diff --git a/src/adapter/adapter.c b/src/adapter/adapter.c
index 1efdf9e7..1d7b2669 100644
--- a/src/adapter/adapter.c
+++ b/src/adapter/adapter.c
@@ -1688,6 +1688,34 @@ static int adapter_response(neu_adapter_t *adapter, neu_response_t *resp)
         break;
     }
 
+    case NEU_REQRESP_LIC_VAL: {
+        neu_reqresp_lic_val_t *lic_val = resp->buf;
+        assert(resp->buf_len == sizeof(*lic_val));
+
+        lic_val_resp_t lic_resp;
+        lic_resp.recver_id = resp->recver_id;
+        lic_resp.req_id    = resp->req_id;
+        lic_resp.lic_fname = lic_val->lic_fname;
+        lic_resp.key_name  = lic_val->key_name;
+        lic_resp.val       = lic_val->val; // ownership transferred
+
+        nng_msg *msg = nng_msg_inplace_from_buf(MSG_DATA_LIC_RESP, &lic_resp,
+                                                sizeof(lic_resp));
+        if (NULL == msg) {
+            log_error("unable to allocate NEU_REQRESP_LIC_VAL message.");
+            neu_dvalue_free(lic_resp.val);
+            break;
+        }
+
+        rv = nng_sendmsg(adapter->sock, msg, 0);
+        if (0 != rv) {
+            neu_dvalue_free(lic_resp.val);
+            nng_msg_free(msg);
+            log_error("fail to send NEU_REQRESP_LIC_VAL message.");
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
     default:
         break;
     }