diff --git a/java_gen/java_type.py b/java_gen/java_type.py
index e0f0680..294f5f0 100644
--- a/java_gen/java_type.py
+++ b/java_gen/java_type.py
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@
 
 generic_t = JType("T")
 
+table_desc = JType('OFTableDesc') \
+        .op(read='OFTableDescVer$version.READER.readFrom(bb)', \
+            write='$name.writeTo(bb)')
+
 
 default_mtype_to_jtype_convert_map = {
         'uint8_t' : u8,
@@ -561,6 +565,7 @@
         'of_bitmap_128_t': port_bitmap,
         'of_checksum_128_t': u128,
         'of_bsn_vport_t': bsn_vport,
+        'of_table_desc_t': table_desc,
         }
 
 ## Map that defines exceptions from the standard loxi->java mapping scheme