diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts b/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts
index 8a6d5b093..754c2cc19 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ export default class Client extends EventEmitterWebAuthnSender {
         case MessageType.SHARED_DIRECTORY_INFO_REQUEST:
           this.handleSharedDirectoryInfoRequest(buffer);
           break;
+        case MessageType.SHARED_DIRECTORY_READ_REQUEST:
+          this.handleSharedDirectoryReadRequest(buffer);
+          break;
         case MessageType.SHARED_DIRECTORY_LIST_REQUEST:
           this.handleSharedDirectoryListRequest(buffer);
           break;
@@ -250,6 +253,14 @@ export default class Client extends EventEmitterWebAuthnSender {
     }
   }
 
+  handleSharedDirectoryReadRequest(buffer: ArrayBuffer) {
+    const req = this.codec.decodeSharedDirectoryReadRequest(buffer);
+    // TODO(isaiah): delete debug logs
+    this.logger.debug('Received SharedDirectoryReadRequest:');
+    this.logger.debug(req);
+    // TODO(isaiah): here's where we'll handle the SharedDirectoryReadResponse.
+  }
+
   async handleSharedDirectoryListRequest(buffer: ArrayBuffer) {
     try {
       const req = this.codec.decodeSharedDirectoryListRequest(buffer);
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/codec.ts b/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/codec.ts
index 5c72d1576..3f1258043 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/codec.ts
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/codec.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export enum MessageType {
   SHARED_DIRECTORY_ACKNOWLEDGE = 12,
   SHARED_DIRECTORY_INFO_REQUEST = 13,
   SHARED_DIRECTORY_INFO_RESPONSE = 14,
+  SHARED_DIRECTORY_READ_REQUEST = 19,
   SHARED_DIRECTORY_LIST_REQUEST = 25,
   SHARED_DIRECTORY_LIST_RESPONSE = 26,
   __LAST, // utility value
@@ -118,6 +119,16 @@ export type SharedDirectoryInfoResponse = {
   fso: FileSystemObject;
 };
 
+// | message type (19) | completion_id uint32 | directory_id uint32 | path_length uint32 | path []byte | offset uint64 | length uint32 |
+export type SharedDirectoryReadRequest = {
+  completionId: number;
+  directoryId: number;
+  path: string;
+  pathLength: number;
+  offset: bigint;
+  length: number;
+};
+
 // | message type (25) | completion_id uint32 | directory_id uint32 | path_length uint32 | path []byte |
 export type SharedDirectoryListRequest = {
   completionId: number;
@@ -682,6 +693,37 @@ export default class Codec {
     };
   }
 
+  // | message type (19) | completion_id uint32 | directory_id uint32 | path_length uint32 | path []byte | offset uint64 | length uint32 |
+  decodeSharedDirectoryReadRequest(
+    buffer: ArrayBuffer
+  ): SharedDirectoryReadRequest {
+    const dv = new DataView(buffer);
+    let bufOffset = 0;
+    bufOffset += byteLength; // eat message type
+    let completionId = dv.getUint32(bufOffset);
+    bufOffset += uint32Length; // eat completion_id
+    let directoryId = dv.getUint32(bufOffset);
+    bufOffset += uint32Length; // eat directory_id
+    let pathLength = dv.getUint32(bufOffset);
+    bufOffset += uint32Length; // eat path_length
+    let path = this.decoder.decode(
+      new Uint8Array(buffer.slice(bufOffset, bufOffset + pathLength))
+    );
+    bufOffset += pathLength; // eat path
+    let offset = dv.getBigUint64(bufOffset);
+    bufOffset += uint64Length; // eat offset
+    let length = dv.getUint32(bufOffset);
+
+    return {
+      completionId,
+      directoryId,
+      pathLength,
+      path,
+      offset,
+      length,
+    };
+  }
+
   // | message type (25) | completion_id uint32 | directory_id uint32 | path_length uint32 | path []byte |
   decodeSharedDirectoryListRequest(
     buffer: ArrayBuffer
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0d5599b7f..441f43f63 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10428,6 +10428,22 @@ node-gyp@8.4.1:
     tar "^6.1.2"
     which "^2.0.2"
 
+node-gyp@8.4.1:
+  version "8.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-8.4.1.tgz#3d49308fc31f768180957d6b5746845fbd429937"
+  integrity sha512-olTJRgUtAb/hOXG0E93wZDs5YiJlgbXxTwQAFHyNlRsXQnYzUaF2aGgujZbw+hR8aF4ZG/rST57bWMWD16jr9w==
+  dependencies:
+    env-paths "^2.2.0"
+    glob "^7.1.4"
+    graceful-fs "^4.2.6"
+    make-fetch-happen "^9.1.0"
+    nopt "^5.0.0"
+    npmlog "^6.0.0"
+    rimraf "^3.0.2"
+    semver "^7.3.5"
+    tar "^6.1.2"
+    which "^2.0.2"
+
 node-int64@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-int64/-/node-int64-0.4.0.tgz#87a9065cdb355d3182d8f94ce11188b825c68a3b"