x32, 0x5f, 0x70, 0x61, 0x73, 0x73, 0x77, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x64, 0x00};
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_native_with_pass_and_database()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "I/JiR>}{tU-{G3e$\"{hx";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), "test", "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), "test", 45, "mysql_native_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
     static const uint8_t expected[] = {
-        0x55, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x55, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x00, 0x14, 0xdd, 0x50, 0x11, 0x25, 0x22, 0x39, 0x2e, 0x81, 0xd0, 0x48, 0x7c, 0x68,
         0x95, 0x08, 0x67, 0x15, 0xf2, 0x93, 0xe7, 0x34, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x00, 0x6d, 0x79, 0x73, 0x71, 0x6c,
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@ TEST test_build_auth_packet_sha2_with_pass_and_database()
 
     static const char scramble[] = "I/JiR>}{tU-{G3e$\"{hx";
 
-    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), "test", "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
+    err = trilogy_build_auth_packet(&builder, user, pass, strlen(pass), "test", 45, "caching_sha2_password", scramble, 0);
     ASSERT_OK(err);
 
     static const uint8_t expected[] = {
-        0x61, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x61, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0xa2, 0x8a, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x00, 0x20, 0xfc, 0x30, 0xeb, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x6d, 0x62, 0x82, 0x52,
         0x0d, 0x8a, 0x78, 0x7b, 0xd3, 0xcf, 0xc8, 0x46, 0xb8, 0x7f, 0x2e, 0x31, 0x14, 0x67, 0x57, 0x84, 0xee,