diff --git a/examples/iscsiclient.c b/examples/iscsiclient.c
index ef326f3..d8f95e9 100644
--- a/examples/iscsiclient.c
+++ b/examples/iscsiclient.c
@@ -130,6 +130,36 @@ void read10_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status, void *command_data, void
 	scsi_free_scsi_task(task);
 }
 
+void read6_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status, void *command_data, void *private_data)
+{
+	struct client_state *clnt = (struct client_state *)private_data;
+	struct scsi_task *task = command_data;
+	int i;
+
+	if (status == SCSI_STATUS_CHECK_CONDITION) {
+		printf("Read6 failed with sense key:%d ascq:%04x\n", task->sense.key, task->sense.ascq);
+		scsi_free_scsi_task(task);
+		exit(10);
+	}
+
+	printf("READ6 successful. Block content:\n");
+	for (i=0;i<task->datain.size;i++) {
+		printf("%02x ", task->datain.data[i]);
+		if (i%16==15)
+			printf("\n");
+		if (i==69)
+			break;
+	}
+	printf("...\n");
+
+	if (iscsi_read10_task(iscsi, clnt->lun, 0, clnt->block_size, clnt->block_size, read10_cb, private_data) == NULL) {
+		printf("failed to send read10 command\n");
+		scsi_free_scsi_task(task);
+		exit(10);
+	}
+	scsi_free_scsi_task(task);
+}
+
 void readcapacity10_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status, void *command_data, void *private_data)
 {
 	struct client_state *clnt = (struct client_state *)private_data;
@@ -159,8 +189,8 @@ void readcapacity10_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status, void *command_da
 	clnt->block_size = rc10->block_size;
 	printf("READCAPACITY10 successful. Size:%d blocks  blocksize:%d. Read first block\n", rc10->lba, rc10->block_size);
 
-	if (iscsi_read10_task(iscsi, clnt->lun, 0, clnt->block_size, clnt->block_size, read10_cb, private_data) == NULL) {
-		printf("failed to send read10 command\n");
+	if (iscsi_read6_task(iscsi, clnt->lun, 0, clnt->block_size, clnt->block_size, read6_cb, private_data) == NULL) {
+		printf("failed to send read6 command\n");
 		scsi_free_scsi_task(task);
 		exit(10);
 	}
diff --git a/include/iscsi.h b/include/iscsi.h
index c86dbe3..15021e6 100644
--- a/include/iscsi.h
+++ b/include/iscsi.h
@@ -572,6 +572,11 @@ iscsi_synchronizecache10_task(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun,
 				   int immed, iscsi_command_cb cb,
 				   void *private_data);
 struct scsi_task *
+iscsi_read6_task(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
+		       uint32_t datalen, int blocksize, iscsi_command_cb cb,
+		       void *private_data);
+
+struct scsi_task *
 iscsi_read10_task(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
 		       uint32_t datalen, int blocksize, iscsi_command_cb cb,
 		       void *private_data);
@@ -605,6 +610,10 @@ struct scsi_task *
 iscsi_inquiry_sync(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, int evpd,
 		   int page_code, int maxsize);
 
+struct scsi_task *
+iscsi_read6_sync(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
+		  uint32_t datalen, int blocksize);
+
 struct scsi_task *
 iscsi_read10_sync(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
 		  uint32_t datalen, int blocksize);
diff --git a/include/scsi-lowlevel.h b/include/scsi-lowlevel.h
index a41b66a..81928c3 100644
--- a/include/scsi-lowlevel.h
+++ b/include/scsi-lowlevel.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 enum scsi_opcode {
 	SCSI_OPCODE_TESTUNITREADY      = 0x00,
+	SCSI_OPCODE_READ6              = 0x08,
 	SCSI_OPCODE_INQUIRY            = 0x12,
 	SCSI_OPCODE_MODESENSE6         = 0x1a,
 	SCSI_OPCODE_READCAPACITY10     = 0x25,
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ enum scsi_xfer_dir {
 struct scsi_reportluns_params {
 	int report_type;
 };
+struct scsi_read6_params {
+	uint32_t lba;
+	uint32_t num_blocks;
+};
 struct scsi_read10_params {
 	uint32_t lba;
 	uint32_t num_blocks;
@@ -122,6 +127,7 @@ struct scsi_task {
 	int expxferlen;
 	unsigned char cdb[SCSI_CDB_MAX_SIZE];
 	union {
+		struct scsi_read6_params          read6;
 		struct scsi_read10_params         read10;
 		struct scsi_write10_params        write10;
 		struct scsi_readcapacity10_params readcapacity10;
diff --git a/lib/scsi-command.c b/lib/scsi-command.c
index bad369e..5eaebc7 100644
--- a/lib/scsi-command.c
+++ b/lib/scsi-command.c
@@ -582,6 +582,34 @@ iscsi_readcapacity10_task(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, int lba,
 	return task;
 }
 
