diff --git a/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs b/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs
index d64b9572963b0fd63ea7ee850c2d4bae92e39f1a..2c1de3259841299875c763f62d3ab2655d576ea0 100644
--- a/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub enum TokenKind {
     Ident,          // regular identifier
     Pragma,         // identifier with prefixed `#`, range includes `#`
     Integer,        // integer literal
+    Bytestring,     // string literal, interpreted as byte array, range includes 'b"'
     String,         // string literal, range includes `"`
     Character,      // character literal, range includes `'`
     LineComment,    // line comment, range includes leading `//`, but not newline
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@ impl TokenKind {
             TK::ShiftLeftEquals => "<<=",
             TK::ShiftRightEquals => ">>=",
             // Lets keep these in explicitly for now, in case we want to add more symbols
-            TK::Ident | TK::Pragma | TK::Integer | TK::String | TK::Character |
+            TK::Ident | TK::Pragma | TK::Integer |
+            TK::Bytestring | TK::String | TK::Character |
             TK::LineComment | TK::BlockComment | TK::SpanEnd => unreachable!(),
         }
     }