diff --git a/OpenMetaverse.StructuredData/LLSD/BinaryLLSD.cs b/OpenMetaverse.StructuredData/LLSD/BinaryLLSD.cs
index 9d1096ef..ade84b67 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse.StructuredData/LLSD/BinaryLLSD.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse.StructuredData/LLSD/BinaryLLSD.cs
@@ -74,25 +74,46 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
         private static readonly byte[] llsdBinaryHeadBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(llsdBinaryHead);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// 
+        /// Deserializes binary LLSD
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="binaryData"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <param name="binaryData">Serialized data</param>
+        /// <returns>OSD containting deserialized data</returns>
         public static OSD DeserializeLLSDBinary(byte[] binaryData)
+        {
+            return DeserializeLLSDBinary(binaryData, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserializes binary LLSD
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="binaryData">Serialized data</param>
+        /// <returns>OSD containting deserialized data</returns>
+        public static OSD DeserializeLLSDBinary(byte[] binaryData, bool headerOptional)
         {
 
             MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(binaryData);
-            OSD osd = DeserializeLLSDBinary(stream);
+            OSD osd = DeserializeLLSDBinary(stream, headerOptional);
             stream.Close();
             return osd;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// 
+        /// Deserializes binary LLSD
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <param name="stream">Stream to read the data from</param>
+        /// <returns>OSD containting deserialized data</returns>
         public static OSD DeserializeLLSDBinary(Stream stream)
+        {
+            return DeserializeLLSDBinary(stream, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserializes binary LLSD
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="stream">Stream to read the data from</param>
+        /// <param name="headerOptional">Treat LLSD binary header as optional</param>
+        /// <returns>OSD containting deserialized data</returns>
+        public static OSD DeserializeLLSDBinary(Stream stream, bool headerOptional)
         {
             if (!stream.CanSeek)
                 throw new OSDException("Cannot deserialize binary LLSD from unseekable streams");
@@ -100,7 +121,8 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
             SkipWhiteSpace(stream);
 
             if (!FindString(stream, llsdBinaryHead) && !FindString(stream, llsdBinaryHead2))
-                throw new OSDException("Failed to decode binary LLSD");
+                if (!headerOptional)
+                    throw new OSDException("Failed to decode binary LLSD");
 
             SkipWhiteSpace(stream);