diff --git a/protocols/bgp/packet/decode_options.go b/protocols/bgp/packet/decode_options.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9cea580caaccdd2c2176bae4ab5081f281a6f729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/bgp/packet/decode_options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package packet
+
+type DecodeOptions struct {
+	Use32BitASN bool
+}
diff --git a/protocols/bgp/packet/encode_options.go b/protocols/bgp/packet/encode_options.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6cf08a5e6175f90b98fec9d79e9a416c5c93ff67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/bgp/packet/encode_options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package packet
+
+type EncodeOptions struct {
+	Use32BitASN bool
+	UseAddPath  bool
+}