diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5763b35..616f05a 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { CarWriter } from './writer.js'
 // @see https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.ipld.car
 export const contentType = 'application/vnd.ipld.car'
 
+// @see: https://github.com/multiformats/multicodec/blob/696e701b6cb61f54b67a33b002201450d021f312/table.csv#L140
+export const code = 0x0202
+
 export {
   CarReader,
   CarBufferReader,