diff --git a/Lidgren.Network/NetConnection.cs b/Lidgren.Network/NetConnection.cs
index 2dab8d0..268917a 100644
--- a/Lidgren.Network/NetConnection.cs
+++ b/Lidgren.Network/NetConnection.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 		/// </summary>
 		public long RemoteUniqueIdentifier { get { return m_remoteUniqueIdentifier; } }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the local hail message that was sent as part of the handshake
+		/// </summary>
+		public NetOutgoingMessage LocalHailMessage { get { return m_localHailMessage; } }
+
 		// gets the time before automatically resending an unacked message
 		internal float GetResendDelay()
 		{
diff --git a/Lidgren.Network/NetIncomingMessage.Read.cs b/Lidgren.Network/NetIncomingMessage.Read.cs
index 759b657..f3692e9 100644
--- a/Lidgren.Network/NetIncomingMessage.Read.cs
+++ b/Lidgren.Network/NetIncomingMessage.Read.cs
@@ -363,6 +363,29 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Reads a Int64 written using WriteVariableInt64()
+		/// </summary>
+		public Int64 ReadVariableInt64()
+		{
+			Int64 num1 = 0;
+			int num2 = 0;
+			while (true)
+			{
+				if (num2 == 0x23)
+					throw new FormatException("Bad 7-bit encoded integer");
+
+				byte num3 = this.ReadByte();
+				num1 |= (Int64)((Int64)(num3 & 0x7f) << (num2 & 0x1f));
+				num2 += 7;
+				if ((num3 & 0x80) == 0)
+				{
+					Int64 sign = (num1 << 63) >> 63;
+					return sign ^ (num1 >> 1);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Reads a UInt32 written using WriteVariableInt64()
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/Lidgren.Network/NetOutgoingMessage.Write.cs b/Lidgren.Network/NetOutgoingMessage.Write.cs
index 3312dad..c66c7a5 100644
--- a/Lidgren.Network/NetOutgoingMessage.Write.cs
+++ b/Lidgren.Network/NetOutgoingMessage.Write.cs
@@ -429,6 +429,24 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 			return retval;
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Write Base128 encoded variable sized signed integer
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>number of bytes written</returns>
+		public int WriteVariableInt64(Int64 value)
+		{
+			int retval = 1;
+			UInt64 num1 = (UInt64)((value << 1) ^ (value >> 31));
+			while (num1 >= 0x80)
+			{
+				this.Write((byte)(num1 | 0x80));
+				num1 = num1 >> 7;
+				retval++;
+			}
+			this.Write((byte)num1);
+			return retval;
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Write Base128 encoded variable sized unsigned integer
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/UnitTests/ReadWriteTests.cs b/UnitTests/ReadWriteTests.cs
index ed95480..3a60284 100644
--- a/UnitTests/ReadWriteTests.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/ReadWriteTests.cs
@@ -22,11 +22,18 @@ namespace UnitTests
 			msg.Write(true);
 
 			msg.WritePadBits();
-			
+
+			int bcnt = 0;
+
 			msg.Write(45.0f);
 			msg.Write(46.0);
-			msg.WriteVariableInt32(-47);
+			bcnt += msg.WriteVariableInt32(-47);
+			msg.WriteVariableInt32(470000);
 			msg.WriteVariableUInt32(48);
+			bcnt += msg.WriteVariableInt64(-49);
+
+			if (bcnt != 2)
+				throw new NetException("WriteVariable* wrote too many bytes!");
 
 			byte[] data = msg.PeekDataBuffer();
 
@@ -51,9 +58,11 @@ namespace UnitTests
 			bdr.Append(inc.ReadSingle());
 			bdr.Append(inc.ReadDouble());
 			bdr.Append(inc.ReadVariableInt32());
+			bdr.Append(inc.ReadVariableInt32());
 			bdr.Append(inc.ReadVariableUInt32());
+			bdr.Append(inc.ReadVariableInt64());
 
-			if (bdr.ToString().Equals("False-342duke of earl4344True4546-4748"))
+			if (bdr.ToString().Equals("False-342duke of earl4344True4546-4747000048-49"))
 				Console.WriteLine("Read/write tests OK");
 			else
 				throw new NetException("Read/write tests FAILED!");