diff --git a/message/src/types/filterload.rs b/message/src/types/filterload.rs
index 75188a3c..5d766288 100644
--- a/message/src/types/filterload.rs
+++ b/message/src/types/filterload.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
 use std::io;
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use ser::{Stream, Reader};
+use ser::{Serializable, Deserializable, Stream, Reader, Error as ReaderError};
 use {Payload, MessageResult};
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+/// Controls how the filter is updated after match is found.
+pub enum FilterFlags {
+	/// Means the filter is not adjusted when a match is found.
+	None = 0,
+	/// Means if the filter matches any data element in a scriptPubKey the outpoint is serialized and inserted into the filter.
+	All = 1,
+	/// Means the outpoint is inserted into the filter only if a data element in the scriptPubKey is matched, and that script is
+	/// of the standard "pay to pubkey" or "pay to multisig" forms.
+	PubKeyOnly = 2,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct FilterLoad {
 	// TODO: check how this should be serialized
 	pub filter: Bytes,
 	pub hash_functions: u32,
 	pub tweak: u32,
-	pub flags: u8,
+	pub flags: FilterFlags,
 }
 
 impl Payload for FilterLoad {
@@ -41,3 +54,33 @@ impl Payload for FilterLoad {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 }
+
+impl FilterFlags {
+	pub fn from_u8(v: u8) -> Option<Self> {
+		match v {
+			0 => Some(FilterFlags::None),
+			1 => Some(FilterFlags::All),
+			2 => Some(FilterFlags::PubKeyOnly),
+			_ => None,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl From<FilterFlags> for u8 {
+	fn from(i: FilterFlags) -> Self {
+		i as u8
+	}
+}
+
+impl Serializable for FilterFlags {
+	fn serialize(&self, stream: &mut Stream) {
+		stream.append(&u8::from(*self));
+	}
+}
+
+impl Deserializable for FilterFlags {
+	fn deserialize<T>(reader: &mut Reader<T>) -> Result<Self, ReaderError> where T: io::Read {
+		let t: u8 = try!(reader.read());
+		FilterFlags::from_u8(t).ok_or(ReaderError::MalformedData)
+	}
+}