diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e51993..41746e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #### Version history:
 
+###### 0.7.3
+ - Add support to Valve style rcon authentication
+ 
 ###### 0.7.2
  - Quit gracefully when Ctrl-D or Ctrl+C is pressed
  - Remove "exit" and "quit" as quitting commands
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 86bda18..e382f8b 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 
   3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
   distribution.
-  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mcrcon.1 b/mcrcon.1
index 9255407..f41d1c4 100644
--- a/mcrcon.1
+++ b/mcrcon.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii mcrcon.1
 .\"
-.TH MCRCON 1 "October 2021" "Version 0.7.2"
+.TH MCRCON 1 "November 2024" "Version 0.7.3"
 .SH NAME 
 mcrcon \- send rcon commands to a Minecraft server
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/mcrcon.c b/mcrcon.c
index 79c8aba..c27beea 100644
--- a/mcrcon.c
+++ b/mcrcon.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     #include <netdb.h>
 #endif
 
-#define VERSION "0.7.2"
+#define VERSION "0.7.3"
 #define IN_NAME "mcrcon"
 #define VER_STR IN_NAME" "VERSION" (built: "__DATE__" "__TIME__")"
 
@@ -595,10 +595,18 @@ int rcon_auth(int sock, char *passwd)
 	if (!ret)
 		return 0; // send failed
 
+receive:
 	packet = net_recv_packet(sock);
 	if (packet == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Valve rcon sends empty "RCON_RESPONSEVALUE" packet before real auth response
+	 * so we have to check packet type and try again if necessary.
+	 */
+	if (packet->cmd != RCON_AUTH_RESPONSE) {
+		goto receive;
+	}
+
 	// return 1 if authentication OK
 	return packet->id == -1 ? 0 : 1;
 }