diff --git a/db/dbformat.cc b/db/dbformat.cc
index ae9f1b30fcf2b5fe8ca0c07f02864a7190c9ebc5..6717341d0128b60f586f5b709b4f07b767a334ba 100644
--- a/db/dbformat.cc
+++ b/db/dbformat.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
 // and the value type is embedded as the low 8 bits in the sequence
 // number in internal keys, we need to use the highest-numbered
 // ValueType, not the lowest).
-const ValueType kValueTypeForSeek = kTypeDeletionWithTimestamp;
+const ValueType kValueTypeForSeek = kTypeWideColumnEntity;
 const ValueType kValueTypeForSeekForPrev = kTypeDeletion;
 const std::string kDisableUserTimestamp("");
 
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ EntryType GetEntryType(ValueType value_type) {
       return kEntryRangeDeletion;
     case kTypeBlobIndex:
       return kEntryBlobIndex;
+    case kTypeWideColumnEntity:
+      return kEntryWideColumnEntity;
     default:
       return kEntryOther;
   }
diff --git a/db/dbformat.h b/db/dbformat.h
index dd5eee50b03256fc9bbc26d98ff05b36c5e8fec7..cdd0285b68e177d58dae7a71f8e094cfdfacaf3b 100644
--- a/db/dbformat.h
+++ b/db/dbformat.h
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ enum ValueType : unsigned char {
   kTypeBeginUnprepareXID = 0x13,  // WAL only.
   kTypeDeletionWithTimestamp = 0x14,
   kTypeCommitXIDAndTimestamp = 0x15,  // WAL only
-  kMaxValue = 0x7F                    // Not used for storing records.
+  kTypeWideColumnEntity = 0x16,
+  kTypeColumnFamilyWideColumnEntity = 0x17,  // WAL only
+  kMaxValue = 0x7F                           // Not used for storing records.
 };
 
 // Defined in dbformat.cc
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ extern const ValueType kValueTypeForSeekForPrev;
 // Checks whether a type is an inline value type
 // (i.e. a type used in memtable skiplist and sst file datablock).
 inline bool IsValueType(ValueType t) {
-  return t <= kTypeMerge || t == kTypeSingleDeletion || t == kTypeBlobIndex ||
-         kTypeDeletionWithTimestamp == t;
+  return t <= kTypeMerge || kTypeSingleDeletion == t || kTypeBlobIndex == t ||
+         kTypeDeletionWithTimestamp == t || kTypeWideColumnEntity == t;
 }
 
 // Checks whether a type is from user operation
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/types.h b/include/rocksdb/types.h
index 20cff59b80fd030f6af49975fca60201d39793cd..421abf3cd4cce13af70df1052314d4e7950a464d 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/types.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/types.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ enum EntryType {
   kEntryRangeDeletion,
   kEntryBlobIndex,
   kEntryDeleteWithTimestamp,
+  kEntryWideColumnEntity,
   kEntryOther,
 };