diff --git a/scripts/base/protocols/ssl/consts.zeek b/scripts/base/protocols/ssl/consts.zeek
index fb11ca22b5..7f7188859a 100644
--- a/scripts/base/protocols/ssl/consts.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/protocols/ssl/consts.zeek
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export {
 	const DTLSv10 = 0xFEFF;
 	# DTLSv11 does not exist
 	const DTLSv12 = 0xFEFD;
+	const DTLSv13 = 0xFEFC;
 
 	## Mapping between the constants and string values for SSL/TLS versions.
 	const version_strings: table[count] of string = {
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ export {
 		[TLSv12] = "TLSv12",
 		[TLSv13] = "TLSv13",
 		[DTLSv10] = "DTLSv10",
-		[DTLSv12] = "DTLSv12"
+		[DTLSv12] = "DTLSv12",
+		[DTLSv13] = "DTLSv13"
 	} &default=function(i: count):string
 		{
 		if ( i/0xFF == 0x7F ) # TLS 1.3 draft
diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-analyzer.pac b/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-analyzer.pac
index 1a68e0d846..61c1e21846 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-analyzer.pac
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-analyzer.pac
@@ -138,6 +138,31 @@ refine connection SSL_Conn += {
 
 		return true;
 		%}
+
+		function proc_unified_record(is_orig: bool, ur: UnifiedRecord) : bool
+			%{
+			// we don't have a CCS packet anymore - so let's just assume the connection is established once we have seen a packet from each direction.
+			if ( is_orig )
+				client_state_ = STATE_ENCRYPTED;
+			else
+				server_state_ = STATE_ENCRYPTED;
+
+			if ( client_state_ == STATE_ENCRYPTED && server_state_ == STATE_ENCRYPTED && established_ == false )
+				{
+				established_ = true;
+				if ( ssl_established )
+					zeek::BifEvent::enqueue_ssl_established(zeek_analyzer(), zeek_analyzer()->Conn());
+				}
+
+			if ( ssl_encrypted_data )
+				{
+				// FIXME: swallow is not quite the correct length, because we are not parsing the entire header
+				zeek::BifEvent::enqueue_ssl_encrypted_data(zeek_analyzer(),
+					zeek_analyzer()->Conn(), is_orig ^ zeek_analyzer()->GetFlipped(), DTLSv13, APPLICATION_DATA, ur->swallow().length());
+				}
+
+			return true;
+			%}
 };
 
 refine typeattr SSLRecord += &let {
@@ -147,3 +172,7 @@ refine typeattr SSLRecord += &let {
 refine typeattr Handshake += &let {
 	proc: bool = $context.connection.proc_handshake(rec, this);
 };
+
+refine typeattr UnifiedRecord += &let {
+	proc: bool = $context.connection.proc_unified_record(is_orig, this);
+};
diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-protocol.pac b/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-protocol.pac
index 760a0bc4e4..84f1542362 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-protocol.pac
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/dtls-protocol.pac
@@ -4,11 +4,37 @@
 ######################################################################
 
 type DTLSPDU(is_orig: bool) = record {
-	records: SSLRecord(is_orig)[] &transient;
+	records: SSLRecordSwitch(is_orig)[] &transient;
 };
 