+struct scsi_task *
+iscsi_read6_task(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
+		   uint32_t datalen, int blocksize,
+		   iscsi_command_cb cb, void *private_data)
+{
+	struct scsi_task *task;
+
+	if (datalen % blocksize != 0) {
+		iscsi_set_error(iscsi, "Datalen:%d is not a multiple of "
+				"the blocksize:%d.", datalen, blocksize);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	task = scsi_cdb_read6(lba, datalen, blocksize);
+	if (task == NULL) {
+		iscsi_set_error(iscsi, "Out-of-memory: Failed to create "
+				"read6 cdb.");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (iscsi_scsi_command_async(iscsi, lun, task, cb, NULL,
+				       private_data) != 0) {
+		scsi_free_scsi_task(task);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return task;
+}
+
 struct scsi_task *
 iscsi_read10_task(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
 		   uint32_t datalen, int blocksize,
diff --git a/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c b/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c
index 3cdc855..087bbdc 100644
--- a/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c
+++ b/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c
@@ -505,6 +505,50 @@ scsi_inquiry_datain_unmarshall(struct scsi_task *task)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * READ6
+ */
+struct scsi_task *
+scsi_cdb_read6(uint32_t lba, uint32_t xferlen, int blocksize)
+{
+	struct scsi_task *task;
+	int num_blocks;
+
+	num_blocks = xferlen/blocksize;
+	if (num_blocks > 265) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (lba > 0x1fffff) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	task = malloc(sizeof(struct scsi_task));
+	if (task == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	memset(task, 0, sizeof(struct scsi_task));
+	task->cdb[0]   = SCSI_OPCODE_READ6;
+	task->cdb_size = 6;
+
+	task->cdb[1] = (lba>>16)&0x1f;
+	task->cdb[2] = (lba>> 8)&0xff;
+	task->cdb[3] = (lba    )&0xff;
+
+	if (num_blocks < 256) {
+		task->cdb[4] = num_blocks;
+	}
+
+	task->xfer_dir = SCSI_XFER_READ;
+	task->expxferlen = xferlen;
+
+	task->params.read6.lba        = lba;
+	task->params.read6.num_blocks = num_blocks;
+
+	return task;
+}
+
 /*
  * READ10
  */
diff --git a/lib/sync.c b/lib/sync.c
index 50289dd..b3fabbe 100644
--- a/lib/sync.c
+++ b/lib/sync.c
@@ -216,6 +216,26 @@ iscsi_inquiry_sync(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, int evpd,
 	return state.task;
 }
 
+struct scsi_task *
+iscsi_read6_sync(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
+		  uint32_t datalen, int blocksize)
+{
+	struct iscsi_sync_state state;
+
+	memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
+
+	if (iscsi_read6_task(iscsi, lun, lba, datalen, blocksize,
+				       scsi_sync_cb, &state) == NULL) {
+		iscsi_set_error(iscsi,
+				"Failed to send Read6 command");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	event_loop(iscsi, &state);
+
+	return state.task;
+}
+
 struct scsi_task *
 iscsi_read10_sync(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int lun, uint32_t lba,
 		  uint32_t datalen, int blocksize)