diff --git a/common/JackEventPort.cpp b/common/JackEventPort.cpp
index 84d0cfa9..7409af51 100644
--- a/common/JackEventPort.cpp
+++ b/common/JackEventPort.cpp
@@ -167,4 +167,12 @@ const JackPortType gOscPortType =
     EventBufferMixdown
 };
 
+const JackPortType gEventPortType =
+{
+    JACK_DEFAULT_EVENT_TYPE,
+    EventBufferSize,
+    EventBufferInit,
+    EventBufferMixdown
+};
+
 } // namespace Jack
diff --git a/common/JackEventPort.h b/common/JackEventPort.h
index 007e2332..2b2ff678 100644
--- a/common/JackEventPort.h
+++ b/common/JackEventPort.h
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ struct jack_event_t
 #define JACK_DEFAULT_MIDI_TYPE "8 bit raw midi"
 /** A Jack OSC port type. */
 #define JACK_DEFAULT_OSC_TYPE "32 bit OSC"
+/** If you want to toy around with a custom
+ * event protocol (maybe MIDI 3.0?). Please put details
+ * about it into the metadata.
+ */
+#define JACK_DEFAULT_EVENT_TYPE "generic binary data"
 
 namespace Jack
 {
diff --git a/common/JackPortType.cpp b/common/JackPortType.cpp
index 3be1c4d2..e41fcf7c 100644
--- a/common/JackPortType.cpp
+++ b/common/JackPortType.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ static const JackPortType* gPortTypes[] =
 {
     &gAudioPortType,
     &gMidiPortType,
-	&gOscPortType,
+    &gOscPortType,
+    &gEventPortType,
 };
 
 jack_port_type_id_t PORT_TYPES_MAX = sizeof(gPortTypes) / sizeof(gPortTypes[0]);
diff --git a/common/JackPortType.h b/common/JackPortType.h
index ad4b58d2..c980333b 100644
--- a/common/JackPortType.h
+++ b/common/JackPortType.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern const struct JackPortType* GetPortType(jack_port_type_id_t port_type_id);
 extern const struct JackPortType gAudioPortType;
 extern const struct JackPortType gMidiPortType;
 extern const struct JackPortType gOscPortType;
+extern const struct JackPortType gEventPortType;
 
 } // namespace Jack
 
diff --git a/common/jack/types.h b/common/jack/types.h
index 6288868e..45c947c1 100644
--- a/common/jack/types.h
+++ b/common/jack/types.h
@@ -446,11 +446,12 @@ typedef void (*JackInfoShutdownCallback)(jack_status_t code, const char* reason,
 
 /**
  * Used for the type argument of jack_port_register() for default
- * audio ports and midi ports.
+ * audio ports and event ports.
  */
 #define JACK_DEFAULT_AUDIO_TYPE "32 bit float mono audio"
 #define JACK_DEFAULT_MIDI_TYPE "8 bit raw midi"
 #define JACK_DEFAULT_OSC_TYPE "32 bit OSC"
+#define JACK_DEFAULT_EVENT_TYPE "generic binary data"
 
 /**
  * For convenience, use this typedef if you want to be able to change