diff --git a/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py b/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py
index 43e9766..0da37a5 100644
--- a/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py
+++ b/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from aprslib.parsing.position import *
 from aprslib.parsing.mice import *
 from aprslib.parsing.message import *
 from aprslib.parsing.telemetry import *
+from aprslib.parsing.thirdparty import *
 from aprslib.parsing.weather import *
 
 
@@ -158,9 +159,14 @@ def _try_toparse_body(packet_type, body, parsed):
     # ] - unused
     # ^ - unused
     # } - 3rd party traffic
-    if packet_type in '#$%)*<?T[}':
+    if packet_type in '#$%)*<?T[':
         raise UnknownFormat("format is not supported")
 
+    # 3rd party traffic
+    elif packet_type == '}':
+        logger.debug("Packet is third-party")
+        body, result = parse_thirdparty(body)
+
     # user defined
     elif packet_type == ',':
         logger.debug("Packet is invalid format")
diff --git a/aprslib/parsing/thirdparty.py b/aprslib/parsing/thirdparty.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef15a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aprslib/parsing/thirdparty.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import re
+from aprslib.parsing.__init__ import parse
+from aprslib.exceptions import UnknownFormat
+from aprslib.exceptions import ParseError
+
+__all__ = [
+        'parse_thirdparty',
+        ]
+
+def parse_thirdparty(body):
+    parsed = {'format':'thirdparty'}
+
+    # Parse sub-packet
+    try:
+        subpacket = parse(body)
+    except (UnknownFormat) as ukf:
+        raise
+
+    parsed.update({'subpacket':subpacket})
+
+    return('',parsed)