2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.h b/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.h
index 63c7dc2e3..95b84c5c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.h
+++ b/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum ASN1_Tag {
    T61_STRING       = 0x14,
    IA5_STRING       = 0x16,
    VISIBLE_STRING   = 0x1A,
+   UNIVERSAL_STRING = 0x1C,
    BMP_STRING       = 0x1E,
 
    UTC_TIME                = 0x17,
diff --git a/src/lib/asn1/asn1_str.cpp b/src/lib/asn1/asn1_str.cpp
index e6cb229a6..4e1d1d78d 100644
--- a/src/lib/asn1/asn1_str.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/asn1/asn1_str.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ ASN1_String::ASN1_String(const std::string& str, ASN1_Tag t) : m_utf8_str(str),
       m_tag != T61_STRING &&
       m_tag != IA5_STRING &&
       m_tag != UTF8_STRING &&
-      m_tag != BMP_STRING)
+      m_tag != BMP_STRING &&
+      m_tag != UNIVERSAL_STRING)
       throw Invalid_Argument("ASN1_String: Unknown string type " +
                              std::to_string(m_tag));
    }