diff --git a/osd-target/cdb.c b/osd-target/cdb.c
index 016d79e..2a46e18 100644
--- a/osd-target/cdb.c
+++ b/osd-target/cdb.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * core osd functions in osd.c.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2007 OSD Team <pvfs-osd@osc.edu>
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 University of Connecticut
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -33,6 +34,20 @@
 /*
  * Aggregate parameters for function calls in this file.
  */
+
+struct cdb_continuation_descriptor {
+	uint16_t type;
+	uint32_t length;
+	union {
+		const void	*desc_specific_hdr;
+	};
+};
+
+struct cdb_continuation {
+	uint32_t num_descriptors;
+	struct cdb_continuation_descriptor *descriptors;
+};
+
 struct command {
 	struct osd_device *osd;
 	uint8_t *cdb;
@@ -42,6 +57,7 @@ struct command {
 	struct getattr_list get_attr;
 	struct setattr_list set_attr;
 	const uint8_t *indata;
+	struct cdb_continuation cont;
 	uint64_t inlen;
 	uint8_t *outdata;
 	uint64_t outlen;
diff --git a/osd-target/osd-types.h b/osd-target/osd-types.h
index ceaff29..47ed91b 100644
--- a/osd-target/osd-types.h
+++ b/osd-target/osd-types.h
@@ -219,4 +219,13 @@ enum {
 #define TICK_TRACE(x)
 #endif
 
+/* CDB continuation descriptors */
+
+struct cdb_continuation_descriptor_header {
+	uint16_t	type;
+	uint8_t		reserved;
+	uint8_t		pad_length;
+	uint32_t	length;
+};
+
 #endif /* __OSD_TYPES_H */