diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c b/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
index a7fa4a7339db..f9250b3c3fd4 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ static sense_reason_t sbc_parse_verify(struct se_cmd *cmd, int *sectors,
 		cmd->t_task_lba = transport_lba_32(cdb);
 		break;
 	case VERIFY_16:
+	case WRITE_VERIFY_16:
 		*sectors = transport_get_sectors_16(cdb);
 		cmd->t_task_lba = transport_lba_64(cdb);
 		break;
@@ -962,6 +963,7 @@ sbc_parse_cdb(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct sbc_ops *ops)
 		cmd->execute_cmd = sbc_execute_rw;
 		break;
 	case WRITE_VERIFY:
+	case WRITE_VERIFY_16:
 		ret = sbc_parse_verify(cmd, &sectors, &size);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_proto.h b/include/scsi/scsi_proto.h
index 6ba66e01f6df..ce78ec8e367d 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_proto.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_proto.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 #define WRITE_16              0x8a
 #define READ_ATTRIBUTE        0x8c
 #define WRITE_ATTRIBUTE	      0x8d
+#define WRITE_VERIFY_16	      0x8e
 #define VERIFY_16	      0x8f
 #define SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE_16  0x91
 #define WRITE_SAME_16	      0x93