diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
index 3dd2ac7c..e450268f 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ class SSH2
      * Returns when a string matching the regular expression $expect is found
      */
     const READ_REGEX = 2;
+    /**
+     * Returns when a string matching the regular expression $expect is found
+     */
+    const READ_NEXT = 3;
     /**
      * Make sure that the log never gets larger than this
      */
@@ -2828,6 +2832,10 @@ class SSH2
 
         $channel = $this->get_interactive_channel();
 
+        if ($mode == self::READ_NEXT) {
+            return $this->_get_channel_packet($channel);
+        }
+
         $match = $expect;
         while (true) {
             if ($mode == self::READ_REGEX) {