diff --git a/src/client/connection.rs b/src/client/connection.rs
index c6ce1d66..26af395b 100644
--- a/src/client/connection.rs
+++ b/src/client/connection.rs
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send> Connection<S> {
                         event!(Level::TRACE, sspi_response_len = sspi_response.len());
 
                         let id = self.context.next_packet_id();
-                        let header = PacketHeader::login(id);
+                        let header = PacketHeader::sspi(id);
 
                         let token = TokenSspi::new(sspi_response);
                         self.send(header, token).await?;
diff --git a/src/tds/codec/header.rs b/src/tds/codec/header.rs
index 719fc158..787d4efa 100644
--- a/src/tds/codec/header.rs
+++ b/src/tds/codec/header.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ impl PacketHeader {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn sspi(id: u8) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ty: PacketType::Sspi,
+            status: PacketStatus::EndOfMessage,
+            ..Self::new(0, id)
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn batch(id: u8) -> Self {
         Self {
             ty: PacketType::SQLBatch,