diff --git a/internal/wire/connection_close_frame.go b/internal/wire/connection_close_frame.go
index 5d07760de..9a11a34c6 100644
--- a/internal/wire/connection_close_frame.go
+++ b/internal/wire/connection_close_frame.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type ConnectionCloseFrame struct {
 	IsApplicationError bool
 	ErrorCode          qerr.ErrorCode
+	FrameType          uint64
 	ReasonPhrase       string
 }
 
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ func parseConnectionCloseFrame(r *bytes.Reader, version protocol.VersionNumber)
 	f.ErrorCode = qerr.ErrorCode(ec)
 	// read the Frame Type, if this is not an application error
 	if !f.IsApplicationError {
-		if _, err := utils.ReadVarInt(r); err != nil {
+		ft, err := utils.ReadVarInt(r)
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		f.FrameType = ft
 	}
 	var reasonPhraseLen uint64
 	reasonPhraseLen, err = utils.ReadVarInt(r)
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ func (f *ConnectionCloseFrame) Write(b *bytes.Buffer, version protocol.VersionNu
 
 	utils.WriteVarInt(b, uint64(f.ErrorCode))
 	if !f.IsApplicationError {
-		utils.WriteVarInt(b, 0)
+		utils.WriteVarInt(b, f.FrameType)
 	}
 	utils.WriteVarInt(b, uint64(len(f.ReasonPhrase)))
 	b.WriteString(f.ReasonPhrase)
diff --git a/internal/wire/connection_close_frame_test.go b/internal/wire/connection_close_frame_test.go
index 56a4620ee..0fbb3629b 100644
--- a/internal/wire/connection_close_frame_test.go
+++ b/internal/wire/connection_close_frame_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var _ = Describe("CONNECTION_CLOSE Frame", func() {
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(frame.IsApplicationError).To(BeFalse())
 			Expect(frame.ErrorCode).To(Equal(qerr.ErrorCode(0x19)))
+			Expect(frame.FrameType).To(Equal(uint64(0x1337)))
 			Expect(frame.ReasonPhrase).To(Equal(reason))
 			Expect(b.Len()).To(BeZero())
 		})
@@ -87,12 +88,13 @@ var _ = Describe("CONNECTION_CLOSE Frame", func() {
 			b := &bytes.Buffer{}
 			frame := &ConnectionCloseFrame{
 				ErrorCode: 0xbeef,
+				FrameType: 0x12345,
 			}
 			Expect(frame.Write(b, versionIETFFrames)).To(Succeed())
 			expected := []byte{0x1c}
 			expected = append(expected, encodeVarInt(0xbeef)...)
-			expected = append(expected, encodeVarInt(0)...) // frame type
-			expected = append(expected, encodeVarInt(0)...) // reason phrase length
+			expected = append(expected, encodeVarInt(0x12345)...) // frame type
+			expected = append(expected, encodeVarInt(0)...)       // reason phrase length
 			Expect(b.Bytes()).To(Equal(expected))
 		})