-type SSLRecord(is_orig: bool) = record {
-	content_type: uint8;
+# This feels like (another) really dirty hack. DTLS 1.3 introduces a new way in which ciphertext records
+# can be encoded, using a new unified header, which is completely different from the earlier DTLS headers.
+# It only is used after the client & server hello - which essentially are the same as in DTLS 1.2 (including
+# using the same record-layer versions - which is why `dtls_version_ok` underneath does not refer to DTLS 1.3)
+# The DTLS 1.3 unified header is signaled by the first 3 bits of the first byte being set to `001`, but only
+# after DTLS 1.3 has been negotiated.
+type SSLRecordSwitch(is_orig: bool) = record {
+	firstbyte: uint8;
+
+	cont: case $context.connection.choose_record_type(firstbyte) of {
+		false -> rec: SSLRecord(firstbyte, is_orig);
+		true -> unified: UnifiedRecord(firstbyte, is_orig);
+	};
+};
+
+type UnifiedRecord(firstbyte: uint8, is_orig: bool) = record {
+	# sequence_number: bytestring &length=(sequence_number_length?2:1);
+	# lets just ignore eveything for now. We have very limited example
+	# data, and it is hard to parse the CID due to variable length.
+	swallow: bytestring &restofdata;
+} &let {
+	with_cid: bool = ((firstbyte&0x10)==0x10);
+	sequence_number_length: bool = ((firstbyte&0x08)==0x08);
+	lengh_present: bool = ((firstbyte&0x04)==0x04);
+	epoch_low_bits: uint8 = (firstbyte&0x03);
+};
+
+type SSLRecord(content_type: uint8, is_orig: bool) = record {
 	version: uint16;
 # the epoch signalizes that a changecipherspec message has been received. Hence, everything with
 # an epoch > 0 should be encrypted
@@ -83,4 +109,11 @@ refine connection SSL_Conn += {
 		}
 		%}
 
+		function choose_record_type(firstbyte: uint8): bool
+			%{
+			uint16_t negotiated_version = zeek_analyzer()->GetNegotiatedVersion();
+			if ( negotiated_version == DTLSv13 && ( (firstbyte & 0x20) == 0x20 ) )
+				return true;
+			return false;
+			%}
 };
diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/ssl-defs.pac b/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/ssl-defs.pac
index 072c7d5de6..796fc2ba5a 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/ssl-defs.pac
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/ssl/ssl-defs.pac
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ function version_ok(vers : uint16) : bool
 	case TLSv13:
 	case DTLSv10:
 	case DTLSv12:
+	case DTLSv13:
 		return true;
 
 	default:
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ enum SSLVersions {
 
 	DTLSv10   = 0xFEFF,
 	# DTLSv11 does not exist.
-	DTLSv12   = 0xFEFD
+	DTLSv12   = 0xFEFD,
+	DTLSv13   = 0xFEFC
 };
 
 enum SSLExtensions {
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.protocols.ssl.dtls-13/ssl.log b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.protocols.ssl.dtls-13/ssl.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8253d3f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.protocols.ssl.dtls-13/ssl.log
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+### BTest baseline data generated by btest-diff. Do not edit. Use "btest -U/-u" to update. Requires BTest >= 0.63.
+#separator \x09
+#set_separator	,
+#empty_field	(empty)
+#unset_field	-
+#path	ssl
+#open XXXX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
+#fields	ts	uid	id.orig_h	id.orig_p	id.resp_h	id.resp_p	version	cipher	curve	server_name	resumed	last_alert	next_protocol	established	ssl_history	cert_chain_fps	client_cert_chain_fps	sni_matches_cert
+#types	time	string	addr	port	addr	port	string	string	string	string	bool	string	string	bool	string	vector[string]	vector[string]	bool
+XXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXX	CHhAvVGS1DHFjwGM9	10.168.36.147	33714	10.168.36.144	11111	DTLSv13	TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256	secp256r1	-	F	-	-	T	CjCs	-	-	-
+#close XXXX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
diff --git a/testing/btest/Traces/tls/dtls13-wolfssl.pcap b/testing/btest/Traces/tls/dtls13-wolfssl.pcap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20b1b8ae96
Binary files /dev/null and b/testing/btest/Traces/tls/dtls13-wolfssl.pcap differ
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/ssl/dtls-13.test b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/ssl/dtls-13.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61c358da21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/ssl/dtls-13.test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This tests a normal SSL connection and the log it outputs.
+
+# @TEST-EXEC: zeek -C -r $TRACES/tls/dtls13-wolfssl.pcap %INPUT
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff ssl.log
+# @TEST-EXEC: test ! -f dpd.log
+